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In this series of lessons you will learn useful vocabulary for common situations you might encounter in a
Spanish speaking country, as well as some grammar basics for using your Spanish. In each lesson you will be
introduced to New Grammar topics as well as a short list of vocabulary you can use in a particular situation.
You will have opportunities to repeat and practice this vocabulary and the grammar you have learned as well
as to answer questions using these structures. At the end of each lesson you will hear and repeat a conversation
that might take place in a situation involving the vocabulary and grammar from that lesson. Enjoy the lessons,
as you listen see if you can spot cognates, which are words that are similar in English and in Spanish. This will
help you understand words you may not have heard before in Spanish.
Also, take every opportunity you can to study vocabulary. Useful ways to do this might be to use new
vocabulary in a sentence or to try to and name as many things and people around you as you can.
Welcome to Lesson 1:
In this lesson you will learn the names of the letters in the Spanish alphabet and how to pronounce them, as well
as some important things about pronouncing certain types of words.
First lets practice the Spanish alphabet. There are 28 letters in the Spanish alphabet; the letter w (doble ve) is
not a letter that occurs in native Spanish words. When you use a dictionary, you will want to remember that the
letter ll, written as l-l, is alphabetized separately and after l, written as a single l. Also, in some dictionaries the
letter ch, written c-h, is alphabetized as two separate letters, but in most dictionaries (especially older ones) ch
is considered one letter, alphabetized between c and d.
Okay, now lets repeat the names of the Spanish letters and some words that feature them. You will hear a pause
after each word and letter; thats your chance to repeat what you hear. Each word will then be translated into
English.
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The English letter n written with a tilde (or wavy line) on top is called
The English letter v is called v (or v chica) (v chica is used to differentiate v from b grande)
The English letter x is called x (very few Spanish words begin with x. It occurs within many words, such as
taxi.
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a b c ch d e f g h i j k l ll m n o p q r s t u v x y z
Okay, now that youve learned the alphabet, lets talk about how these letters are pronounced. First, the vowels;
vowels in Spanish have a consistent pronunciation, rather than varying as do English vowels. Single vowels in
Spanish are pronounced just like their names: a , e , i , o , u. Combinations of two vowels are common
in Spanish, too. Some of these combinations are pronounced as one syllable rather than two separate ones, for
example:
Now that youve learned the vowel sounds of Spanish, lets talk about the consonants.
The sound of b is somewhat like an English b only softer; dont press your lips all the way together. This
sound occurs in bao bath and jabn soap
C has two sounds; before the letters o, a, and u, it sounds like English k, as in taco or casa house.
Before e or i, c sounds like English s, as in cerca near by or cine cinema. (In many regions of
Spain, c before e or i sounds like the English t-h in bath.)
D sounds rather like the English t-h in then, as in dama lady and edad age
G, like c, has two different sounds depending on what letter follows it. Before o, a, and u, g makes a [g]
sound, as in the words gafas glasses, lago lake or amigo
friend. Before e or i, g makes the sound [h], as in gente people and region region
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H is always silent in Spanish.
Ll makes the sound [y], as in llave key. Some Spanish speakers pronounce this letter as [j].)
R between vowels sounds somewhat like an English d, but softer, as in caro expensive and hora
hour, or time. In other positions, r makes a rolling trill sound, as in regalo present and libro
book. Between vowels, this same rolling sound is spelled as double r or rr, as in the word barrio
neighborhood.
X makes either a [ks] sound, as in taxi taxi or a [h] sound, as in Mxico Mexico
Y is generally pronounced the same way as ll, as in the word yema egg yolk. In isolation, it is
pronounced [ee]; this letter by itself is the Spanish word for and.
Z sounds like a soft English s, as in zapato shoe (this letter is also pronounced as a soft t-h sound in
parts of Spain.)
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Knowing how letters sound in Spanish will help you recognize cognates, which are words that are similar to
English words. They may be spelled alike to some extent, yet sound very different. Can you identify the English
cognate of the following Spanish words?
Hospital Hospital
Radio Radio
Restaurante Restaurant
Recepcin Reception
Msica Music
Aeropuerto Airport
Suter Sweater
Hamburguesa Hamburger
Televisin Television
Banco Bank
There are lots of cognates between Spanish and English; be on the lookout for them.
One more thing youll need to know to pronounce Spanish words correctly is where the stress falls in a word.
As an example of why the stress is important, consider the words suspect and suspect in English. One is a
noun, suspect, and the other is a verb, suspect. Yet the only difference in pronunciation is where the word is
stressed. There are pairs of words like this in Spanish, as well. When you repeat words as you listen to these
tapes, pay attention to where the stress falls. There are three simple rules, which will allow you to correctly
stress any word you see written but have not yet heard. These rules are as follows:
1) If the last letter of a word is n, s, or any vowel, word stress falls on the next-to-last syllable, as in:
Agua - water, chicle - gum, bao - bath, platos - plate, atlas - atlas
and in hablan, which means they speak.
