- Vocabulary
- The expression "ahead of time" means before the
specified hour.
- It is better to arrive at the office ahead of time than to be late.
- They told us to be at the airport ahead of time.
- It is better to arrive at the office ahead of time than to be late.
- When you say "ahead of the times", you mean: muy adelantado a la época o los tiempos contemporáneos.
- The expression "ten-year-old" or its plural "ten-year-olds" can be used as a noun
- A ten-year-old should be in fifth grade.
- Tell all the ten-year-olds
to wait in room five.
- A ten-year-old should be in fifth grade.
- The same expression can be used as an adjective.
- All the ten-year-old children have taken their test.
- Ten-year-old boys formed the base-ball team.
You may say:
- (the) one-year-old(s) (los) niño(s) de un año.
- (the) two-year-old(s) (los) niño(s) de dos años.
- (the) three-year-old(s) (los) niño(s) de tres años.
This expression is not generally used to identify the age of persons over eighteen.
- Nouns
- A noun is the name of a persona, place, or thing.
- A person Michael Phelps
- A place Los Angeles
- A thing a table
- A person Michael Phelps
- A noun can be common or proper.
- A common noun is the generic name of a person, place, or thing.
- A RIVER WHAT river? ANY river.
- A CITY WHAT city? ANY city.
- A ROSE WHAT rose? ANY rose.
- A RIVER WHAT river? ANY river.
- A proper noun is the name of a particular, or specific, person, place or thing.
- A RIVER WHAT river? The Colorado River.
- A CITY WHAT city? Mexico City
- A ROSE WHAT rose? An American Beauty Rose
- A GIRL WHAT girl? Mary
- A RIVER WHAT river? The Colorado River.
- Proper nouns must always be capitalized.
Common Nouns | Proper Nouns |
a river | The Ohio River |
a city | Mexico City |
a lake | Lake Michigan |
a doctor | Doctor Jones |
an island | The Canary Islands |
an office | The Office of International Revenue |
A day | Thursday |
A month | January |
A country | Mexico |
A citizen | An American Citizen |
- TODO, TODA, TODAS, TODOS
- There is no simple or single English equivalent for these words. When they are used as adjectives, that is before a noun, they are translated as:
- There is no simple or single English equivalent for these words. When they are used as adjectives, that is before a noun, they are translated as:
ALL
- ALL, as an adjective is never followed by the indefinite articles AN, A. If you wish to use:
Toda una- Todo un
Use:
- A whole
- An entire
- A complete
- The word EVERY
The word EVERY means: cada uno, cada una, (todos),
The word EVERY is used before a
singular noun or pronoun but its meaning is COLLECTIVE.When we say: EVERY DAY we mean ALL DAYS, but we think of the days NOT collectively, but INDIVIDUALLY
- EVERY as an adjective:
- EVERY as an adjective:
EVERY DAY | Todos los días | EVERY BOY | Todos los muchachos |
EVERY MORNING | Todas las mañanas | EVERY GIRL | Todas las muchachas |
EVERY YEAR | Todos los años | EVERY HOUSE | Todas las casas |
EVERY MONDAY | Todos los lunes | EVERY STUDENT | Todos los alumnus |
EVERY SUNDAY | Todos los domingos | EVERY TIME | Todas las veces, siempre |
- The words EVERYBODY, EVERYONE, EVERYTHING are pronouns.
- EVERYBODY todos, todas, todo el mundo
- EVERYONE todos, todas, todo el mundo
- EVERYTHING todo (en el sentido de todas las cosas)
- EVERYBODY todos, todas, todo el mundo