Visiting friends
Visitar amigos
- Invite and receive your friends at home.
- Organize a dinner party, game night, or other activity.
- Know common evening activities in your new country.
- Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima
This lesson focuses on inviting friends, organizing dinners, and planning game nights using the superlative absolute form with -ísimo/-ísima, featuring key verbs like invitar (to invite), traer (to bring), and jugar (to play) in future tense to describe upcoming events.
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These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Translate and use in a sentence
Instruction: Pick a word, translated and use the word in a sentence or dialogue.
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Hacer un brindis
To make a toast
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Jugar al parchís
To play Parcheesi
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Regalar
To give
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Jugar a las cartas
To play cards
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El ramo de flores
The bouquet of flowers
Ejercicio 2: Conversation exercise
Instrucción:
- Do you see your friends often? What kind of activities do you like to do together? (Do you see your friends often? What kind of activities do you like to do together?)
- Do you prefer going to parties or doing board game night together? ( Do you prefer going to parties or doing board game night together?)
- Have you ever been on a trip with your friends? Tell us about it! (Have you ever been on a trip with your friends? Tell us about it!)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Veo a mis amigos cada semana. Normalmente nos reunimos para tomar un café y charlar. I see my friends every week. We usually meet for coffee and talk. |
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Sólo veo a mis amigos una o dos veces al mes. Luego, normalmente cenamos y jugamos juntos. I only see my friends once or twice a month. Then we usually have dinner and play games together. |
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Prefiero salir cuando veo a mis amigos. I prefer going out when I see my friends. |
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Me encanta jugar a juegos de mesa, así que siempre que veo a mis amigos jugamos al parchís juntos. I love playing board games, so whenever I see my friends we play ludo together. |
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Con mi amigo Juán siempre juego al ajedrez. With my friend Juán I always play chess. |
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El año pasado fui de viaje a Innsbruck con dos de mis amigos. Fuimos de senderismo y visitamos la ciudad. ¡El tiempo fue maravilloso! Last year I went on a trip to Insbruck with two of my friends. We went hiking and visited the city. The weather was wonderful! |
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Exercise 3: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 4: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Mañana ______ mucho durante la reunión con mis amigos.
(Tomorrow ______ a lot during the meeting with my friends.)2. ______ la tarta de chocolate para la cena del sábado.
(______ the chocolate cake for Saturday's dinner.)3. ______ a todos mis compañeros de trabajo a la fiesta.
(______ all my coworkers to the party.)4. Después de cenar, ______ un brindis con cava buenísimo.
(After dinner, ______ a toast with excellent cava.)Exercise 5: Visiting Ana and preparing a special dinner
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Invitar - Invitar
Futuro simple
- yo invitaré
- tú invitarás
- él/ella/Ud. invitará
- nosotros/nosotras invitaremos
- vosotros/vosotras invitaréis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. invitarán
Sonreír - Sonreír
Futuro simple
- yo sonreiré
- tú sonreirás
- él/ella/Ud. sonreirá
- nosotros/nosotras sonreiremos
- vosotros/vosotras sonreiréis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. sonreirán
Traer - Traer
Futuro simple
- yo traeré
- tú traerás
- él/ella/Ud. traerá
- nosotros/nosotras traeremos
- vosotros/vosotras traeréis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. traerán
Preparar - Preparar
Futuro simple
- yo prepararé
- tú prepararás
- él/ella/Ud. preparará
- nosotros/nosotras prepararemos
- vosotros/vosotras prepararéis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. prepararán
Jugar - Jugar
Futuro simple
- yo jugaré
- tú jugarás
- él/ella/Ud. jugará
- nosotros/nosotras jugaremos
- vosotros/vosotras jugaréis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. jugarán
Hacer - Hacer
Futuro simple
- yo haré
- tú harás
- él/ella/Ud. hará
- nosotros/nosotras haremos
- vosotros/vosotras haréis
- ellos/ellas/Uds. harán
Exercise 6: Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
Grammar: Superlative absolute: -ísimo/-ísima
Show translation Show answerscalentísimo, contentísimos, bellísimo, larguísima, llenísima, divertidísima, interesantísimo, buenísima
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Verb conjugation tables for this lesson Share Copied!