2) If the last letter of a word is any consonant other than n or s , stress falls on the final syllable, as in:
3) Any word that does not follow these 2 rules has a written accent over the stressed syllable. Some
examples of words needing written accents are:
(the written accent may also be used to distinguish otherwise identical words; for instance, s with an
accent written over the i means yes, si without an accent means if.)
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Can you tell which of these words would need a written accent?
Llave no
Mxico yes, (Mxico needs a written accent over the since it does not stress according to the first rule.)
Ruinas no
Agua no
Mesa no
Msica yes, (msica needs a written accent over the since it is not stressed according to the first rule.)
Vista no
Recepcin yes, (recepcin needs a written accent over the since it is not stressed according to the first
rule.)
Okay, lets review: Can you remember the letters of the alphabet? This time youll hear a pause for your answer
before each letter: a, b, c, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, ll, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, x, y, z
Great. Now see if you can tell how the following words would be spelled (if you are able, write them down after
you hear them):
Ao ao (a- -o)
Mesa mesa (m-e-s-a)
Frijol frijol (f-r-i-j-o-l)
Jabn jabn (j-a-b--n) (Did you notice o con acento, that means o with an accent)
Chicle chicle (c-h-i-c-l-e)
Agua agua (a-g-u-a)
Edad edad (e-d-a-d)
Ruinas ruinas (r-u-i-n-a-s)
Kilmetro kilmetro (k-i-l--m-e-t-r-o)
OK, lets see if you can remember some of the vocabulary youve heard so far. Try to answer the question
Cmo se dice? How does one say?
Cmo se dice ?
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Well done. Now, listen to this brief conversation. Dont worry about the grammar; youll learn more about that
in subsequent lessons. The first time you hear the conversation, just listen. The 2nd time, repeat what you hear.
The 3rd time through, the conversation will be translated for you.
A: Qu es?
B: Es coliflor
A: Coliflor?
B: S, coliflor. Es bueno, no?
A: Ms o menos. Necesita sal. Y los frijoles son muy picantes!
B: S, necesito agua.
A: Hay agua en la mesa.
B: Gracias.
A: No hay de que.
A: Qu es?
B: Es coliflor
A: Coliflor?
B: S, coliflor. Es bueno, no?
A: Ms o menos. Necesita sal. Y los frijoles son muy picantes!
B: S, necesito agua.
A: Hay agua en la mesa.
B: Gracias.
A: No hay de que.
In lesson 2 you will learn some common greetings, as well as some Spanish verbs and how to use them.
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Welcome to lesson 2.
In this lesson, you will learn:
There are various ways to greet someone in Spanish. Try repeating these:
Hola Hello
When you meet someone new, you might say mucho gusto (pleased to meet you). You could also say
encantado if you are a man or encantada if you are a woman (this is another way to express pleased to meet
you).
You might wonder why there are two forms, encantado, and encantada. These words are adjectives, and
adjectives in Spanish are said to agree with the nouns they modify, they can be singular or plural, as well as
masculine or feminine. The idea of masculine and feminine is fairly straightforward with nouns that refer
to people, such as hombre (man) and mujer (woman); hombre is masculine, and mujer is feminine. However,
all other nouns in Spanish also have gender, which is best thought of as a grammatical property of nouns in
Spanish. English nouns do not have this particular property.
So, when meeting someone new, a woman might say she is enchanted, encantada, while a man would use
the masculine form of this adjective, encantado.
Did you notice that das in the greeting buenos das is modified by the form buenos, while tardes in buenas
tardes is modified by the form buenas? Thats because das is a plural masculine noun, while tardes is a plural
feminine noun. You will learn more about agreement in lesson 3.
Okay, now that you know how to greet someone in Spanish, lets learn how to ask for a persons name. To ask
one person, who is a new acquaintance, this question, say:
Cmo se llama? This is used as Whats your name? but it literally means How do you call yourself?
Cmo is the question how. Se llama is a formal 2nd person singular form of the verb llamarse, to call
oneself.
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In English, to is used to mark the basic verb form that doesnt agree with any particular subject, such as
you or he. This basic form is called the infinitive. In Spanish, such verb forms are marked by an ar, -er,
or ir ending, for example hablar to talk, comer to eat and vivir to live. So what about the se in llamarse?
Some verbs in Spanish are whats called reflexive; their infinitives have a se at the end to indicate this. This
se is roughly parallel to oneself in English.
