MICHEL THOMAS SPANISH TRANSCRIPT

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</style></head><body dir="ltr">MICHEL THOMAS SPANISH (BASI
C) COURSE, 8 CDsTRANSCRIPTThi
s is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his min
d in the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the
students. The booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate,
so I have written this transcript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people
will, too. Naturally, it would be foolish to
try to learn the language using this transcript, without buying the recordings.Note that English is my native language, so I d
on't guarantee that there are no mistakes. Tracks and track times in the recordi
ng are shown in brackets. Version 2, Aug 11th
2006Transcribed by JKCD 1 (68
.43)(1) 6.34(2) 7.43<sp
an class="T1">(-ible words stay
the same in Spanish, but the pronunciation changes a little: the last but one sy
llable is stressed)possible </sp
an>posible(</sp
an>-able words stay the same in Spanish
)probable probableacceptable <spa
n class="T4">aceptableit is </sp
an>esit is poss
ible es possibleit is probable es probableit is terrible es terrible</sp
an>it is acceptable es aceptablefor me para mfor you </s
pan>para ustedf
or you para ustedit is for me es para mit is not no esit is not for you no es par
a ustedit is for me es para mit is not fo
r you, it is for me no es para usted, es para mit is not possible for me no es possible para mit i
s possible for you es possible para ustedit is acceptable for me es aceptable para m(3) 6.25(to ask a q
uestion in Spanish, you just use inflection)it is acceptable for you es aceptable para usted</sp
an>is it acceptable for you? <sp
an class="T4">es aceptable para usted?isn't it acceptable for you? no es aceptable para us
ted?why 
por qu(po
rque also means "because")why isn't it acceptable for you? por qu
no es aceptable para usted?(in the above sentence, infl
ection is not necessary because there is a question word; but you can still use
it)like that, that way asit is like that es asit is not li
ke that no es asit is not possible that way no es posible asit is not acceptable for me that way no es aceptable para m as<sp
an class="T3">why isn't it acceptable for you that way? p
or qu no es aceptable para usted as? I'm sorry lo sientoI yo(in Spanish, "I" is understood)(lo siento literally means "I
feel it")but peroI'm sorry, but... </spa
n>lo siento, pero...I'm sorry, but it is not acceptable for me that way lo siento, pero no es aceptable para m asI'm sorry, but it is not possible that way lo si
ento, pero no es posible as(4) 3.44(English words ending -ent <sp
an class="T1">or -ant, end </spa
n>-ente or -ant
e in Spanish)different diferenteimportant importanteit is important for me es im
portante para mit is not differen
t that way no es diferente asgood buenovery muy it is very good es muy buenoit is not ver
y good no es muy bueno<sp
an class="T3">it is not very different that way no es mu
y diferente asbut it is very impo
rtant for me pero es muy importante para m(in Spanish, there is never more than one stress on any given word. In
general, if the word ends with a vowel, the stress will be on the penultimate sy
llable)important importanterestaurant <s
pan class="T4">restaurante(5) 5.12I have tengo(the -o i
n tengo expresses "I". <s
pan class="T2">yo tengo would mean "I have" with the "I"
emphasised)I don't have 
no tengoI'm sor
ry lo sientoI have tengoI have it lo tengoI don't have it no lo tengo
I want quieroI want it lo q
uieroI don't want it that way no lo quiero asI need necesitoI need it lo necesitoI don't need it no lo necesitonow ahorahour hora
I want it lo quierobut I don't need it n
ow pero no lo necesito ahoraI want it but I don't need it now lo
quiero pero no lo necesito ahora(6) 6.22constant constanteevident evidente</sp
an>urgent urgen
teit is very urgent es muy urgenteI need
it now, it is very urgent lo necesito ahora, es muy urg
enteI have tengoI have it lo tengoI don't have i
t no lo tengoyou have tieneyou have (emphasise "you") usted tiene
what quwhat do you have? qu tiene?what do you have for me
now? qu tiene para m ahora?I have tengoI have it lo tengoI don't have it no lo teng
oyou have tienewhat do you have? 
qu tiene?I have i
t lo tengoyou have tieneyou have it lo tienedo you have it? lo tiene?you don't have it no
lo tienedon't you have it? </sp
an>no lo tiene?d
on't you have it for me now? no lo tiene par m ahora?why don't you have it for me now, beca
use I need it now? por qu no lo tiene para m ahora, por qu l
o necesito ahora?(7) 4.13I want quiero<s
pan class="T3">I want it lo quieroI want it now lo quiero ahoraI don't want it no lo quiero I want </spa
n>quieroyou wan
t quiere
I want quieroyou want quierewhat do you want? qu quiere?I want it lo quiero
I don't want it no lo quieroyou want<spa
n class="T4"> quiereyou want it
lo quieredo you want it? lo quiere?why don't you want it that way? por qu n
o lo quiere as?to know <sp
an class="T4">saberI want to kno
w quiero saberI don't want to know no quiero saberI want to know why you don't have it for me no
w quiero saber por qu no lo tiene para m ahora(8) 7.50I can puedoyou can puedeto do, to m
ake hacerto do like that hacer aswhat do you want to do now? qu quiere hace
r ahora?(when there is a consonant at the end of the wo
rd, the stress will be on the final syllable)to do, to make hacer
to eat comersomething algoI want something quiero algoI have something for you tengo algo para ustedI want to eat quiero comerI want to eat something now quier
o comer algo ahoraI have 
tengoI am hungr
y (lit. I have hunger) tengo hambreman hombreI want to eat something now because I am hungry </s
pan>quiero comer algo ahora por qu tengo hambrewhat do you want to eat? q
u quiere comer? I am hungry </spa
n>tengo hambrey
ou are hungry tiene hambreare you hungry? tiene hambre?are you hungry? do you want to eat somethi
ng now? tiene hambre? quiere comer algo ahora?why don't you want to eat? por qu no quiere comer?(9) 3.05(English words ending -ary<s
pan class="T1">, end -ario in Sp
anish)necessary necesarioit is not neces
sary for me now because I don't need it no es necesario
para m ahora por qu no lo necesito
and yI'm
sorry, but I don't have it and I don't want it because I don't need it now </sp