Sonreír to smile Share Copied!
Futuro simple
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| (yo) sonreiré | I will smile |
| (tú) sonreirás | You will smile |
| (él/ella) sonreirá | he/she will smile |
| (nosotros/nosotras) sonreiremos | we will smile |
| (vosotros/vosotras) sonreiréis | You will smile |
| (ellos/ellas) sonreirán | they will smile |
Traer to bring Share Copied!
Futuro simple
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| (yo) traeré | I will bring |
| (tú) traerás | you will bring |
| (él/ella) traerá | he will bring/she will bring |
| (nosotros/nosotras) traeremos | we will bring |
| (vosotros/vosotras) traeréis | You will bring |
| (ellos/ellas) traerán | they will bring |
Invitar to invite Share Copied!
Futuro simple
| Spanish | English |
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| (yo) invitaré | I will invite |
| (tú) invitarás | You will invite |
| (él/ella) invitará | he will invite/she will invite |
| (nosotros/nosotras) invitaremos | we will invite |
| (vosotros/vosotras) invitaréis | You will invite |
| (ellos/ellas) invitarán | they will invite |
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Visiting Friends: Language Skills for Invitations and Social Plans
This lesson focuses on practical communication used when inviting friends to your home, organizing dinners, and planning game nights. You will learn how to express invitations, confirm attendance, describe plans, and talk about expectations in future tenses.
Key Grammar Point: The Absolute Superlative -ísimo/-ísima
Spanish often emphasizes qualities using the absolute superlative by adding -ísimo/-ísima to adjectives. For example, buenísimo means "very good," and divertidísima means "very fun." This intensifier is common in casual conversations about social plans and events.
Useful Vocabulary and Expressions
- Invitar – to invite
- Cena – dinner
- Juegos – games
- Traer – to bring
- Apuntarse – to join or sign up
- Ser + adjective + -ísimo/a – to describe something as extremely (e.g., será buenísima "it will be very good")
Practice Dialogues Overview
The dialogues simulate common interactions, such as:
- Inviting a friend to spend the afternoon at home.
- Organizing a dinner and discussing details or confirming attendance.
- Planning a game night and describing the activities and atmosphere.
These scenarios use the future simple tense to talk about upcoming events, which is typical in Spanish when making plans (invitaré, traeré, jugaré).
Verb Conjugations in Future Simple
The lesson includes conjugation tables for common verbs associated with social gatherings:
- invitar (to invite): yo invitaré, tú invitarás, él/ella invitará, nosotros invitaremos, vosotros invitaréis, ellos invitarán
- sonreír (to smile): yo sonreiré, tú sonreirás, él/ella sonreirá, etc.
- traer (to bring), preparar (to prepare), jugar (to play), and hacer (to do/make)
Sample Mini-Story Summary
The mini-story depicts a weekend plan where the speaker invites Ana and her family to their home, expresses happiness through future tense verbs, and discusses dinner and post-dinner games. This story helps connect vocabulary and grammar in a natural context, reinforcing the use of the future tense and superlative adjectives.
Differences Between English and Spanish in Invitations and Future Tense
In Spanish, inviting or planning an event often uses the future simple tense to express intent and certainty, while English sometimes uses present continuous or "going to" constructions. For example, "I will invite you" (invitaré) is common in Spanish for plans, compared to "I am inviting you" or "I am going to invite you" in English. Also, Spanish uses the suffix -ísimo/-ísima to intensify adjectives, a form not often found in English, where intensifiers like "very" or "extremely" are used instead.
Useful Phrases to Remember
- ¿Quieres venir a mi casa esta tarde? — "Would you like to come to my house this afternoon?"
- Será divertidísima. — "It will be very fun."
- La comida estará buenísima. — "The food will be delicious."
- ¿Te apuntas? — "Are you in?" or "Do you want to join?"
- Llevaré algo para picar. — "I will bring something to snack on."
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