Advanced Conversational Spanish 
                  Mood and Tense 
                  Grammatical mood reflects a speaker's attitude toward a statement. Spanish has three moods: the 
                  subjunctive, the indicative, and the imperative. 
                       •    The subjunctive mood is used to talk about desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, and 
                            possibilities. 
                       •    The indicative mood is used to talk about facts and other statements that are believed to be 
                            true and concrete. 
                       •    The imperative mood is used to give commands. 
                  Grammatical tense refers to when an action takes place. Spanish has three tenses: the past, the 
                  present, and the future. 
                  In this course, we will learn to use the past and future tenses as well as the imperative mood and the 
                  subjunctive mood. 
                  Advanced Conversational Spanish Course Outline 
                  Week 1 –  
                       •    Preterite (past tense)  
                       •    Imperfect (past tense) 
                  Week 2 –    
                       •    Future Tense  
                       •    Conditional (combines future and past nuances) 
                  Week 3 – Commands (imperative mood) 
                  Week 4 – Present subjunctive (subjunctive mood) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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                                                                                                         Week 1: El Pretérito                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                         Past Tense (Preterite) 
                                                                     
                                                                    Take a look at the past tense in Spanish. You can start by learning the more commonly used form. 
                                                                    Read the following examples and make the changes in your verbs. You won’t be perfect at first, 
                                                                    but Spanish speakers will know what you’re trying to say. 
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                          -ar Verbs (To Speak)                                                                                                              hablar (ah-‘blahr)                                                                                                                                                        -er/ir Verbs (To Leave)              
                                                                                                          salir (sah-‘leer) 
                                                                                                           
                                                                     
                         I spoke with the child.                                                                                                                                                            Hablé con el niño.                                                                                                                  I left at eight.                                                                                                                                        Salí a las ocho. 
                         You (informal) spoke slowly.                                                                                                                                                       Hablaste lentamente.                                                                                                                You (informal) left quickly.                                                                                                                            Saliste rápidamente. 
                         You (formal), he, she spoke a lot.                                                                                                                                                 Habló mucho.                                                                                                                        You (formal), he, she left late.                                                                                                                        Salió tarde. 
                         You (pl.), they spoke English.                                                                                                                                                     Hablaron inglés.                                                                                                                    You (pl.), they left                                                                                                                                    Salieron 
                         We spoke a little.                                                                                                                                                                 Hablamos un poco.                                                                                                                   We left in a car.                                                                                                                                       Salimos en el carro. 
                                                                     
                                                                    As usual, some common verbs have irregular past tenses, so be on the lookout for new patterns. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To Go: ir (eer) 
                                              I went.                                                                                                                                          Fui (fwee)                                                                                                            Fui a la casa. 
                                              You (informal) went.                                                                                                                             Fuiste (‘fwee-steh)                                                                                                    
                                              You (formal), he, she went.                                                                                                                      Fue (fweh)                                                                                                             
                                              You (pl.), they went.                                                                                                                            Fueron (‘fweh-rohn)                                                                                                    
                                              We went.                                                                                                                                         Fuimos (‘fwee-mohs)                                                                                                    
                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         To Have: tener (teh-‘nehr) 
                                                I had.                                                                                                                                            Tuve (‘too-veh)                                                                                                                                  Tuve la fiesta. 
                                                You (informal) had.                                                                                                                               Tuviste (too-‘vee-steh)                                                                                                                                 
                                                You (formal), he, she had.                                                                                                                        Tuvo (‘too-‘voh)                                                                                                                                        
                                                You (pl.), they had.                                                                                                                              Tuvieron (too-vee-‘eh-rohn)                                                                                                                             
                                                We had.                                                                                                                                           Tuvimos (too-‘vee-mohs)                                                                                                                                 
                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 To Say: decir (deh-‘seer) 
                                                               I said.                                                                                                                                                                                                           Dije (‘dee-heh)                                                                                                                                    Dije la verdad. 
                                                               You (informal) said.                                                                                                                                                                                              Dijiste (dee-‘hee-steh)                                                                                                                                   
                                                               You (formal), he, she said.                                                                                                                                                                                       Dijo (‘dee-hoh)                                                                                                                                           
                                                               You (pl.), they said.                                                                                                                                                                                             Dijeron (dee-‘heh-rohn)                                                                                                                                   
                                                               We said.                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dijimos (dee-‘hee-mohs)                                                                                                                                   
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