buen(o): position of 61; short form
56
caber112, 118
cada93; cada uno/a93n2
cada vez más/menos93n1, 276
capital letters (cf. English) 9–10
cardinal numbers seenumerals
cien(to)241, 247
cierto 95
coger: in LA 315
commands 202–8; irregular tú
imperative forms 203–4; regular tú
and vosotrosimperative forms
112, 114, 202–3; vosimperative
forms 204–5; impersonal
commands with se208; infinitive,
present and future tenses used 208;
softened commands 207;
subjunctive used 205–7 (in 1st
person plural commands 206–7, in
negative commands 206, after que
207, with usted/es205–6)
como: exclamation 283; question
280; relative ‘how’ 257n, 266;
como si163n4; see also‘if’ clauses
comparatives 268–73; adjectives and
adverbs 268–70; basic use 268;
irregular forms 269–70;
más/menos de271–2; ‘the
more/less ... the more/less’ 272–3;
nouns 270–1; verbs 271; see also
tan, tanto
compound tenses 124–6; uses 135–8
con221; + infinitive 192; conmigo
and contigo 77; consigo 78
conditional clauses see‘if’ clauses
conditional perfect tense: forms
124–5; uses 138
conditional tense 122; irregular verb
stems 121; uses 135
continuous tenses seeprogressive
tenses
contra: preposition 222; prefix 303,
304
‘could’, translation of 185–6
¿cuál/es?‘which one(s)/what?’ 279
cualquiera‘any’ 92–3
¡cuán!‘how!’ 283n
cuando: conjunction 154–5;
preposition 232; in questions 280;
in relative clauses 261, 266
cuanto/a/os/as‘all/everything that’,
‘as much/many as’ 267
¿cuánto?‘how much/many?’ 280–1
¡cuánto!‘what a lot!’ 283
cuanto más/menos.. .272–3
cuyo‘whose’ 262–3
-dad/-dumbre(suffixes) 292
dar: present indicative and
subjunctive 113; preterite 118
dates 243–4
de222–4; in adjectival and adverbial
phrases 224; = ‘in’ after
superlatives 273; + infinitive
190–1, 193–4, 195; after past
participle 178n4; in temporal
phrases 243
¿de quién?‘whose’ 280
de repente: = ‘perhaps’ in LA 315
de(s)(prefix) 300–1
debajo de 220
deber (de)182; use of tenses with
182–3
decir: present indicative and
subjunctive 104; preterite 117
definite article: omission 33–5 (with
countries/cities 33–4); uses 29–33
(for possessives 50, with languages
35–6); see also articles
del27–8
delante 66; + de 220
demás94–5
demasiado89; = ‘very’ in LA 315
demonstratives: adjectives 43–5;
neuter forms 46; pronouns 45–6
dentro65–6; + de224–5
-dero (suffix) 293
desde225; cf. de225; + hace/hacía
142
despacio: = ‘quietly’ in LA 315
después de226n2
detrás66; + de225–6
diphthongs seevowels
donde: preposition 232; in questions
280; in relative clauses 261–2, 266
-dora (suffix) 294n
1111
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1011
1
12111
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
20111
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
30111
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
40
41111
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