a215–20; in idioms 219–20; before
infinitive 190, 193, 208; + object
pronouns 77–8; after oler, saber,
sonar218–19; see alsopersonal a
a la/lo 219
a por236n
abbreviations 10
acá 65
acabar de‘to have just’ 190n
accents 6, 7, 8–9
-acho/-aco(suffixes) 299–300
acronyms 10
-ada/-ida(suffixes) 294
adelante 66
adentro (de)seedentro
adjectives 52–62; as adverbs 69; of
colour 54; compound forms 304;
cf. English 52; gender agreement
52–6 (no feminine form 53–4, with
nouns of mixed gender 54–5);
position with noun 57–61
(different meaning according to
position 60–1); shortening of 56–7;
plural forms 55–6; verb + adjective
62
-ador/-edor/-idor(suffixes) 294
adverbs 63–9; categories 63;
invariability 63; in -mente, 63–4;
not ending in -mente65–8
(degree/quantity 67–8, manner
65, place 65–6 [after nouns, use
of porbefore 66], time 66–7);
omission of -mentein series 64;
phrases 68; stress and accents
64; see also adjectives, word
order
-aerverbs 104–5, 118, 123
afuera65–6; + de 225
ahí 65
al27–8, 219; + infinitive ‘on... -ing’
194
-al/-ar(suffixes) 292
algo84–5
alguien 85
alguno85–6; negative after nouns
86; short form 56, 85, 86n2
allá/allí 65
alphabet: ch, lland ñ 1
ambos/as 93
-ancia/-anza(suffixes) 292
ante 220
antes: + de220; + (de) que 154
anti-(prefix) 302
apenas (si) 67
aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas 44
aquello 46
aquí 65
arriba de 227
articles: el/unbefore feminine nouns
28; forms of 27–8; before nouns in
series 40; see alsodefinite/indefinite
articles
-astro(suffix) 299–300
atrás66; + de 225
-azo(suffix) 294, 299
bajo220–1
bastante: ‘enough’ 88; ‘quite (a lot)’
88n
‘become/get/go’ + noun/adjective
171–2
bien269; see alsomás
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
320 41111
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