When the form of a verb is changed to agree with a subject, this process is known as conjugation and the
changed form is a conjugated form. For example, the present tense conjugation of the verb to be in English
is:
I am we are
You are yall are
He is they are
She is
Note that there are really only 3 present-tense forms of the verb to be; am, are, and is. And most English verbs
have even fewer forms! However, as you will see, there are 6 present-tense forms of each verb in Spanish.
These forms correspond to different possible subjects. However, it is important to remember that me, te, se,
nos, os, se are not subject pronouns. These are actually the corresponding forms of the reflexive se on the
infinitive. Note that when a reflexive verb is conjugated, the proper form of se is placed before the conjugated
verb form. So, if me, te, se, nos, os, se are not subject pronouns, what are the subject pronouns of Spanish?
Well learn them next.
Subjects can be 1st person (if they include the speaker, like I or we), 2nd person (if they include the person being
spoken to, like you or yall), or 3rd person (used when speaking about others, like she, he, or they). Subjects
can also be singular or plural, and in Spanish, 2nd person subjects can be formal or informal, as well. In these
lessons, verb forms will be given according to the standard Spanish subject pronouns, which are:
Yo, I nosotros, we
T, you (singular informal) vosotros, you (plural informal)
Ud., you (singular formal) Uds., you (plural formal)
l, he ellos, they (masculine or mixed gender)
Ella, she ellas, they (feminine)
Ud. and Uds. are often abbreviated as u-d and u-d-s, respectively.
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Nosotros has a feminine form nosotras that is used if we are all women, as does vosotros, which becomes
vosotras if yall are all women. You may be wondering why, with so many subject pronouns, there are only
6 conjugated present-tense forms of verbs. The answer is that the third person singular verb form is used, not
only with l he and ella she, but also with Ud., the formal singular you. Likewise, the plural 3rd person verb
form is used with ellos, ellas, and Uds.
So how does one know which forms of you to use? In most Spanish-speaking countries, the singular t form
is used with friends and children, while the singular Ud. form is used with a person you have just met or with
someone older than you. (In Argentina and some other countries, a vos form is used instead of the informal t
form, but we do not use the vos form in these lessons.) In the plural, a similar distinction is maintained between
the informal vosotros and the formal Uds. forms if you are in Spain; in Latin America, however, the vosotros
form is not used. When in Latin America, use the Uds. form when addressing a group of people both in formal
and informal situations.
Do you remember the subject pronouns of Spanish? See if you can list them.
If we put the conjugated forms of llamarse together with appropriate subject pronouns, they sound like this:
It is important to remember that subject pronouns are most often omitted in Spanish, unless they are needed
to clarify or emphasize who the subject is. As an example, here is a partial conversation. Listen and repeat
(escucha y repite).
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Note that Ud. was included to clarify the subject of the 3rd person verb form, but yo was omitted since the
subject is clear from the verb form in this case. Listen and repeat again (escucha y repite otra vez):
A: Buenos das.
B: Hola. Cmo se llama Ud.?
A: Me llamo Mara. Y Ud.?
B: Me llamo Patricia.
A: Mucho gusto. .
B: Encantada.
Now check your memory again; can you remember all of the conjugated forms of the verb llamarse?
Try to list them.
You should have listed:
OK, now that youve met someone and asked for his or her name, lets learn how to ask how your new
acquaintance is doing. You already know the word for how, cmo, but youll need another verb for this
question. The infinitive of this new verb is estar; it is translated as to be in English and is used to talk about
location as well as states or conditions of people and things. The present-tense forms of estar are:
So, you might ask a new acquaintance, Cmo est Ud.? or ask a friend, Cmo ests?. A very informal way
to ask this, similar to asking Whats up? in English, is to ask Qu tal? This idiomatic expression has only
one form.
estoy estamos
ests estis
est estn
Now lets talk about how one might answer the question Cmo ests?. Here are some ways you might be
feeling when someone asks:
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Bien well
Muy bien very well
As-as so so
Mal badly
Muy mal very badly
You might also wish to thank the person for asking, by saying gracias Thank you or muchas gracias
Thank you very much.
Now lets see how much you remember. How would you answer these words and questions?
Buenas tardes. If you said hola or buenas tardes in return, thats right! How about:
Cmo se llama Ud.? If you said me llamo and your name, thats great! Now try:
Mucho gusto. Did you say mucho gusto in return? Great! If youre a woman, you might also have said
encantada, or encantado if youre a man. OK, how would you answer:
Cmo ests? You might have said estoy bien or estoy as-as. If youre doing very well, you probably said
estoy muy bien.
Now you can have a brief conversation with someone in Spanish. But theres one thing missing: how will you
say goodbye after the conversation is finished? Here are some possibilities:
Adis Goodbye
Hasta luego Until later
Nos vemos See you (literally, well see each other)
Chao Bye
Lets see how much of this you can remember. How does one say (Cmo se dice?):
How about some of the nouns you heard in lesson 1? Challenge yourself with these:
Es jabn? Is it soap?
