| A | B |
| Subject pronouns are only needed | with a verb for emphasis or clarity |
| Reflexive pronouns are used: | when the subject does the action to himself |
| The definite article is used | with the name of a language |
| language nouns don't have a definite article | after hablar |
| The plural indefinite articles: unos and unas | mean "some" |
| Grande is shortened to gran | before singular nouns |
| Use más and menos to indicate | "the most" and "the least" |
| No apostrophe in Spanish | use de + noun to indicate possession |
| To suggest let's do something | use vamos a + infinitive |
| All question words such as Qué? | are accented |
| a + el = | al |
| de + el = | del |
| Nouns ending in -a that are masculine | el dia, mapa, programa, clima y tema |
| Besides -a: feminine endings | -dad , -tad, -tud, umbre, ción, sión |
| To make comparative adjectives | : mas ... que |
| The direct object pronouns | lo la los and las |
| The indirect object pronouns | le les |
| Reflexive Pronouns are used | when the subject of the verb performs an action on itself. |
| The preposition para is used | to indicate destination or purpose |
| The preposition por is used to indicate | through, along, by |