Sport (AQA GCSE Spanish): Flashcards
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When do you use jugar rather than hacer to talk about sports?
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When do you use jugar rather than hacer to talk about sports?
You use jugar for sports involving a ball, for example juego al fútbol (I play football).
Which verb do you use for sports and activities that don't involve a ball, e.g. exercise or swimming?
You use hacer, for example hago ejercicio (I do exercise) and hago la natación (I go swimming).
Define el equipo.
El equipo means team (m) in Spanish.
Define el partido.
El partido means match or game (m) in Spanish.
Define el gimnasio.
El gimnasio means gym (m) in Spanish.
Define el baloncesto.
El baloncesto means basketball (m) in Spanish.
Define ganar.
Ganar means to win in Spanish.
Define perder.
Perder means to lose in Spanish.
What is the yo (I) form of jugar in the present tense?
The yo form of jugar is juego (I play).
What is the él/ella (he/she) form of hacer in the present tense?
The él/ella form of hacer is hace (he/she does).
Juego fútbol. (I play football.)
Juego al fútbol. (I play football.) Jugar is used with the preposition a.
ejercicio todos los días. (I do exercise every day.)
Hago ejercicio todos los días. (I do exercise every day.)
True or False?
You use jugar to say 'I go swimming'.
False.
You use hacer for swimming: hago la natación (I go swimming).
True or False?
Contra means 'against'.
True.
Contra means against, useful for saying who you play against.
In Spanish, 'I like basketball' is expressed literally as what?
It is expressed as 'basketball pleases me' – interesar-type verbs match the thing that is liked, not the person.
Do interesar-type verbs (like gustar) agree with the person or with the thing that is liked?
They agree with the thing that is liked, not the person who likes it.
When do you use gusta and when do you use gustan?
You use gusta before a singular noun and gustan before a plural noun.
What must go before an interesar-type verb to show who likes something?
An indirect object pronoun (me / te / le) goes before the verb.
Define encantar.
Encantar means to love in Spanish and is an interesar-type (opinion) verb, e.g. me encanta nadar (I love swimming).
Define interesar.
Interesar means to interest / to be interested in in Spanish, e.g. te interesa el fútbol (you are interested in football).
Me los jugadores. (I like the players.)
Me gustan los jugadores. (I like the players.) The verb is plural because los jugadores is plural.
Le los torneos. (He/she loves the tournaments.)
Le encantan los torneos. (He/she loves the tournaments.)
How do you say 'you like running' in Spanish?
'You like running' is te gusta correr – with an infinitive you use the singular form gusta.
True or False?
When an interesar-type verb is followed by an infinitive, you use the plural -an ending.
False.
With an infinitive you use the singular form, e.g. me encanta nadar (I love swimming).
True or False?
In Spanish, the letter j is a harsh, guttural sound.
True.
The letter j is a harsh, guttural sound, as in jugamos a un juego.
Te el fútbol. (You are interested in football.)
Te interesa el fútbol. (You are interested in football.)
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