No, es champ. No, its shampoo.
Es un lago? Is it a lake?
No, es un ro. No, its a river.
Es agua? Is it water?
No, Es vino! No, its wine.
Son ames? Are they yams?
S, son ames. Yes, theyre yams
Ud. es mdica? Are you a doctor?
S, soy mdica. Yes, I am a doctor.
Somos todos mdicos aqu. We are all doctors here.
Did you notice that forms of to be in these sentences were not translated with estar, but rather with a different
verb? The infinitive of this other verb is ser. When to be is used to identify people, places and things, the verb
ser is used instead of estar.
Now practice a few sentences using these forms. Cmo se dice? (How does one say?):
Son llaves.
Es agua?
Somos damas.
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Es champ.
Son pjaros.
One way you can use ser to identify people is to associate them with their professions or occupations, as in soy
mdica. Mdica is the feminine form of the noun doctor. The masculine form of the noun is mdico. Here are
some other people you might meet. Some are cognates, and you may be able to guess their meanings.
Escucha y repite:
profesor teacher
profesora teacher
estudiante student
jefe boss
jefa boss
empleado employee
empleada employee
cliente client
conductor driver
conductora driver
piloto pilot
pilota pilot
asistente assistant
asistente de vuelo flight attendant
mesero waiter
mesera waitress
hombre de negocios business man
mujer de negocios business woman
turista tourist
Thats great! Did you notice that a in these sentences doesnt have a word translating it in the Spanish
version? Thats because the equivalent of a, the indefinite article, is generally not used in Spanish when
identifying someones occupation, as in Manuel es piloto.
So, now you know two different ways to translate the verb to be in Spanish. The way it is used in a sentence
will determine whether you should translate it as ser or estar. Which verb is used to identify something? ser is
used. Which verb is used to ask someone how he or she is doing, as in how are you today? estar is used. And
which verb is used when identifying someones occupation? Ser is used.
OK, lets put it all together. Here is a conversation between two friends and a third person unknown to one of
them. Most of the vocabulary will be familiar to you.
B. Buenos das, Carmen. Cmo ests? - Hello Carmen, how are you?
A: Ana, te quiero presentar a Jaime Ramrez. - Ana, Id like to introduce you to Jaime Ramrez. l es un
amigo de mi familia. - He is a friend of my family.
C: Mucho gusto. Ud. se llama Ana, no? - Pleased to meet you. Your name is Ana, right?
B: S, Ana Tapia. Cmo est Ud. hoy? - Yes, Ana Tapia. How are you today?
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B: Estoy bien, gracias. Y Ud.? - I am fine thank you. And you?
C: Bien, gracias. Es Ud. estudiante aqu? - Well, thank you. Are you a student here?
B: S, en mi opinin es muy interesante. -Yes, in my opinion, its very interesting Y Ud.? Qu estudia?
And you? What are you studying?
A: Ay! Perdn, Ana, tenemos una clase en 5 minutos.- Oops, excuse me Ana, we have a class in five minutes
A: S, estudiamos la obra de Goya hoy. - Yes, we are studing the work of Goya today.
Now, repeat the conversation again, this time without the translation.
A: Hola, Ana.
B. Buenos das, Carmen. Cmo ests?
A: Muy bien, gracias. Y t?
B: Bien, gracias.
A: Ana, te quiero presentar a Jaime Ramrez. l es un amigo de mi familia.
B: Mucho gusto, Jaime.
C: Mucho gusto. Ud. se llama Ana, no?
B: S, Ana Tapia. Cmo est Ud. hoy?
B: Estoy bien, gracias y Ud.?
C: Bien, gracias. Es Ud. estudiante aqu?
B: S, soy estudiante de filosofa.
C: De filosofa? Qu interesante!
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B: S, en mi opinin es muy interesante. Y Ud.? Qu estudia?
C: Estudio qumica.
A: Ay! Perdn, Ana, tenemos una clase en 5 minutos.
B: Es la clase de arte?
A: S, estudiamos la obra de Goya hoy.
B: Bien, nos vemos luego.
C: Adis, Ana. Mucho gusto.
B: Igualmente.
A: Chao! nos vemos! .
B: Chao, Carmen. .
A: Hola, Ana.
B. Buenos das, Carmen. Cmo ests?
A: Muy bien, gracias. Y t?
B: Bien, gracias.
A: Ana, te quiero presentar a Jaime Ramrez. l es un amigo de mi familia.
B: Mucho gusto, Jaime.
C: Mucho gusto. Ud. se llama Ana, no?
B: S, Ana Tapia. Cmo est Ud. hoy?
B: Estoy bien, gracias.Y Ud.?
C: Bien, gracias. Es Ud. estudiante aqu?
