Spanish 2/Chapter 12 (Movies)

Chapter 12 (Movies)

Movies

alquilar - to rent
amor - love
arrestar - to arrest
capturar - to capture
crimen - crime
criminal - criminal
crítico(a) - critic
detective - detective
enamorarse - to fall in love
enamorado(a) de - in love with
estrella - star
extraterrestre - alien
fascinar - to fascinate
fracaso - failure
galán - leading man
he visto - I have seen
has visto - you have seen
ladrón, ladrona - thief
matar - to kill
película de acción - action film
¿Qué tal es...? - How is...?
recomendar - to recommend
robar - to rob , to steal
será - he/she/it will be
tener éxito - to succeed, to be successful
tratar de - to be about
víctima - victim
violencia - violence

Note: Criminal, detective, and extraterrestre are either masculine or feminine nouns. Recomendar has a stem-change of e to ie.

Making movies

actuación - acting
argumento - plot
dirección - direction
director, directora - director
efectos especiales - special effects
escena - scene
estar basado(a) - to be based on
guión - script
guionista - screenwriter
papel - role
hacer el papel de - to play the role of
personaje principal - main character

Other words

no...todavía - not yet

Indirect object pronouns

Verbs like aburrir, doler, encantar, fascinar, gustar, importar, and molestar are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.

examples: Les encantan los efectos especiales en la película.
Nos aburre mucho esa película.

A + a noun or pronoun is often used with the verbs above for emphasis or clarification. The pronouns must agree with and clarify the indirect object pronoun.

me - me
te - you (singular)
le - him, her, you (formal)
nos - we
os - you (plural)
les - them, you (formal/plural)

examples: A mí me importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película.
A Juana le fascinan las películas de acción.

Present perfect tense

The present perfect tense is used to say what a person has done. To form the present present tense, use the present-tense forms of haber + the past participle.

he estudiado - I have studied
has estudiado - you have studied (singular)
ha estudiado - he/she has studied / you have studied (Ud. form)
hemos estudiado - we have studied
habéis estudiado - you have studied (plural)
han estudiado - they have studied / you have studied (Uds. form)

example: Recientemente hemos alquilado muchas películas.

Verbs ending in -er or -ir that have two vowels together in the infinitive such as caer, oír, leer, and traer have an accent on the í of the past participle.

When you use object or reflexive pronouns with the present perfect, the pronoun goes immediately before the form of haber.

Past participles

To form the past participle of a verb, drop the ending of the infinitive and add -ado for -ar verbs and -ido for er and ir verbs.

hablar → hablado (has/have talked)
comer → comido (has/have eaten)
vivir → vivido (has/have lived)

Irregular past participles

Some verbs have irregular past participles.

bendecir: bendito (blessed)
decir: dicho (said)
devolver: devuelto (returned)
escribir: escrito (written)
hacer: hecho (made)
maldecir: maldito (cursed/damned)
morir: muerto (died)
poner: puesto (placed)
romper: roto (broken)
ver: visto (watched)
volver: vuelto (returned)

Vocabulario adicional

bandido(a) - bandit
culpable - guilty person
delincuente - delinquent
documental - documentary
festival de cine - film festival
filmar - to film
monstruo - monster
subtítulos - subtitles

Cultural Insight (Películas en otros idiomas)

Una noche al cine en Buenos Aires, Argentina

Movies from Mexico, Italy, and Japan are popular the United States, but in order to understand what the actors and actresses are saying, the movies have to be subtitled or dubbed into English for those who can't understand the original language of the movie. With these subtitles it is much easier to understand the movie's plot. When there are subtitles, it is important to concentrate a little more on what's happening rather than the subtitles to get a better view of what's going on. Another solution is having the movie dubbed into the language of choice to avoid the distractions of the subtitles.