an>lo siento, pero no lo tengo y no lo quiero pero no lo necesi
to ahoracontrary contrarioon the contrar
y al contrariovocabulary vocabulario(10
) 8.53(in Spanish, b and v have the same sound)to see ver(lo is hooked onto the end of the "full
verb")to see it verloI want to see it quiero verloI don't want to see it no quiero verloI want quieroI want it lo quier
oI want to see it quiero verloI don't wa
nt to see it no quiero verlodo you want to see it? quiere verlo?why don't you want to see it? </s
pan>por qu no quiere verlo?I can puedo<spa
n class="T3">you can puedeI cannot see it no puedo verlo(whenever you have two or three consecutive verbs, the second a
nd third verbs are in the full form of the verb, i.e. infinitive)can you see it? puede verlo?</sp
an>what can you see? qu puede ver?why can't you s
ee it? por qu no puede verlo?to do, to make hacerto see verto see it verloto do, to make h
acerto do it hacerloI don't want to do i
t that way no quiero hacerlo asbecause I cannot do it por qu no pu
edo hacerlowhy can't you do it t
hat way? por qu no puede hacerlo as?I want to know why you can't do it that way <spa
n class="T4">quiero saber por qu no puede hacerlo as(11)
4.29(words in English ending -<sp
an class="T2">ance or -ence</spa
n>, end -ancia 
or -encia in Spanish)
difference diferenc
iaimportance importanciainfluence influenciapref
erence preferenciathe difference la diferenciaa difference una diferenci
awhat difference? qu diferencia?the prefer
ence la preferenciaa preference una preferenciawhat preference? qu prefere
ncia?do you have a preference? tiene una preferencia?what preference do you have? qu preferencia ti
ene?for what restaurant do you h
ave a preference? para qu restaurante tiene una preferenci
a?tonight esta noche(esta noche literally means "this night")
it is for tonight e
s para esta nochefor what restau
rant do you have a preference tonight? para qu restaurante
tiene una preferencia esta noche?(12) 4.13where dndewhere do you want to eat? dnd
e quiere comer?the dinner la cenato dine
cenarwh
ere do you want to have dinner tonight? dnde quiere cenar
esta noche?do you have a prefere
nce? tiene una preferencia?what preference do you have? qu preferen
cia tiene?for what restaurant do
you have a preference tonight? para qu restaurante tiene
una preferencia esta noche?(word
s ending -ion in English, end -in in Spanish)opinion opinin(words ending -tion </s
pan>in English, end -cin in Spanish)condition condicinpos
ition posicinreservation reservacin
the reservation la reservacin
a reservation una r
eservacindo you have a reservatio
n for me for tonight? tiene una reservacin para m para esta
noche?(end of recording)CD 2 (57.46)(1) 4.23condition condicinthe condition la condicin</spa
n>a condition u
na condicinwhat condition 
qu condicinreserv
ation reservacinthe reservation la reservacina reservation una reservacinwhat reservation qu reservacinof <spa
n class="T4">dedo you have the c
onfirmation of the reservation for me for tonight? tiene
la confirmacin de la reservacin para m para esta noche?what kind qu tipowhat type of reservation do you have for me tonight?
qu tipo de reservacin tiene para m para esta noche?what kind of reservation do you want? qu tipo de reservacin quiere?(2) 6.2
2(there are close to 1200 words that end
-ion, that are similar in both
English and Spanish. There are just a few exceptions)translation traduccinI need a translation ne
cesito una traduccincan you make
a translation for me? puede hacer una traduccin para m?</sp
an>(puede </spa
n>"can you?" - a question with inflection - is also used for "w
ill you please?" - a polite suggestion without inflection)will you make a translation for me puede hacer una traduccin para mplease por favorcan you make a translation for me? puede hacer
una traduccin para m?to do, to ma
ke hacer
to do it hacerlowill you please do it for me puede hacerlo para
mtoday ho
ycan you do it for me today? </s
pan>puede hacerlo para m hoy?will you make a translation for me puede hac
er una traduccin para mplease </sp
an>por favorexp
lanation explicacinto give dar<spa
n class="T3">will you give an explanation puede dar una
explicacincan you give an explana
tion? puede dar una explicacin?(3
) 8.16(verbs derived from nouns, which a
re similar in both English and Spanish, add -ar<s
pan class="T1"> in Spanish)forma
tion formacinto form formarto conform conformarto confirm confirmar(in English, the "to" form of the verb, i.e. t
he infinitive, is expressed in Spanish by an ending -ar,
-er, -ir. Since all these words end with -r, you must hit the ending)to speak hablar
to eat comer
to come venirto leave s
alirexit salida(the "nose" rule: if a wo
rd ends with a vowel or with the letters n or s, the stress is on the penultimate sy
mbol. Otherwise, it is on the last syllable. If there is an exception to this rule
, there is an accent over the stressed syllable, for example, all words ending -in)Merida MridaMexico Mjicoreservation reservacin
situation situacinimpression impresinwhat impression do you h
ave of the situation? qu impresin tiene de la situacin?</spa
n>like that, that way as(4) 5.07here aqu
will you make a reservation for me puede hacer una reser
vacin para mwhy can't you make a r
eservation for me? por qu no puede hacer una reservacin par
a m?why can't you do it? por qu no puede hacerlo?to know saberto see ver<spa
n class="T3">I want to know it quiero saberlo
I want to see it qu
iero verloto see you <spa
n class="T4">verleto see them verlosto s
ee them (only females) verlasI want to see them quiero verlos</s
pan>I want to see them (only females) quiero verlasI want to see it quiero verloI want to see you quiero verleto see me verme(two types of "me")for me para m(5) 5.37to understand com
prenderto understand it comprenderloto u
nderstand you comprenderleto understand them comprenderlosto understand them (only females) </sp
an>comprenderlasto understand me comprendermecan you understand me? puede compre
nderme? why can't you understand
me? por qu no puede comprenderme?to say, to tell decir
to tell it decirloto tell you decirleto tell me <spa
n class="T4">decirmecan you tell
me? puede decirme?why can't you tell me now? por qu no puede decir
me ahora?I want to know it </spa
n>quiero saberloto buy comprarI want to buy something here quiero comprar algo
aquwhat do you want to buy here?
