The expression dejar de links a conjugated verb to an action that stops.
The idea
Conjugate dejar for the subject and time, then add de and the infinitive: dejó de llorar means the child stopped crying.
Examples
- Dejé de tomar café por la noche.I stopped drinking coffee at night.
- La lluvia dejó de caer al mediodía.The rain stopped falling at noon.
- El niño dejó de llorar.The child stopped crying.
- Dejamos de trabajar a las seis.We stopped working at six.
- ¿Cuándo dejaste de estudiar francés?When did you stop studying French?
- Deja de hacer ruido, por favor.Stop making noise, please.
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Keep de between dejar and the infinitive; the second verb stays in the infinitive form.
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Choose the preposition in dejar de plus infinitive. Dejó ___ llorar. (de / con)
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de
De links the conjugated verb to the infinitive.
Choose the infinitive after dejó de. El niño dejó de ___. (llorar / lloró)
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llorar
Llorar remains in the infinitive after de.
Choose the form for we stopped working. Nosotros ___ de trabajar a las seis. (dejamos / dejaron)
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dejamos
Dejamos agrees with the subject nosotros or nosotras.
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Choose the preposition in dejar de plus infinitive. Dejó ___ llorar. (de / con)
Choose the infinitive after dejó de. El niño dejó de ___. (llorar / lloró)
Choose the form for we stopped working. Nosotros ___ de trabajar a las seis. (dejamos / dejaron)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Describe an activity you stopped and a sound that stopped using complete sentences with dejar de.