Activities for Magia
We’ve chosen some vocabulary and grammatical concepts from this song and provided flashcards, games and exercises for you to learn and practice them.
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Activities
Vocabulary Excercises
We have chosen 15 words and phrases out of this song to form our vocabulary list, which can be found below. You can use the following activities to learn and practice this vocabulary.
Vocabulary Flashcards – Learn the vocabulary from this song with our sets of Spanish to English and English to Spanish flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Vocabulary Games – Practice the vocabulary for this song using our memory and matching games and our word search puzzle.
Vocabulary Exercises – Fill in the missing vocabulary with drag and drop and fill in the blanks exercises.
Grammar Exercises
This song provided a number of preterite tense verbs to practice. Full conjugations of these verbs can be found below.
You can use the following activities to learn and practice these verbs:
Imperative Flashcards – Practice the imperative verbs in this song with our sets of Spanish to English and English to Spanish flashcards, then test yourself with our interactive flashcards.
Imperative Games – Practice the imperative verbs in this song using our memory and matching games.
Imperative Exercises – Practice the imperative verbs in this song using our drag and drop, fill in, and highlighting exercises.
Resources
Vocabulary List
| Term | Meaning | P os S | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| bañarse | to (take a) shower, bathe; swim | reg verb | Bañarnos |
| cielo | sky, heaven | masc noun | cielo |
| de cine | really great, stuff of movies | de cine | |
| dedo | finger | masc noun | dedos |
| el ayer | past, yesteryear | el ayer | |
| importar | matter, be important; be of interest; import | reg verb | importa |
| magia | magic | fem noun | magia |
| montarse | to get on/in | reg verb | móntate |
| perder | to lose | stem-changing verb | perder |
| pillar | catch; get; catch up with | reg verb | pille |
| pintar | to paint, draw; look, appear, seem; be inclined, have makings of; be doing; describe, picture | reg verb | pintamos |
| salir | leave; come from, arise; date, go out with; go out; escape from; rise from; go, turn out | irreg verb | sale |
| tomar | to take; to drink | reg verb | tomar |
| traer | to bring | irreg verb | Tráete |
| vida | life | fem noun | vida |
Imperative Mood
There are several verbs in this song that appear in the imperative mood, the verb form used to give commands. Most of the imperative verbs that appear in this song are conjugated in the second person singular (tú) form.
Just a few notes on the imperative:
- As the imperative mood is used to give commands, not all pronouns have an imperative form.
- There is no first-person singular (yo) form.
- The only third-person pronouns used in the imperative are ‘Usted’ and ‘Ustedes’ as these are direct forms of address.
- The first person plural (nosotros) form is typically more of a suggestion than a command and is usually translated with ‘let’s’. For example “Vamos al parque” meaning “Let’s go to the park”.
- The personal pronouns are never used with the verbs in the imperative
- The second person singular (tú) and plural (vosostros) forms have different affirmative and negative conjugations.
- There is not one single stem and set of endings for all forms of the imperative.
- The affirmative 2nd person singular (tú) uses the 3rd person singular form of the present tense.
- The affirmative 2nd person plural (vosotros) takes the infinitive and replaces the -r with a -d.
- All other forms use the corresponding form of the present subjunctive.
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | 1st person plural of the present subjunctive |
| 2nd Person Affirmative | 3rd person singular of the present | Takes the infinitive and replaces the -r with a -d. |
| 2nd Person Negative | 2nd person singular of the present subjunctive | 2nd person plural of the present subjunctive |
| 3rd Person | 3rd person singular of the present subjunctive | 3rd person plural of the present subjunctive |
Conjugations
Following are the full conjugations of the imperative verbs that appear in this song.
traerse: to bring
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) traigámonos / no nos traigamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) tráete / no te traigas | (vosotros) traeos / no os traigáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) tráigase / no se traiga | (ustedes) tráiganse / no se traigan |
oír: to hear, listen
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) oigamos / no oigamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) oye / no oigas | (vosotros) oíd / no oigáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) oiga / no oiga | (ustedes) oigan / no oigan |
montarse: to get on/in
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) montémonos / no nos montemos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) móntate / no te montes | (vosotros) montaos / no os montéis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) móntese / no se monte | (ustedes) móntense / no se monten |
irse: to go
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) vayámonos, vámonos / no nos vayamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) vete / no te vayas | (vosotros) idos / no os vayáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) váyase / no se vaya | (ustedes) váyanse / no se vayan |
venirse: to come
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) vengámonos / no nos vengamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) vente / no te venga | (vosotros) veníos / no os vengáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) véngase / no se venga | (ustedes) vénganse / no se vengan |
venir: to come, arrive; return, come back
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) vengamos / no vengamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) ven / no vengas | (vosotros) venid / no vengáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) venga / no venga | (ustedes) vengan / no vengan |
acercarse: get close, approach; take interest; go to
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) acérquémonos / no nos acerquemos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) acércate / no te acerques | (vosotros) acercaos / no os acerquéis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) acérquese / no se acerque | (ustedes) acérquense / no se acerquen |
decir: to say, tell
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st Person | – | (nosotros) digamos / no digamos |
| 2nd Person | (tú) di / no digas | (vosotros) decid / no digáis |
| 3rd Person | (usted) diga / no diga | (ustedes) digan / no digan |
Imperatives with Attached Pronouns
When reflexive or an object pronoun is used with a verb in the affirmative imperative it is attached to the end of the verb. When this happens an accent must often be added to the verb to maintain the correct stress.
- Verbs with more than one syllable require an accent when any pronouns are added. This accent will be placed on what was the next‐to‐the‐last syllable before any pronouns were attached.
- Single syllable verbs only require the addition of an accent if more than one pronoun is added. For example, ‘dime’ (tell me) does not require an accent. Let’s say, however, that we want to say tell it to me, which requires two pronouns. The accent is then required and it becomes ‘dímelo’.
Note that this only applies to affirmative imperative verbs. With negative verbs the pronouns will be placed between the ‘no’ and the verb.
Aside from the indirect object pronoun ‘me’ in ‘dime’, all other pronouns are reflexive. Here are the verbs in this song that have attached pronouns:
| Infinitive | Imperative | With Pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| venir(se) | ven | vente |
| traer(se) | tráe | tráete |
| montar(se) | monta | móntate |
| ir(se) | vamos | vámonos |
| decir | di | dime |
| acercar(se) | acerca | acércate |
Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st person | me – myself | nos – ourselves |
| 2nd person | te – yourself | os – yourselves |
| 3rd person | se – himself, herself, oneself, itself, yourself | se – themselves, yourselves |
Indirect Object Pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |
| 1st person | me – me | nos – us |
| 2nd person | te – you | os – you (all) |
| 3rd person | le – him, her, it, you | les – them, you (all) |
