Spanish: An Essential Grammar

super- (prefix) 302, 303

superlatives 273–4; absolute forms in

-ísimo274–6; articles with

adjectives 273 (cf. French 273n); lo

with adverbs 274

supposition: with conditional and

future tenses, 134, 135, 137–8;

haber dein LA 184n; poder186–7;

suponiendo que154; see alsodeber

(de)

syllables 6

tal95; el/la tal95 n2; un/a tal95n1

tampoco 252

tan: + adjective in exclamations 282;

before solo94n1; tan... como‘as

... as’ 268
tanto/a/os/as ... como‘as much/many
... as’ 268, 270–1
tener: present indicative 101;
preterite 117; + que183–4
tenses see names of tenses
time 242–3; expressions with hacer,
desde, llevar141–3
tercer(o): short form 56
todo89–92; adjective 89–90; adverb
(todo+ noun = ‘all’) 92; + indefinite
article 90–1; + neuter
demonstrative or article 90; + noun
= ‘every’ 91; pronoun 91–2; +
relative pronoun (lo/los/las que) 90
todo cuanto‘all/everything that’ 267
todo el mundo92n
tra(n)s(prefix) 303, 304
tras(preposition) 225–6
triphthongs seevowels

-uarverbs 108–9

-uco/-ucho(suffixes) 299–300

-ucirverbs 105–6, 118

-uelo(suffix) 295, 296, 297

-uirverbs 107, 118, 119, 123

último en+ infinitive 192

‘un-’: no/poco+ adjective 87, 249;

sin+ infinitive 193

único: en+ infinitive 192; see also

solo

un(o)86–7; cf. alguno86n; as

numeral 240; short form 56; see

also articles

-ura(suffix) 292

usted(es): cf. tú, vos, vosotros72,

306–7

varios 88

venir: present indicative and

subjunctive 101, 104; preterite

117; see alsogerund

ver: imperfect 115; present indicative

and subjunctive 113; preterite 118

verbs: forms of 97–127; see also

modal, orthography changing,

radical changing, reflexive,

subjunctive, infinitive endings and

tense names

vowels: strong/weak combinations

7–8

vos72; cf. tú307; imperative forms

204–5; possessives and object

pronouns with 309; verb forms

307–8

word formation 291–304; combined

words 303–4; prefixes 300–3;

suffixes 291–300 (adjectival 293,

of abstract nouns 292, of action

293–4, augmentative 298–300,

combinations of 300, diminutive

295–8, international 295, of place

292–3)

word order 284–90; adjectives

57–61; adverbs 288; general

comments 284; for emphasis 286;

cf. English 284; new versus old

information 284–6; personal

pronouns 81–2; subject-verb

inversion (with infinitives and

gerunds 289–90, nouns with no

article 287, in questions 285, 289,

reflexive passive constructions 287,

relative clauses 287–8)

ya66–7

yeísmo 3

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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