B: S, soy estudiante de filosofa.
C: De filosofa? Qu interesante!
B: S, en mi opinin es muy interesante Y Ud.? Qu estudia?
C: Estudio qumica.
A: Ay! Perdn, Ana, tenemos una clase en 5 minutos. .
B: Es la clase de arte?
A: S, estudiamos la obra de Goya hoy.
B: Bien, nos vemos luego.
C: Adis, Ana. Mucho gusto.
B: Igualmente.
A: Chao! nos vemos!.
B: Chao, Carmen.
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Es Carmen una amiga de Ana? S, Carmen es una amiga de Ana.
Es Ana estudiante? S, es estudiante.
Es la clase de Carmen y Jaime una
clase de filosofa? No, es una clase de arte.
In lesson 3, you will learn more about gender and agreement, and learn to talk about where people are from
and to describe people and things. You will also learn some useful Spanish verbs.
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Welcome to lesson 3.
In this lesson, you will learn:
First, lets talk more about agreement. As youve seen, verbs agree with subjects both in English and in Spanish.
They agree in person and number. In Spanish, there is also a type of agreement between nouns and
adjectives, as mentioned in lesson 2. An adjective agrees with the noun it describes in number and in gender.
The articles a/an, some and the also agree with nouns in a similar way. Here are the different forms of these
articles in Spanish:
Forms of a or some
un (un is masculine, singular)
una (una is feminine, singular)
unos (unos is masculine, plural)
unas (unas is feminine, plural)
Escucha y repite:
un libro a book
una tienda a store
unos taxis some taxis
unas playas some beaches
Forms of the
el (el is masculine, singular)
la (la is feminine, singular)
los (los is masculine, plural)
las (las is feminine, plural)
Escucha y repite:
el libro the book
la tienda the store
los taxis the taxis
las playas the beaches
Now how about some more nouns to go with these articles? Here are some common ones you might wish to
use.
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Escucha y repite:
Many feminine nouns end in a, though there are exceptions, such as un mapa, un da, and many nouns ending in
-ema or -ama, for example el drama the drama and el problema the problem. Likewise, many nouns ending
in o are masculine; a common exception is la mano the hand. The best way to know if a noun is masculine or
feminine is to learn that information whenever you learn a new noun; learn a noun along with its article.
To make a noun or adjective plural in Spanish, add s to the word if it ends in a vowel and e-s if the word ends in
a consonant. Here are some plurals of nouns you heard earlier:
Es un restaurante excelente.
La noche en la playa es bella, no?
Cmo son las habitaciones?
Es un edificio grande.
Son chicos buenos.
Eres una mujer muy inteligente.
Lets see how many things and people you remember. Cmo se dice?
a boy un chico
a girl una chica
a street una calle
a house una casa
a beach una playa
a building un edificio
a store una tienda
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a woman una mujer
a man un hombre
a hotel room una habitacin
These sentences give more information about things and people by using adjectives. Lets practice some
adjectives that you can use to describe the nouns youve learned. Many adjectives have different masculine and
feminine forms, although some do not. In these lessons, whenever a new adjective has different masculine and
feminine forms, you will hear both. Almost all adjectives have a plural form ending in s or es. Escucha y repite:
Most adjectives in Spanish occur following the nouns they modify, for example:
These adjectives are usually used to describe characteristics of people or things. When the verb to be is used to
describe the characteristics of people or things, ser is used rather than estar. Do you remember the forms of ser?
Try to list them,
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You should have listed:
soy somos
eres sois
es son
Here are some examples of sentences using ser to describe the characteristics of someone or something:
Muy bien! You already know that ser is used to identify people and things, for example in Es vino or Son
mdicos. Another example of how ser can be used to identify is when you ask or tell where someone is from.
Here are two new words youll use to ask that question:
De dnde es Ud.?
Note that the word order in this question corresponds to from where are you? The informal version is
De dnde eres?
Here are some country names that one might use to answer this question:
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Escucha y repite:
Some of these country names are commonly used with the article, though most are not. Of course there are
many others! So if you are from the US, how would you answer the question De dnde es Ud?. If you said
Soy de los Estados Unidos youre right!
That means I am from the United States.
Somos de Japn.
Eres del Canad?
Son Uds. de Alemania?
Francisco es de Espaa.
Ella es de Italia.
Los chicos jvenes son de la Argentina.
Did you notice that from Canada was translated as del Canad? When de directly precedes the masculine
singular article el, the contraction del is formed.
You might also want to ask what language or languages a person speaks. Using the formal Ud. form, this
question would be:
Qu idiomas habla?
Qu ? is the question what? and un idioma is a language. This question also uses hablar, to speak or to talk.
