Talking About Your Holiday in Spanish - Exercises

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rápido para la fiesta.

Me vestí

Me vestí rápido para la fiesta.

"I got dressed quickly for the party."

We use me vestí in this sentence because it is the first-person singular form of the reflexive verb vestirse, meaning "to get dressed."

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de nuestros amigos después de la cena.

Nos despedimos

Nos despedimos de nuestros amigos después de la cena.

"We said goodbye to our friends after dinner."

We use nos despedimos in this sentence because it is the first-person plural form of the reflexive verb despedirse, meaning "to say goodbye."

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¿en la piscina durante el viaje?

Se bañaron

¿Se bañaron en la piscina durante el viaje?

"Did they take a swim in the pool during the trip?"

We use se bañaron in this sentence because it is the third-person plural form of the reflexive verb bañarse, meaning "to bathe" or "to swim."

Unscramble the words to make a sentence.

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Te relajaste

Te relajaste mucho

Te relajaste mucho el

Te relajaste mucho el fin

Te relajaste mucho el fin de

Te relajaste mucho el fin de semana

Te relajaste mucho el fin de semana pasado.

"You relaxed a lot last weekend."

Te relajaste mucho el fin de semana pasado.

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(Me enojé or Me enoja) un poco durante el partido.

Me enojé

Me enojé un poco durante el partido.

"I got a little angry during the game."

We use enojé in this sentence because it is the first-person singular form of the reflexive verb enojarse, meaning "to get angry," in the preterite tense. The reflexive pronoun me shows the action happened to "I", and the preterite tense indicates this was a completed action — getting angry during the game.

Me enoja would not be correct because it is in the present tense, meaning "it makes me angry," which does not fit here since we are talking about a finished event in the past.

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(Se durmieron or Se duermo) temprano porque estaban cansados.

Se durmieron

Se durmieron temprano porque estaban cansados.

"They fell asleep early because they were tired."

We use durmieron in this sentence because it is the third-person plural form of the reflexive verb dormirse, meaning "to fall asleep," in the preterite tense. The reflexive pronoun se shows the action happened to "they", and the preterite tense tells us it was a completed action — they fell asleep early.

Se duermo would be incorrect because duermo is the first-person singular form in the present tense, meaning "I sleep," and does not agree with the third-person plural subject.

Let's translate some sentences into Spanish.

Translate "We met up with my cousins downtown." into Spanish.

Nos encontramos, meaning "we met up (with each other)," is the preterite form of the reflexive verb encontrarse ("to meet up") used with nosotros (we),

followed by

con, a preposition meaning "with,"

mis primos, meaning "my cousins," the people they met,

followed by

en el centro, a prepositional phrase meaning "downtown" or "in the city center," indicating the location.

Nos encontramos con mis primos en el centro.

"We met up with my cousins downtown."

Translate "Did you feel better after resting?" into Spanish.

Te sentiste, meaning "you felt," is the preterite form of the reflexive verb sentirse for the second-person singular (tú).,

followed by

mejor, an adverb meaning "better," describing how the person felt,

después de, a time expression meaning "after,"

followed by

descansar, the infinitive verb meaning "to rest," showing the action that happened before feeling better.

¿Te sentiste mejor después de descansar?

"Did you feel better after resting?"

Translate "I got ready to go out with my friends." into Spanish.

Me arreglé, meaning "I got ready," is the preterite form of the reflexive verb arreglarse ("to get ready") for yo (I),

followed by

para, a preposition meaning "to" or "in order to,"

salir, the infinitive verb meaning "to go out," showing the purpose of getting ready,

followed by

con mis amigos, meaning "with my friends," indicating who the speaker went out with.

Me arreglé para salir con mis amigos.

"I got ready to go out with my friends."

Listen to me as I speak. Which verb is used in the sentences?

Me vestí rápido para la fiesta.

Let's listen one more time.

Me vestí rápido para la fiesta.

Did you hear me vestí?

Me vestí, meaning "I got dressed," the base verb is vestirse.

How about...?

Te relajaste mucho el fin de semana pasado.

Let's listen one more time.

Te relajaste mucho el fin de semana pasado.

Did you hear, te relajaste?

Te relajaste, meaning "you relaxed," the base verb is relajarse.

Next…

Se durmieron temprano porque estaban cansados.

One more time.

Se durmieron temprano porque estaban cansados.

Did you hear, se durmieron?

Se durmieron, meaning "they fell asleep," the base verb is dormirse.

And...

Nos encontramos con mis primos en el centro.

One more time.

Nos encontramos con mis primos en el centro.

Did you hear, nos encontramos?

Nos encontramos, meaning "we met up," the base verb is encontrarse.

Thank you for watching.

Now you know how to furnish a simple description of a recent vacation in Spanish.

...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway.

Nos vemos.

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