Università Roma Tre

The first part of the course covers the essential aspects of Spanish grammar, in detail: a) Phonetics, spelling, accentuation b) Morphology - Definite and indefinite articles - Nouns: gender and number; diminutives and augmentatives - Adjectives and pronouns: possessive, demonstrative, numerals - Verbs. The three regular conjugations: simple and compound tenses. The main irregular verbs - Personal pronouns, subject and complement - Comparative degrees - Relative, interrogative and indefinite adjectives and pronouns - Prepositions, adverbs and conjunctions (c) Syntax - Use of the verbs ser, estar, haber, tener - Differences in the use of the present, the imperfect and the remote past of the indicative mode - The main verbal periphrases.