Hablar is whats known as a regular verb; it is conjugated in the same way as many other regular verbs in
Spanish. You already know two Spanish verbs that are irregular, ser and estar. There are 3 types of regular verbs
in Spanish; next well learn how to conjugate verbs of one type, and some examples of this type.
First, lets take a closer look at an infinitive. A Spanish infinitive consists of 2 parts, the root and the infinitive
ending. In the case of hablar, the root is habl- (h-a-b-l) and the ending is ar, spelled a-r. This ending is
characteristic of one of the 3 types of regular verbs; their infinitives end in ar and their conjugated forms have
the same set of endings, as well. What are the conjugated forms of such verbs? Lets take hablar as an example
to illustrate.
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To conjugate hablar first remove the infinitive ending ar. Then add the appropriate conjugated endings
according to the subject, which are:
So, once conjugated, the present tense forms of hablar sound like this:
Note that the present tense forms of Spanish verbs can be translated either with the simple present in English or
the present progressive that is hablo can be translated as I speak or as I am speaking.
Here are some other regular verbs that are conjugated in the same way:
Bailar to dance
Caminar to walk
Comprar to buy
Desear to want or desire
Escuchar to listen to
Llamar to call (vs. llamarse).
You will notice that this infinitive lacks the reflexive marker se that we saw in the reflexive llamarse to call
oneself.
Mirar to look at, or to watch
Pagar to pay
Tomar to take (as in tomar el autobs, to take the bus)
Trabajar to work
Necesitar to need
There are many more! The majority of Spanish verbs are in this category. In addition to regular verbs ending
in ar, there are two other types of regular verbs in Spanish: those whose infinitives end in er (e-r), and those
ending in ir (i-r).
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You will learn some verbs of those two types later in this lesson. Now try applying the ar conjugation to a
couple of different verbs. Can you list the 6 forms of tomar, to take?
tomo tomamos
tomas tomis
toma toman
necesito necesitamos
necesitas necesitis
necesita necesitan
hablo hablamos
hablas hablis
habla hablan
Muy bien! In order to answer the question Qu idiomas hablas?, youll need to know the names of some
languages. Here are a few commonly spoken ones:
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el espaol Spanish el italiano Italian
el ingls English el francs French
el alemn German el rabe Arabic
el mandarino Mandarin el portugus Portuguese
el hebreo Hebrew el japons Japanese
De dnde eres? Soy de (plus the name of where you are from for example, soy de Mxico)
Hablas italiano? S, hablo italiano. No, no hablo italiano.
Tomas el autobs? S, tomo el autobs. No, no tomo el autobs.
Trabajas mucho? S, trabajo mucho. No, no trabajo mucho.
Escuchas msica ahora? S, escucho msica ahora. No, no escucho msica. ahora
Miras mucha televisin? S, miro mucha televisin. No, no miro mucha televisin.
Eres hombre o mujer? Soy hombre or Soy mujer.
Excelente! Now that you know how to use regular ar verbs in Spanish, lets see how the regular er and ir verbs
work. Their present-tense endings are very similar, in fact only the nosotros and vosotros forms have different
endings for these two verb types. First, lets look at a regular verb ending in er, comer
To conjugate comer first remove the infinitive ending er. Then add the appropriate conjugated endings
according to the subject, which are:
So, once conjugated, the present tense forms of comer sound like this:
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Here are some other regular verbs that are conjugated in the same way:
Aprender To learn
Beber To drink
Comprender To understand
Creer To believe
Leer To read
bebo bebemos
bebes bebis
bebe beben
leo leemos
lees leis
lee leen
Muy bien! The verb creer (to believe or to think) is often followed by the word que, meaning that, and a
phrase, as in Creo que ella habla ingles. How would you say, I think that he understands? Creo que
comprende
Lees muchos libros? S, leo muchos libros. No, no leo muchos libros.
Aprendes espaol? S, aprendo espaol
Comes mucha pizza? S, como mucha pizza. No, no como mucha pizza.
Comprendes japons? S, comprendo japons. No, no comprendo japons.
OK, now lets look at a regular verb ending in ir, vivir (to live).
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To conjugate vivir first remove the infinitive ending ir. Then add the appropriate conjugated endings according
to the subject, which are the same as those for er verbs except in the nosotros and vosotros forms:
So, once conjugated, the present tense forms of vivir sound like this:
Here are some other regular verbs that are conjugated in the same way:
Abrir To open
Asistir To attend (Asistir is usually followed by prep. a)
Decidir To decide
Escribir To write
decido decidimos
decides decids
decide deciden
The verb vivir is often followed by the word en, meaning in, and a place, as in Vivo en el Canad. How would
you say, They live in Mexico? Viven en Mxico
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S, vivo en los Estados Unidos. No, no vivo en los Estados Unidos
Escribes bien? S, escribo bien. No, no escribo bien.
