Relationships: Grammar and Phonics (AQA GCSE Spanish): Revision Note
Exam code: 8692
To talk about relationships, you need to know some important grammar – reflexive pronouns and verbs. Let’s look at them in more detail.
Reflexive pronouns and verbs
Reflexive verbs are verbs which refer to oneself or each other, e.g. lavarse means ‘to wash oneself’ and llevarse means ‘to get along (with)’
They are sometimes used differently in Spanish and English, but are very useful to talk about your relationships with others - there are lots of reflexive verbs included in the vocabulary tables you have just seen
If an infinitive ends with se it is a reflexive verb
Se is a reflexive pronoun, and we need to change both the verb and the reflexive pronoun to agree with the person doing the activity
We often don’t use a reflexive pronoun in the English translations
Spanish | English |
llevarse | to get along |
me llevo | I get along |
te llevas | you get along (singular) |
se lleva | he / she gets along |
nos llevamos | we get along |
os lleváis | you get along (plural) |
se llevan | they get along |
Relationships: phonics
The letter [z] is pronounced like the English 'th' in mainland Spain, and the English 's' in Latin America and the Canary Islands
abrazar (Spain)
abrazar (Latin America & the Canary Islands)
vergüenza (Spain)
vergüenza (Latin America & the Canary Islands)
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