qu quiere comprar aqu?why don't you want to buy it? por qu no quiere
comprarlo?(6) 7.27expensive caroit is very expensive es muy caroI have tengo
you have tiene</spa
n>do you have it? lo tiene?why don't you have it
for me? por qu no lo tiene para m?to have tenerI want to have it because I need it quiero tenerlo por qu lo necesitoI have tengo<spa
n class="T3">you have tieneto have tenerI have to, I must tengo que</spa
n>I have to do it tengo que hacerloto leave </s
pan>salirI have
to leave tengo que salir
soon prontoI have to leave soon tengo que salir
prontoyou have tieneyou have to 
tiene queyou ha
ve to do it tiene que hacerlowhen cuandowhen do you have to do it? cuando
tiene que hacerlo?to say, to te
ll decir
to tell it decirloto tell you decirleto tell me decirmewill you tell me puede de
cirmecan you tell me? <sp
an class="T4">puede decirme?will
you tell me why you cannot do it that way puede decirme
por qu no puede hacerlo as(7) 4.09
(words ending in -ical in English, end -ico in
Spanish)political polticoeconomical </spa
n>econmicophilos
ophical filosficological lgicoit is not logical but it is very practical that way no es lgico pero es muy prctico as("the political situation" in Spanish is "the situation political", and i
n this case "political" ends with -a, because la situacin is a fe
male word)the political situatio
n la situacin polticathe economical situation la situacin econmicathe political and economical situa
tion la situacin poltica y econmicain Spain en Espaain Mexico en Mjico
in Argentina en
Argentinawhat impression do you
have of the political and economical situation in Spain now? qu imprecin tiene de la situacin poltica y econmica en Espaa ahora? (8) 5.22how much <spa
n class="T4">cuantowhen cuandowill you t
ell me how much it is puede decirme cuanto es
because I need it p
or qu lo necesitoand I want to ha
ve it y quiero tenerlo<sp
an class="T3">and I want to buy it y quiero comprarlo</s
pan>if siif it is not very expensive <sp
an class="T4">si no es muy caroI
am estoyI am busy estoy ocupadoI am busy (female speaking) estoy ocupad
atired c
ansadoI am tired estoy cansadoI am tired
(female speaking) estoy cansadahouse casamarried (lit. "housed) casadoI am estoy
I am not very busy today 
no estoy muy ocupado (ocupada) hoy (9)
5.21you are estyou are busy est ocupadoyou are busy (spea
king to a female) est ocupadaare you busy now? est ocupado ahora?are you busy now? (speaking to a f
emale) est ocupada ahora?<s
pan class="T3">to be estarthis house esta casathis table esta mesawhere are you now? dnde est ahora?how <spa
n class="T4">cmohow are you? </sp
an>cmo est?hello,
good day (lit. good days) buenos das hello, how are you? buenos das, cmo esta?are you busy now? est ocupado (ocupada) ahora?are you tired? est c
ansado (cansada)?to be <s
pan class="T4">estar(10) 5.42<sp
an class="T3">I am going voyI am going to... voy a...
I am going to eat now voy a comer ahora I am going
to buy it voy a comprarlo
I am not going to buy it because it's very expensive <sp
an class="T4">no voy a comprarlo porque es muy caroI am going to tell you voy a decirlelate tard
every late muy tardeit is very late </sp
an>es muy tarde
more msla
ter (lit. more late) ms tardemore or less ms o menosto be estar
I am going to be here later voy a estar aqu ms tarde(end of
recording)CD 3 (59.18)(1) 7.19I'm going to voy aI'm going t
o do it voy a hacerlo<spa
n class="T3">I'm not going to do it now because I'm going to be very busy today
no voy a hacerlo ahora porque voy a estar muy ocupado ho
yto call llamarI'm going to call you lat
er voy a llamarle ms tarde
can you call me later? puede llamarme ms
tarde?at what time a qu horaat what time
can you call me? a qu hora puede llamarme?I'm going to call you v
oy a llamarleyou are going </spa
n>vayou are goi
ng to va aat what time are you going to call me? a qu hora va a ll
amarme?at what time are you goin
g to be here tonight? a qu hora va a estar aqu esta noche?where are you going to be later?
dnde va a estar ms tarde?<sp
an class="T3">at what time are you going to be here? a qu
hora va a estar aqu?(2) 5.18(with all v
erbs, the "you" form also applies to "he", "she" and "it")he is going to, she is going to, it is going to va ayou are going to d
o it va a hacerlohe is going to do it va a hacerloshe is going to do it 
va a hacerlo(in conversation, the context makes it clea
r who is being talked about, but you can add a pronoun as a clarifier)where is he? dnde est?, dnde es
t l?where are you? dnde est?, dnde est usted?whe
re is she? dnde est?, dnde est ella?he is going to be here soon (l) va
a estar aqu prontoshe is going to
be here soon (ella) va a estar aqu prontowhat do you want? qu quie
re (usted)?what does he want? qu quiere (l)?what does she want? qu quiere (ella)?what do you have? qu tiene (us
ted)?what does he have? qu tiene (l)?what d
oes she have? qu tiene (ella)?what do you have? qu tiene (usted)?</s
pan>(3) 5.35ready </sp
an>listoI am re
ady estoy listoI am ready (female) estoy listaare you ready? (female) est
lista?are you ready? <spa
n class="T4">est listo?at what tim
e are you going to be ready? a qu hora va a estar listo?at what time is it going to be rea
dy? a qu hora va a estar listo?I want to know at what time it is going to be ready because
I need it and I have to have it today if it is possible quiero saber a qu hora va a estar listo porque lo necesito y tengo que tenerlo h
oy si es posibleI want <s
pan class="T4">quieroI want it lo quiero
I need it lo necesito will you tell me when it is going to be re
ady puede decirme cuando va a estar listo(4) 3.46all, everything todoeverything
is going to be ready for you today todo va a estar list
o para usted hoynothing nadatomorrow </s
pan>maananothing
is going to be ready for you today but everything is going to be ready tomorrow
nada va a estar listo para usted hoy pero todo va a est
ar listo maanaI am ready estoy listohe is
ready est listo, l est listoshe is ready est lista, elle est listaeverything is ready todo est listo(5) 6.12it is possible es posibleit is very important es
muy importanteit is necessary es necesario(in Spanish there are two verbs for "to be", estar and ser. estar means "a state of being" an
d it expresses "to be" as how one is, where one is. ser
expresses the characteristic of who one is and what one
is)I am 
estoy, soyyou are, he is, she is
, it is est, eshow are you? cmo est?how is he? cmo est (l)? how is she? cmo est (ella)?where are yo
u? dnde est?where is he? dnde est (l)?<s
pan class="T3">where is she? dnde est (ella)where is it? dnde est?</sp
an>I know s</spa
n>I don't know 
no sI don't know where it is </sp
an>no s dnde estI
know it lo sI don't know it no lo s
I know sI don't know no sI don't know where it is no s dnde
est(6) 7.06how
is Pablo today? cmo est Pablo hoy?sick enfermoPablo is sick today Pablo est
enfermo hoyPablo is a sick perso
n Pablo es enfermoto arrive llegardrunk borrachoPablo is drunk Pablo est borracho
Pablo is a drunkard Pablo es borrachodre
ssed vestidowell-dressed bien vestidoPablo is well-dressed today Pablo e
st bien vestido hoyPablo is a goo
d dresser Pablo es bien vestido
I am a professor soy profesor
I am ready estoy listoclever listoI am clever soy listo <sp
an class="T3">he is clever (l) es listoshe is c
lever (ella) es listoshe is ready (ella) est listo(7) 4.45to speak h
ablarto buy co
mprarto take t
omarto form fo
rmarto conform conformarto confirm confirmarwill you confirm the r
eservation for me puede confirmar la reservacin para m</sp
an>to prepare prepara
rwill you prepare the dinner for me puede preparar la cena para m <spa
n class="T3">will you accept the condition puede aceptar
la condicinmuch, very much muchomany thanks muchas graciasI want v
ery much to accept the condition but I'm sorry, I cannot accept it because it is
not acceptable for me that way quiero mucho aceptar la
condicin pero lo siento, no puedo aceptarlo porque no es aceptable para m as
(8) 7.07(new definition of "noun", "adjective
", "verb")to speak hab
larto buy comp
rarto understand comprenderto eat comerto do, to make hacerto say, to tell </spa
n>decirto prepare </s
pan>prepararto accept
aceptar(9) 5.58to come venirwith me conmigo(the -go endi
ng is only used with "me")with you </s
pan>con ustedwith him
con lwith her
con ellawith m
e conmigowill
you speak Spanish with me puede hablar espaol conmigo</sp
an>can you come with me? puede venir conmigo?(after the verb
s of coming and going, a following verb is preceded by a
to, for example voy a...<s
pan class="T1">)to come venircan you come and see it
with me tonight? puede venir a verlo conmigo esta noche?
