Spanish 3.10. Directions

Level I 1. Alphabet & Pronunciation 1.1. Syllable Stress 2. Similarities to English 2.1. Plural 2.2. Negation 2.3. Punctuation & Written Accents 3. Cardinal Numbers 4. Subject Personal Pronouns 5. Present Indicative Tense I 6. The Articles 7. Prepositions 8. Interrogative Pronouns & Adjectives 9. Basic Phrases Level II 1. Gender of Nouns & Adjectives 2. Present Indicative Tense II – Irregular Verbs 3. The Verb “To Be”: “Ser” vs. “Estar” 4. Future Tense 5. Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns 6. Demonstrative Adjectives & Pronouns 7. Object Personal Pronouns 7.1. Combining Direct & Indirect Object Personal Pronouns 8. Relative Pronouns 9. Ordinal Numbers I 10. Times & Seasons Level III 1. Verbs Like “Gustar” 2. “Por” vs. “Para” 3. The Verb “To Know”: “Saber” vs. “Conocer” 4. Indefinite Adjectives & Pronouns 5. Present Progressive Tense 6. Present Perfect Tense 7. Special Uses of “Haber” & “Tener” 8. Telling Time & Describing Weather 9. Adverbs 9.1. The Adverbs “Tan,” “Solo,” “También,” “Tampoco,” “Vez,” & “Veces” 9.2. Other Adverbs & Adverbial Phrases 10. Directions Level IV 1. Degrees of Comparison: Comparatives & Superlatives 2. Past Tense: Preterite vs. Imperfect 3. Conjunctions 4. Reflexive Pronouns & Verbs 5. The Verb “Soler” 6. Time Expressions: Todavía, Aún, Ya, Hace, Acabar, & Desde 7. Present Subjunctive Tense I 8. Personal “a” 9. Future Perfect Tense Level V 1. Irregular Verbs in The Preterite 2. Imperative Mood & Giving Commands 3. Expressions of Pain & Illness 4. Simple Conditional Tense 5. Present Subjunctive Tense II 6. Perfect Subjunctive Tense 7. Imperfect Subjunctive Tense 8. Past & Conditional Progressive Tenses 9. Interjections Level VI 1. Ordinal Numbers II 2. “Would/Should/Could Have …” 3. Pluperfect Indicative Tense 4. Pluperfect Subjunctive Tense 5. Use of “Aunque,” “Si Bien,” and “A Pesar de” 6. Verbs of Change 7. Reflexive Passive, Impersonal, & Accidental “Se” 8. Diminutives & Augmentatives 9. Use of “Vos” in Some Spanish-Speaking Countries 10. Uses of “Ojalá” in Spanish
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In this lesson, we cover directions in Spanish.

A direction in Spanish is “una dirección.” The word “una dirección” can also refer to an address of a house or a store. A map is “un mapa,” and a street is “una calle.” Let us look at more vocabulary related to directions in Spanish.

The four geographical directions of a compass or “una brújula” are:

eastestemsouthsurm
sudm
northnortemwestoestem

And the four main directions right, left, up, and down are:

rightderechauparriba
leftizquierdadownabajo

To describe the location of an object with respect to another, one can use one of the following:

above
on top (of)
sobre
encima (de)
thereahí
allá
allí
hereacá
aquí
to the left ofa la izquierda de
insidedentro (de)to the right ofa la derecha de
nearcerca (de)far (from)lejos (de)
outsidefuera (de)towardhacia
straight aheadderecho
recto
under
beneath
bajo
debajo (de)

“Here” vs. “There”

There is a subtle difference in Spanish between “aquí” and “acá” both translated as “here, as “aquí” tends to be less specific about the location. However, this subtle difference is not often respected, and “acá” tends to be used more often in Latin America.

While “ahí,” “allí,” and “allá” all mean “there,ahí” is used more often for things that are within reach whereas “allí” and “allá” are sometimes better translated as “over there, with “allá” being more popular than “allí” in Latin America.

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