Asistes a clase? S, asisto a clase. No, no asisto a clase.
A: Hola. - Hi.
B: Mucho gusto Antonio. Me llamo Ins. - Pleased to meet you Antonio. My name is Ins.
A: Encantado. De dnde eres, Ins? - Pleased to meet you. Where are you from Ins?
B: De veras? Qu interesante. - Really? How interesting! Hablas ingls entonces? So, you speak English?
A: S, hablo ingls, espaol y japons. - Yes, I speak English, Spanish and Japanese.
A: S, trabajo para una compaa multinacional en LA - Yes, I work for a multinational company in LA y a
veces necesito hablar japons en mi trabajo. and sometimes I need to speak Japanese in my work.
B: Qu bien! - How nice!Yo hablo un poquito de ingls, pero no mucho. - I speak a little bit of English, but
not much Escucho mucha msica en ingls. - I listen to lots of music in English.
A: S? Qu tipo de msica escuchas? - Oh yeah, what type of music you listen to?
B: Escucho muchos tipos,- I listen to lots of types, trabajo en una tienda de msica. - I work in a music store.
A veces es muy aburrido, pero escucho mucha msica buena.- Sometimes its really boring, but I listen to a
lot of good music. Comprendo un poquito de ingls, pero no lo leo ni lo escribo - I understand a little bit of
English, but I do not read or write it. T lees y escribes japons? - Do you read and write Japanese?
A: Para m, s. Hablo con muchas personas interesantes. - For me yes, I talk to lots of
interesting people.
B: Pues, Ins, deseas caminar en la playa un poco? - So, Ins, would you like to walk on the beach a little
O deseas bailar?- or would you like to dance?
B: Gracias, deseo caminar un poco. - Thanks, I would like to walk a little. La playa aqu es muy bella! - The
beach here is really beautiful.
A: S, y la noche tambin. Vamos. - Yes, and the night is too. Lets go.
A: Hola.
B: Hola, Cmo ests?
A: Bien, gracias. Me llamo Antonio.
B: Mucho gusto Antonio. Me llamo Ins.
A: Encantado. De dnde eres, Ins?
B: Soy mexicana, de Oaxaca. Y t?
A: Soy de Los Angeles.
B: De veras? Qu interesante. Hablas ingls entonces?
A: S, hablo ingls, espaol y japons.
B: Hablas japons?
A: S, trabajo para una compaa multinacional en LA y a veces necesito hablar japons en mi trabajo.
B: Qu bien! Yo hablo un poquito de ingls, pero no mucho. Escucho mucha msica en ingls.
A: S? Qu tipo de msica escuchas?
B: Escucho muchos tipos trabajo en una tienda de msica. A veces es muy aburrido, pero escucho mucha
msica buena Comprendo un poquito de ingls, pero no lo leo ni lo escribo. T lees y escribes japons?
A: Un poco, s.
B: Comes mucha comida japonesa?
A: S, creo que es excelente.
B: Qu fascinante es tu trabajo, no?
A: Para m, s. Hablo con muchas personas interesantes. Pues, Ins, deseas caminar en la playa un poco?
O deseas bailar?
B: Gracias, deseo caminar un poco. La playa aqu es muy bella!
A: S, y la noche tambin. Vamos.
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Heres the same conversation without pauses.
A: Hola.
B: Hola, Cmo ests?
A: Bien, gracias. Me llamo Antonio.
B: Mucho gusto Antonio. Me llamo Ins.
A: Encantado. De dnde eres, Ins?
B: Soy mexicana, de Oaxaca. Y t?
A: Soy de Los Angeles.
B: De veras? Qu interesante. Hablas ingls entonces?
A: S, hablo ingls, espaol y japons
B: Hablas japons?
A: S, trabajo para una compaa multinacional en LA (y a veces necesito hablar japons en mi trabajo).
B: Qu bien! Yo hablo un poquito de ingls, pero no mucho. Escucho mucha msica en ingls.
A: S? Qu tipo de msica escuchas?
B: Escucho muchos tipos trabajo en una tienda de msica. A veces es muy aburrido, pero escucho mucha
msica buena. Comprendo un poquito de ingls, pero no lo leo ni lo escribo. T lees y escribes japons?
A: Un poco, s.
B: Comes mucha comida japonesa?
A: S, creo que es excelente.
B: Qu fascinante es tu trabajo, no?
A: Para m, s. Hablo con muchas personas interesantes. Pues, Ins, deseas caminar en la playa un poco? O
deseas bailar?
B: Gracias, deseo caminar un poco. La playa aqu es muy bella!
A: S, y la noche tambin. Vamos.
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Cmo es la playa, en la opinin de Ins? Es muy bella.
Qu desea Ins, caminar o bailar? Desea caminar un poco.