(10) 6.12to go irI'm going voyI want to go and se
e it with you quiero ir a verlo con ustedI must go and see it tengo qu
e ir a verloI must speak with you </sp
an>tengo que hablar con ustedI'm sorry but I cannot see you today because I am going to be very busy
lo siento pero no puedo verle hoy porque voy a estar muy
ocupadoto buy comprarI must buy it tengo que comprarlobut I canno
t buy it because it is very expensive pero no puedo comp
rarlo porque es muy caro(end of record
ing)CD 4 (61.37)(1) 3.17where is it? dnde est?how much is it? 
cuanto es? where are you? dnde est?to find encontrar
I cannot find it no puedo encontrarloI don't kn
ow where it is no se dnde estcan you/will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it
puede decirme dnde est porque no puedo encontrarlo
(2) 9.44(with the pres
ent tense, there is always a stress on the penultimate syllable. That stress is a
signal to Spanish ears that you are in the present tense - there are just a few
exceptions, e.g. est)
to speak hablar</sp
an>I speak habl
oto buy 
comprarI buy, I am buying comproI buy it
, I am buying it lo comproI'm not buying it no lo comproto sell venderI am selling it lo vendoI'm not selling it
no lo vendoto understand comprenderI understand comprendoI understand it very well lo comprendo muy bienI don't
understand it very well no lo comprendo muy bien
to understand c
omprenderI understand <sp
an class="T4">comprendoI underst
and it lo comprendoI don't understand it no lo comprendoI don't understand you no le comprendoI understa
nd comprendoyou understand comprendeyou understand it lo comprendedo you understand it? lo comprende?why don't yo
u understand it? por qu no lo comprende?do you understand me? me co
mprende?why don't you understand
me? por qu no me comprende?(3) 4
.50to sell vende
rI am selling it lo vendoI'm not selling
it no lo vendoI don't sell it no lo vendoyou are selling it lo vende</s
pan>why don't you sell it? por qu no lo vende?to
write escribirI'm writing escribo
I'm writing every day (all the days) es
cribo todos los dias(4) 7.58<spa
n class="T3">I like (it pleases me) me gustaI like to see it me
gusta verlobut I don't like to d
o it non me gusta hacerlo
I like to go and see it me gusta ir a v
erloI like very much <spa
n class="T4">me gusta muy bienmu
ch pleasure mucho gusto<s
pan class="T3">I like very much to write me gusta mucho
escribirI like me gustayou like le gustayou like
? le gusta?I like to write me gusta escribirI write escriboyou write, he writes, she writes escribewhy don't you
write to me? por qu no me escribe?(5) 6.43to know saberyou know sabedo you know where it
is? sabe dnde est?why don't you know it? por qu no lo sabe?to do, to make hac
erwhy don't you do it? <s
pan class="T4">por qu no lo hace?t
o leave salirat what time are you leaving? a qu hora sale?at what time do you leave? a qu hora sale?(In Spanish, there is an "-ing"
tense, but only for expressing what one is doing right now)I am (in the process of) leaving est
oy saliendo(you could not say estoy saliendo maana)at what time are you leaving? a qu hora sale?what are yo
u doing today? qu hace hoy?
what are you doing tonight? qu hace esta
noche?what are you doing right n
ow? qu est haciendo?what are you writing? qu escribe?what are you in the process of writing? qu est escribiendo?(6) 6.35to say, to tell decirwhat are you saying? qu dice?("what" in the middle o
f a sentence is lo que)I'm sorry but I don't understand what you
're saying lo siento pero no comprendo lo que diceI don't know what you want <spa
n class="T4">no s lo que quiereit
is not what I want no es lo que quierowhat do you want? qu quiere
?what do you want to say? qu quiere decir?(the combination "want
to say" in Spanish is used for "mean")I
don't understand very well what you mean (lit. what you want to say) <spa
n class="T4">no comprendo muy bien lo que quiere deciryou don't understand what I mean n
o comprende lo que quiero decirb
ecause that's not what I mean porque no es lo que quiero
decir(7) 8.35t
o speak hablarI speak habloto prepare prepararI am preparing it lo preparobut I don't accept it pero no lo acepto(Spanis
h verbs can be divided into two tracks, the -ar<s
pan class="T1"> verbs, and on the other track, the -er and -ir i
n verbs)(the ending for "I" on b
oth tracks is -o)I'm preparing preparoI am preparing it lo preparoto accept </sp
an>aceptarI am
accepting it lo acepto<sp
an class="T1">(the ending for "you", "he", "she" and "it" for non -ar verbs is -e
)to understand
comprenderyou understand comprendeto leave saliryou are leaving saleto do haceryou are doing hac
eto write escribiryou are writing escribeto say
deciryou
are saying dice(the ending for "you","he", "she" and "it" for -
ar verbs is -a)you speak hablahe speaks, she spe
aks, it speaks hablado you speak English? habla ingls?(8) 7.03who, whom <s
pan class="T4">quinwho speaks Eng
lish here? quin habla ingls aqu?nobody nadienobody speaks English here nadie
habla ingls aqu everybody 
todo el mundoev
erybody speaks Spanish here todo el mundo habla espaol aq
uwhy don't you speak Spanish with
me? por qu no habla espaol conmigo?to buy comprarI am buying it lo comproI don't buy it no lo comproI am not buyin
g it no lo comprowhy don't you buy it? por qu no lo compra?
