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Indefinite pronouns that replace a noun

Indefinite pronouns replace a noun in a vague or non-specific way.

Gramática: Los pronombres indefinidos que sustituyen a un sustantivo

A2 Spanish Indefinite pronouns replacing nouns

Level: A2

Module 5: Planes para el futuro (Future Plans)

Lesson 36: Mi vida soñada (My dream life)

Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

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  1. "Poco, mucho, bastante, demasiado" indicate an inexact quantity.
  2. "Nada, nadie" refer to the absence of something or someone.
  3. "Todo, otro" speak about the totality or refer to something additional.
  4. "Tanto" emphasises a large quantity.
FunciónPronombre indefinidoEjemplo
Cantidad no exacta Poco, Mucho, Bastante, Demasiado (Little, A lot, Enough, Too much)

Tengo poco, pero no necesito más para estar feliz. (I have little, but I don't need more to be happy.)

Tenemos bastante por hacer para idealizar nuestro sueño. (We have enough to do to idealise our dream.)

Ausencia

Nada (Nothing)

Nadie (Nobody)

Nada será imposible si tienes esperanza. (Nothing will be impossible if you have hope.)

Nadie cumplirá sus sueños sin un poco de esperanza.  (Nobody will achieve their dreams without a bit of hope. )

Totalidad o Adición

Todo (Everything)

Otro (Another)

Tendremos todo para imaginar un futuro idealizado. (We will have everything to imagine an idealised future.)

Este camino no está bien. Buscaremos otro. (This path is not right. We will look for another.)

Cantidad grandeTanto (So much)Imaginaré tanto que parecerá real. (I will imagine so much that it will seem real.)

Exercise 1: Los pronombres indefinidos que sustituyen a un sustantivo

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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otro, demasiado, mucha, Poco, Mucho, Nadie, tanto, bastante

1.
La esperanza es importante para cumplir los deseos, pero se necesita ....
(Hope is important to fulfil wishes, but you need a lot of it.)
2.
... es necesario para crear grandes ideas.
(Little is necessary to create great ideas.)
3.
Trabajo ... que mi sueño se cumplirá en algunas semanas.
(I work so much that my dream will come true in a few weeks.)
4.
... idealizará el futuro mejor que tú.
(Nobody will idealise the future better than you.)
5.
Queremos cumplir todos nuestros deseos para poder pensar en ....
(We want to fulfil all our desires so we can think about another.)
6.
Es ... para mí. No puedo hacer todo este trabajo.
(It is too much for me. I can't do all this work.)
7.
Se puede lograr ... con una idea clara y bastante ya es algo.
(Quite a lot can be achieved with a clear idea, and quite a lot is something.)
8.
... de lo que queremos no siempre se puede cumplir.
(Much of what we want cannot always be fulfilled.)

Exercise 2: Translate and use in a sentence

Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.

1

Mucho

Much

2

Nadie

Nobody

3

otro

another one

4

bastante

a lot

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