I don't know why I am not buying it </s
pan>no s porque no lo comproto sell venderwhy don't you sell it? por qu no lo vend
e?I'm not selling it because I d
on't want to sell it no lo vendo porque no quiero vender
lo (9) 2.54I sp
eak habloyou speak, he speaks, she speaks, it speaks habla(the ending for "they" is the ending f
or "you", plus an -n)
they speak hablanthey understand comprendenthey are doing i
t lo hacenthey are buying it lo compranthey are selling it lo venden</sp
an>(10) 3.58(that same ending is also used wi
th "you plural" meaning "you all")why do
n't you sell it? (asking one person) por qu no lo vende?why don't you sell it? (asking sev
eral people) por qu no lo venden?why don't you do it? por qu no lo h
ace?why don't you do it? (plural
) por qu no lo hacen?why don't they do it? por qu no lo hacen?(end of recording)CD 5 (59.03)(1) 8.54to speak hablarto eat comerto understand comprende
rto come venirto leave salirto do, to make </spa
n>hacerto say,
to tell decirI want quieroyou want quiere
I can puedoto speak hablarI speak habloI don't speak no habloI understand comprendoI don't understand no comprendoyou understand comprendedo you understand it? lo comprende?</s
pan>do you understand me? me comprende?don't you
understand me? no me comprende?why don't you understand me? por q
u no me comprende?they understand
comprendenyou speak habla(2) 6.24(all Spanish vowels are pronounced clearly, regardless of whether th
ey are stressed or not)I speak <s
pan class="T4">hablo(there are a
few cases where the ending for "I" is not -o<spa
n class="T1">)I am going 
voyI am 
estoy, soyto gi
ve darI
give doy
I know sI
don't know no sI don't know it no lo syou are speaking, he is speaking, she is speaking <s
pan class="T4">hablato understan
d comprenderI understand comprendoyou understand, he understands compren
de(3) 3.39to bu
y comprarwhy don't you buy it? por qu no lo compra?to sell venderI am selling it l
o vendowhy don't you sell it? por qu no lo vende?why don't you sell it? (plural) por qu no lo venden
?they are not selling it 
no lo vendenwhy
don't you buy it? por qu no lo compra?they are not buying it no l
o compranwhy don't you buy it? (
plural) por qu no lo compran?(4)
4.43("you" for family and friends is </s
pan>t. The ending is -as or -es)do you speak English? (f
riend) hablas ingls?why don't you speak Spanish with me? (friend) p
or qu no hablas espaol conmigo?(for the imperative, you s
witch tracks)speak Spanish with me! </sp
an>hable espaol conmigo! (5) 5.54the book el librobuy the book! c
ompre el libro!("this" is este with masculine nouns, and 
esta with feminine nouns. "that" is alm
ost the same: ese and <sp
an class="T2">esa)this book este librothis night, tonight esta noche</sp
an>this house e
sta casathis table esta mesathat book ese librot
hat table esa mesathis (without a noun) estoI want to see this quiero ve
r estoI'm going to buy this </sp
an>voy a comprar estoI want to see that quiero ver esowhy don't you buy this book? por qu no compra este libro?bu
y that book! compre ese libro!he is not buying it l no lo compradon't buy it! no lo compre!(6) 4.25to sell vender<s
pan class="T3">why don't you sell it? por qu no lo vende?don't sell it! no lo venda!don't sell it!
(plural) no lo vendan!<spa
n class="T3">don't sell it! (friend) no lo vendas!
sell that book! venda ese libro! buy that book! compre ese libro!don't buy it! no lo compr
e!don't buy it! (plural) 
no lo compren!do
n't buy it! (friend) no lo compres!(7) 6.30(for a positive command, pronouns are hooked on to t
he verb)buy it! c
omprelo!buy it! (plural) 
comprenlo!them losbuy th
em! (talking to several people) comprenlos!don't buy them! (talking to several people) no los compren!to take tomarwhy don't you take it? por qu no lo toma?don't take it! no
lo tome!take it! tomelo!eat it! comalo!(8) 5.30<s
pan class="T1">(the ending for "we" is -mos, added to the infinitive without the final -
r)we spe
ak hablamosto speak hablarI want to speak with you (friend) quiero habla
r contigoto eat comerto leave <sp
an class="T4">salirto speak </sp
an>hablarwe spe
ak hablamosto eat comerwe eat comemos<spa
n class="T3">we are leaving salimoswe are coming venimoswe are selling v
endemosto sell venderwe are selling </sp
an>vendemosto w
rite escribirwe are writing escribimosto have tenerwe have tenemosto do, to make hacerwe are doing it lo hacemoswe are not doing
it no lo hacemos we do not do it that way no lo hacemos costo tell, to s
ay decir
we are telling you le decimos(9
) 5.27(there is one exception)to go irwe go vamosI go voyyou go, he goes vaI am going to voy ayou are going to, he is going to va athey are going to van ayou a
re going to (plural) van ayou are going to (friend) vas a
we are going to vamos awe are going to leave so
on vamos a salir pronto<s
pan class="T3">to arrive llegarat what time are we going to arrive in Madrid? <sp
an class="T4">a qu hora vamos a llegar a Madrid?<sp
an class="T3">we are doing it lo hacemosthey are doing it lo hac
enwhy don't you do it? (friend)
por qu no lo haces?I have tengo<spa
n class="T1">(though some verbs which end not just with -o, but with -go, when talking about "I")to come venirI come vengoto leave salirI am leaving salgoI have tengoI come vengoI am leaving salgo</sp
an>to put, to pose ponerto oppose oponerto suppose </sp
an>suponerto co
mpose componerI put pongoI am putting it here lo pongo aquI have tengo
I come vengo
I am leaving sa
lgoI am putting pongoI suppose <s
pan class="T4">supongo(10) 4.43("to do" and "to say" are related. They both have the -<sp
an class="T2">go ending, and additionally are shortened)
to do ha
certo say, tell decirI do hagoI tell <spa
n class="T4">digoI have tengoI come </sp
an>vengoI am le
aving salgoI am putting pongo<spa
n class="T3">I am doing it lo hagoI am telling you le digoto bring traer
I am bringing traigoI am bringing it </s
pan>lo traigoI
am putting it lo pongo<sp
an class="T3">I am coming vengoI am leaving salgoI am doing it lo hagoI am telling you le digoI am bringing it lo traigo
I am putting it lo pongowhere are you putting it? dnde lo pone?</s
pan>where are you putting it? (plural)
dnde lo ponen?where are you putting it? (friend) dnde lo pones?</spa
n>we are putting it here lo ponemos aqu(11) 2.49
(in the imperative, the -go <spa
n class="T1">verbs turn into -ga verbs)come with me! <spa
n class="T4">venga conmigo!don't
leave! no salga!don't leave! (plural) no salgan!don't leave! (friend) no sa
lgas!don't put it here! no lo ponga aqu!pu
t it here! pongalo aqu!<spa
n class="T3">can you put it here, will you please put it here puede ponerlo aqu(end of recordin
g)CD 6 (60.36)(1) 7.33I leave salgoI have tengoI put pongoI'm doing, I am ma
king hagoI'm saying, I am telling digoI am coming vengoI suppose supongoI have tengo</sp
an>I bring trai
gobring it! traigalo!bring me something!
traigame algo!don't put it here! no lo ponga aqu!there allput it there! pongalo all!don't put it here, put it there! no lo ponga aqu, pongalo all!
I am doing it lo hagodo it! hagalo!don't do it! no lo hag
a! say it in Spanish! <sp
an class="T4">digalo en espaol!tel
l me! digame!don't tell me now! no me diga ahora!don't tell me! (friend) no
me digas!to call llamarcall me later pl
ease! llameme ms tarde por favor!call me! llameme!(in the imperative, the only time you don't switc
h tracks is when speaking to "you, friend". You also miss out the last -<s
pan class="T2">s)call me! (friend) llamame!call me! llameme!(2) 6.06to have tenerwe have tenemosto do </s
pan>hacerwe are
doing it lo hacemosto have tener
you have tienethey have, you all have tienen</s
pan>you have (friend) tieneswe have <spa
n class="T4">tenemosI have </spa
n>tengoto have
teneryou
have tiene(in Spanish, when you push down on the letter -e</spa
n>-, it caves in and becomes -ie
-. For "I have", this doesn't happen because the -g- holds up the letter -e)to c
ome venirwe are coming venimos<sp
an class="T3">he is coming vienethey are coming vienenyou are coming (friend) vienesI am coming vengoto start comencarI
am starting comiencoyou are starting, he is starting, she is starting, it is starting comiencaat
what time are you starting? a qu hora comienca?at what time are you all starting? 
a qu hora comiencan?at what time are you starting? (friend) a qu hora comie
ncas?at what time do we start? a qu hora comencamos?(3) 6.35to begin, to start em
pezarI am starting empiezoat what time a
re you starting? at what time is it starting? a qu hora em
pieza?to think pensar I think <sp
an class="T4">piensowhat do you
think? qu piensa?what do you think of the situation? qu piensa de la
situacin?we think pensamos(pensar is also used in the sense of thinking
forward, or planning)I plan on l
eaving soon pienso salir prontowhen do you plan on leaving? cundo
piensa salir?to understand </spa
n>comprenderI u
nderstand comprendoto understand entenderI understand entiendo(entender is used more often than comprender)I don't under
stand it no lo entiendo<s
pan class="T3">I don't understand you no le entiendo</sp
an>I don't understand you (friend)</spa
n> no te entiendodo you understand me? (friend) me entiendes?
we don't understand no entendemos(usually you can d
educe that the whole verb contains the sound -e<s
pan class="T1">-, if the present tense verb contains -ie
-)I want
quieroy
ou want, he wants quierethey want, you all want quierenyou want (friend) quieresyou all want <spa
n class="T4">quierento want </sp
an>quererwe wan
t queremos(4) 6.08(in a similar situation, the letter -o- caves in and becomes -ue-)I c
an puedo
you can, he can puede<spa
n class="T3">they can, you all can puedenyou can (friend) puedes
to be able to poderwe can podemosthe power </spa
n>el poderto fi
nd, to encounter encontrarI find encuentroI don't find it no lo encuentr
oto remember recordarI remember recuerdoto come
back volverI am coming back soon vuelvo prontoat what time are you coming back? a qu hora vuelve?are you a
ll coming back? vuelven?<s
pan class="T3">are you coming back? (friend) vuelves?</sp
an>we are coming back soon volvemos prontoto co
me back regresar(5) 7.39to lift up, to raise le
vantarI am lifting it up 
lo levantowhy d
on't you lift it up? por qu no lo levanta? I am lifting myself up, I lift me up <sp
an class="T4">me levantoI am get
ting up me levantous noswe are getting up, we are lifting us up nos leva
ntamosyou are getting up (friend
) te levantasat what time are you getting up? (friend) a qu hora t
e levantas?himself, herself, you
rself, themselves, oneself sehe is getting up se levantaat what time are you getting up? 
a qu hora se levanta?at what time are you all getting up? a qu hora se leva
ntan?they are getting up soon se levantan prontoI am going to get up soon voy a levantarme pront
oI have to get up tengo que levantarmewe
are going to get up soon vamos a levantarnos
we have to get up t
enemos que levantarnosI have </s
pan>tengoI have
to get up tengo que levantarmewe have to get up tenemos que lev
antarnosat what time do we have
to get up? a qu hora tenemos que levantarnos?(6) 5.33to remain <sp
an class="T4">quedarto give </sp
an>darto stay,
to remain oneself quedarseI am staying me quedoI am not staying no me qu
edohow much cuantohow much time cuanto tiempoI d
on't know how long I am staying no s cuanto tiempo me que
doI don't know how long I am goi
ng to stay no s cuanto tiempo voy a quedarmeI don't know how long I can stay no s cuanto tiempo puedo quedarmewe are staying nos quedamosa few days unos daswe are going to stay here a few days vamos a quedarnos unos das(el da is actually a mas
culine word, and so is el problema "the problem". la mano is fem
inine)are la mano "the hand" and el prob
lema "the problem")(7) 4.08there is, there are 
haypeople gentethe people la gentemany people mucha gentethere are many people here hay mucha gente aquwhat is there? what is going on? <s
pan class="T4">qu hay?no problem,
there is no problem no hay problemaI don't know how long we are going to stay here </spa
n>no s cuanto tiempo vamos a quedarnos aqustill, still more todavaa little un poco
a little more todava un pocolate tardelater </spa
n>ms tardea litt
le later un poco ms tardeyet (in a negative sense) todavaI don't know yet, still I don't know </sp
an>todava no sI d
on't know yet how long I am going to stay todava no s cuan
to tiempo voy a quedarme(8) 6.53
to see verwe see vemoswe see it lo vemoshe doesn't see it, you don't see it <spa
n class="T4">no lo veI see </spa
n>veothey see i
t no ven
we see it lo vemoswe see ourselves nos vemoswe don't see ourselves no no
s vemos("ourselves" in Spanish also means "each other")we see each other, we meet nos vemosat what time
do we meet? at what time do we see each other? a qu hora
nos vemos?at what time do we mee
t tomorrow? a qu hora nos vemos maana(in Spanish, the present tense can be used to express the future; so, "we mee
t next week" is correct Spanish, although it is incorrect English)to call llamarI will call you tomorrow, I call you tomorrow le llamo maanato buy comprarI am buying comproI am buying it lo comproI am buying them los
comproI am telling digoI am saying it lo digoI a
m telling you le digo<spa
n class="T3">I am telling you (friend) te digoI am calling llamo
I am calling you le llamoI am calling yo
u (friend) te llamoI call you tomorrow le llamo maana(in Spanish, you use "going" to express the future even more than i
n English)I am going to call you tomorro
w voy a llamarle maana(9) 6.26we are staying a few days, we will be stay
ing a few days nos quedamos unos daswe are going to stay a few days vamos a quedarnos unos dasat w
hat time do we meet tomorrow? at what time do we see each other tomorrow? a qu hora nos vemos maana?at what time are we going to see each other? at what time are we going
to meet tomorrow? a qu hora vamos a vernos maana?(in the future tense, you can also say "I will see": for "I will"
, you start with the whole verb)to speak
hablarI
will speak hablarI will eat later comer ms tardeI will buy it lo comprar I will sell it lo venderto take <spa
n class="T4">tomarI will take it
lo tomar
we will take it lo tomaremosI will take it lo tomarwe will take it lo tom
aremosI will start comencarwe will start
lo comencaremosI will eat comer<sp
an class="T3">we will eat comeremosI will speak with you hablar c
on ustedwe will speak <sp
an class="T4">hablaremos(10) 3.30to wait, to hope esperarI will wait esperar</sp
an>we will wait esperaremosto stay, to remain o
neself quedarseI am staying, I am remaining myself me quedo</spa
n>to speak habl
arI am speaking habloto stay <spa
n class="T4">quedarseI am stayin
g me quedoI am staying here tomorrow me quedo aqu maana
I will stay me qued
arI am going to stay voy a quedarme(end of reco
rding)CD 7 (62.38)(1) 4.49 (often, the easiest way to talk about the future
is to use "going")I will start, I am go
ing to start voy a comencar, voy a empezarI will buy it, I am going to buy it <sp
an class="T4">voy a comprarlowe
will buy it, we are going to buy it vamos a comprarlo</s
pan>I will call you later voy a llamarle ms tardewe will call you later vamos a llamarle ms tardeat what time will you call me? <s
pan class="T4">a qu hora va a llamarme?at what time are you going to call me? (plural) a qu
hora van a llamarme?they are goi
ng to call me later van a llamarme ms tardeat what time will you call me? (friend) a qu hora vas a llamarme?you are going to call me va a llamarmeyou are going to call me (plural) 
van a llamarmey
ou are going to call me (friend) vas a llamarmethey are going to call me van a llamarmewe are go
ing to call you vamos a llamarle(2) 4.39to stay, to remain oneself </sp
an>quedarseI am
staying me quedowe are staying nos quedamosthey are staying se quedanshe is staying se quedaI am not staying no me quedoI am going to stay voy a quedarmehow long are you going to stay? cunto tiempo va a quedarse?how l
ong are you going to stay? (plural) cunto tiempo van a que
darse?I don't know yet how long
we are going to stay todava no s cuanto tiempo vamos a que
darnosI will stay me quedarwe will stay nos quedaremos(3) 4.39(the future tense ending for everything else start
s with -r-)I will buy it lo comprar
we will buy it 
lo compraremoshe will buy it </s
pan>lo compraryo
u will buy it lo comprar<s
pan class="T3">where will you buy it? (plural) dnde lo com
prarn?where will you buy it? (fri
end) dnde lo comprars?too, too much demasiadothey won't buy it because it's too expensive <s
pan class="T4">no lo comprarn porque es demasiado caroI will be here estar aquwe will be here tomorrow estaremos aqu maanahe will be
here estar aquit will be ready for you tomorrow estar listo para us
ted maanathey will be here soon estarn aqu prontothey are going to be here soon van a estar aqu pron
to("it will be" can come from ser)it will be serit won't be possible no ser posibl
eI will go see it ir a verlowe will go se
e it iremos a verlo(4) 5.43(the -go verbs, in the future, use the endin
g -dre- instead of -re-)I have tengoI will have tendrwe will have tendremoshe will have, you will have tendrthey will have, you al
l will have tendrnyou will have (friend) tendrsto leave salirI leave salgoI will leave sal
drwe will leave saldremoshe will leave saldrthey w
ill leave, you all will leave saldrnyou will leave (friend) saldrs
I put po
ngoI will put pondrwe will put <sp
an class="T4">pondremosthey will
put, you all will put pondrnyou will put (friend) pondrs(with the two friends, digo and hago, you drop the -go- a
nd add the ending -re-)I will do har</spa
n>we will do ha
remoshe will do harthey will do <s
pan class="T4">harnyou will do (f
riend) harsI will tell dir I will tell you later le dir ms tardeI will tell it lo di
r I will tell you le dirI will tell you (f
riend) te dirwe will tell diremoshe will tell you le dirhe will tell me me dir</spa
n>when will you tell me? cundo me dir?when will yo
u tell me? (friend) cundo me dirs?when will you all tell me? cundo me
dirn?(5) 7.32(f
or "would", you have a similar ending to the future: -ra)it will
be necessary ser necesario
it would be necessary sera necesario</sp
an>it wouldn't be necessary <spa
n class="T4">no sera necesarioit
wouldn't be possible that way no sera posible asI will do it lo ha
rI would do it lo haraI wouldn't do it tha
t way no lo hara asthey wouldn't do it no lo haranwhy wouldn't you do it? (friend) por qu no lo haras?I tell digoI wil
l tell you le dirI wouldn't tell you no le dirahe wouldn't tell me no me d
irahe won't leave today <s
pan class="T4">l no saldr hoyhe wo
uldn't leave l no saldra<sp
an class="T3">he will have it for you l lo tendr para uste
dbut he wouldn't have it today pero l no lo tendra hoy(6) 9.53
I like, it pleases me me gustaI like to see it </sp
an>me gusta verloI like very much to see it me gusta mucho verlo
I don't like to stay here no me gusta quedarme aquyou like, it pleases you le gusta, te gusta
you like? it pleases you? le gusta?we like, it pleas
es us nos gustato please gustar<s
pan class="T3">it would please me me gustaraI would like to see you me gustara verle I would like to go see it with you me gustara
ir a verlo con ustedto send </sp
an>mandarhe is
sending it lo manda(with "it -
to me", the personal word comes first)he
is sending it to me me lo mandahe is not sending it to me today no me lo manda hoybut he will s
end it to me tomorrow pero me lo mandar maana(both words can be hooked onto the end of the "whole" verb)he is going to send it to me tomorrow <spa
n class="T4">va a mandrmelo maanah
e is sending it to me tomorrow me lo manda maanahe wouldn't send it to me today <s
pan class="T4">no me lo mandara hoy(7) 7.51I am sending it lo mando</spa
n>I am sending you something<spa
n class="T4"> le mando algoI am
sending you something (friend) te mando algoI am sending it to you (friend) te lo mandoI am send
ing them to you (friend) te los mando("it - to you" is not le lo
but se lo)I am sending it to you se lo mandoI a
m going to send it to you voy a mandrselo(se lo can mean "it - to you", or "it to him", "it to her", "it to them", "it to
all of you". If the context is not clear, you could clarify with voy a mandrselo a usted, or voy a mandrselo a l etc)will you send it to me? can you send it to me? puede mandrmelo?can you
send it to him? puede mandrselo (a l)?(8) 4.42I like to see it, it please
s me to see it me gusta verloI would like to see it me gustara ve
rloI would like, I may want, I m
ight want quisieraI would like to see it, I might want to see it quisiera verloI want to see it
quiero verloit would please me to see it me gustara verloI like to see it me gusta verloI might want to s
ee it quisiera verloit won't be necessary no ser necesario
it wouldn't be necessary no sera necesario(9) 6.05(to go into the past tense in Spanish, you dive. To say "I bou
ght something" you say "I have bought something". After "have", you dive into the
past with "bought", which in Spanish ends with -ado </s
pan>with the -ar track, and ends with -ido with
the other track)spoken habladoleft </sp
an>salidoeaten
comidoso
ld vendidobought compradospoken hablado<s
pan class="T3">taken tomadoto live vivirlived vivido(there are two Spanish verbs for "to be"; similarly,
there are two verbs for "to have". The other verb is ha
ber, and it is used for diving into the past. In the pres
ent tense, this verb is like the future tense endings, but with the -<spa
n class="T2">r- replaced with a -h-)(10) 3.47I have bought something he comprad
o algowe have bought <spa
n class="T4">hemos comprado(to say "we have bought it",
the "it" comes before "have")we have bo
ught it lo hemos comprado
he has bought it lo ha compradohe has not bought it no lo ha compradowhere have
you bought it?, where did you buy it? dnde lo ha comprado
?to sell venderhe has sold it <sp
an class="T4">lo ha vendido(there are a few exceptions)made, done hecho
I have done it lo he hechowe have done i
t lo hemos hechosaid dichohe has told me me ha dichoyou have not told me no me h
a dichoI told you, I have told y
ou le he dicho
(end of recording)CD 8 (55.02
)(1) 5.06to wait esperarI am wa
iting esperoto find out, to inform oneself informarse
I want to inform myself quiero informarmeI want to
find out where it is quiero informarme donde estto wait esperarI am waiting esperoyou are waiting, he is
waiting, she is waiting esperawait! espere!why are you waiting? por qu espe
ra?why are you waiting? por qu espera?why
don't you wait? por qu no espera?
(2) 5.03(in Spanish, "to wait for" is "to wait, to await")I am awaiting you, I am waiting for you </spa
n>le esperoI am
waiting for you (friend) te esperohe is waiting for you (l) le e
sperashe is waiting for you </sp
an>(ella) le esperathey are waiting for me me esperanwhy are you all waiting? po
r qu esperan?why are you waiting
for me? (friend) por qu me esperas?we are waiting esperamos
why don't you wait for me? por qu no me espera? w
hy don't you wait for me? (friend) por qu no me esperas?why don't you wait for me? (plural
) por qu no me esperan?<spa
n class="T3">wait! espere!
wait for me here! espereme aqu!(3) 6.32we are waiting fo
r you le esperamosshall we wait for you?
we are waiting for you? le esperamos?("let's" is the imperative for "we...")let's wait! esperemos!we are waiting esperamoslet's wait! esperemos!let's wait here! esperemos aqu!we are buyin
g it lo compramoswe are not buying it no lo compramos
let's not buy it! no
lo compremos!we are selling it
lo vendemoslet's sell the house! vendamos la casa!don't wait for me! no me
espere!wait for me! <spa
n class="T4">espereme!I am waitin
g right now, I am in the process of waiting estoy espera
ndoI have waited he esperadoI have left
he salidoI am waiting right now estoy esperando I am doing it <sp
an class="T4">lo hagoI am right
now in the process of doing it lo estoy haciendo(4) 7.20(there is also
in Spanish an -ing tense in Spanish, corresponding to "was -ing" and "were so-in
g"; we'll call it the "wing tense". For the -ar track, the ending is -<sp
an class="T2">aba)I was waiting esperabaI was speaking hablabaI was buying it lo
comprabaI was preparing it </sp
an>lo preparaba
(for the other tracks, the ending is -a)I was leaving <spa
n class="T4">salaI was eating </s
pan>comaI was do
ing it lo hacaI was buying it lo comprabaI was selling it lo vendaI was preparing it lo preparabahe was preparing
it lo preparabayou were preparing it lo preparabayou were preparing it (friend) lo preparabasthey were p
reparing it lo preparaban
I was doing it lo hacahe was doing it lo haca</sp
an>you were doing it lo hacayou were doing it (f
riend) lo hacasthey were doing it lo hacanhe was telling me me decaI have not understood what you were sayi
ng no he comprendido lo que deca
(5) 4.23(in Spanish, the "wing" tense expresses a straight line
in the past, but it can also express a broken line in the past, which in Englis
h is "I used to do it" or "I did it very often", "I did it every day", "I did it
all the time")he did it every day </spa
n>lo haca todos los dasdone, made hecho(in Spani
sh, you can also dive after "to be")it i
s done est hechoI have done it lo he hechoI prepared it, I have prepared it lo he preparado dinner is prepared la cena est preparadaI accepted the condition, I have accep
ted the condition he aceptado la condicin(6) 5.06told dichoI have told you </spa
n>le he dichoyo
u haven't told me no me ha dichowhy haven't you told me? por qu no
me ha dicho?seen vistoI have seen it lo he vistoI haven't seen it yet, I still haven't seen it todava no
lo he vistoput puestowhere did you put
it? where have you put it? dnde lo ha puesto?we have put it here l
o hemos puesto aquto forget </spa
n>olvidarI won'
t forget it no lo olvidarsure seguroI am sure estoy segurothat we won't forget it que no lo olvidaremosI didn't f
orget it, I haven't forgotten it no lo he olvidado(7) 4.13to leave </sp
an>salirto leav
e something behind dejarmessage recadoI have left a message for you he d
ejado un recado para ustedto spe
nd time pasar (el tiempo)
we have spent much time hemos pasado mu
cho tiempo we didn't spend much
time, we have not spent much time no hemos pasado mucho
tiempoa good idea una ideathat is a very
good idea eso es una beuna ideait is not a bad idea no es una m
ala ideahow much time did you sp
end? cunto tiempo ha pasado?prefer preferirI prefer prefieroI prefer staying here 
prefiero quedarme aqu(8) 2.26<spa
n class="T3">to feel like tener ganas deI feel like staying here tengo ganas de quedarme aquwith
all of you con ustedes<sp
an class="T3">I feel like being here with all of you ten
go ganas de estar aqu con ustedes(9) 7.30I would like to see it me gusta
ra verloI would like to make a re
servation me gustara hacer una reservacinhow long do you plan on staying? cunto tiempo piensa quedarse?to ask preguntarI would like to ask you me gustara preguntarle
I would ask you later <sp
an class="T4">le preguntara ms tardeI will ask you later le preguntar ms tardeI'm going to call you later voy a llamarle ms tardeI wi
ll call you later le llamar ms tarde(whenever "to" implies "in order to", in Spanish you m
ust use para)I am calling you in order to know le llamo para saberI am g
oing to call you later voy a llamarle ms tarde
I will call you later le llamar mas tarde...to ask y
ou, in order to ask you para preguntarlewith us (others) con</sp
an> nosotrosif you can come see it with us tonight si puede venir a verlo con nosotros esta noche(10)
7.20at what time do we arrive tomorrow?
a qu hora llegamos maana?<sp
an class="T1">(to say "I have just seen it", in Spanish you say "I just finished
from seeing it": acabo de... wh
ich translates "I have just..."; this is a quick and painless way to speak in th
e past tense)I have just left acabo de salirhe has just left acaba de salirit makes hace(hace is also used for "ago")ten
minutes ago (lit. it makes ten minutes) hace diez minut
oshe has just left ten minutes a
go acabo de salir hace diez minutosI have just seen it acabo de
verloI have just arrived here tw
o days ago acabo de llegar aqu hace dos dasI have just arrived here two weeks ago acabo de llegar aqu hace dos semanas(end of recording)</body></html>

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