In lesson 4, you will learn some new irregular verbs, numbers from 1-100, and how to talk about the weather, as
well as how to ask and give directions.
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Welcome to lesson 4.
In this lesson, you will learn (en esta leccin vas a aprender):
First, lets talk about the weather. To do this well need a new verb, hacer to do/ make. Hacer is an irregular
verb, which means it does not follow the same pattern as regular verbs do when they are conjugated. In the
present tense, only the yo form of the verb hacer is different from those of a regular er verb. These are the
present-tense conjugated forms of hacer:
In addition to meaning to do or to make, hacer is used idiomatically in the 3rd person singular to talk about
many types of weather. Here are some types of weather you might encounter it is important to remember that
explicit subject or pronouns are never used in these expressions. Escucha y repite:
Hace calor. Its hot (literally this expression means it makes heat).
(calor, fro, sol and so forth are actually nouns rather than adjectives.)
Do you remember the forms of hacer? See if you can list them.
hago hacemos
haces hacis
hace hacen
Qu tiempo hace? Your answer should tell what the weather is like where you
are. Hace fro? Hace sol? Est lloviendo?
Weather changes with the seasons. You might want to know, for example, what the weather is like in the winter,
or in the month of June. To ask those questions, youll need to know the names of the months and seasons in
Spanish. Escucha y repite:
En el Canad, hace mucho fro en diciembre. In Canada, its very cold in December
Qu tiempo hace en Los Angeles en el verano? What is the weather like in Los Angeles in the summer?
Hace mucho calor en el verano. Its very hot in the summer.
En la Argentina, llueve mucho en julio. In Argentina, it rains a lot in July.
Es invierno en la Argentina en julio! Its winter in Argentina in July.
En Alaska, nieva mucho en invierno. In Alaska, it snows a lot in the winter.
As you might have guessed, youll also use hacer if you want to ask what someone is doing. Can you figure out
how to ask What are you doing? If you said Qu haces? or Qu hace?, youre right!
The last sentence, Vamos a la playa! uses another irregular verb, the verb ir, which means to go. These are the
present-tense forms of ir:
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To tell where someone is going, follow the correct form of ir with the preposition a, meaning to, for example:
Whenever a directly precedes the masculine singular article el, the two form a contraction, al, as in
As in English, the verb meaning to go can also be used to refer to future actions in Spanish. To do this, use the
appropriate conjugated form of ir, followed by the preposition a and the infinitive that expresses the desired
action. Here are some examples: escucha y repite:
Vas a trabajar hoy? S, voy a trabajar hoy. No, no voy a trabajar hoy.
Vas a mirar televisin? S, voy a mirar televisin. No, no voy a mirar televisin
Vas a comer pronto? S, voy a comer pronto. No, no voy a comer pronto.
Vas a ir a Mxico en marzo? S, voy a ir a Mxico en marzo. No, no voy a ir a Mxico en marzo.
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Lets say you want to answer the question Vas a ir a Mxico en marzo? and give a specific date. To do that
youll need to know some numbers; youll hear those shortly. Numbers also come in handy when youre talking
about someones age. Escucha y repite:
Cuntos aos tienes? (literally this question is asking how many years do you have)
Tengo 20. (literally, I have twenty)
In Spanish, one does not talk about being a certain age, but rather about having a certain number of years. The
verb meaning to have in Spanish is tener, which is another irregular verb. These are the present-tense forms of
tener:
Escucha y repite:
tengo tenemos
tienes tenis
tiene tienen
Remember the question Cuntos aos tienes? Un ao is a year, Cuntos is the question how much? or how
many? and it works like an adjective. It will agree with the noun it modifies in gender and number, as in these
examples:
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In order to answer questions like these, youll need to know some numbers. Lets start with the numbers from
1-30.
Escucha y repite:
0 (zero) 1 (one) 2 (two) 3 (three) 4 (four) 5 (five) 6 (six) 7 (seven) 8 (eight) 9 (nine) 10 (ten) 11 (eleven) 12
(twelve) 13 (thirteen) 14 (fourteen) 15 (fifteen) 16 (sixteen) 17 (seventeen) 18 (eighteen) 19 (nineteen) 20
(twenty) 21(twenty one) 22(twenty two) 23 (twenty three) 24 (twenty four) 25 (twenty five) 26 (twenty six) 27
(twenty seven) 28 (twenty eight) 29 (twenty nine) 30 (thirty)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Did you notice that the numbers in the twenties are essentially twenty and one, twenty and two, and so on?
The numbers in the thirties through nineties work the same way. Now lets count by tens from 30 to 100.
Escucha y repite:
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
The number 100 is pronounced cien when in isolation, but ciento when followed by additional numbers, as
in ciento uno, ciento veinte, and so forth. OK, can you count by 10s from 0-100? This time youll hear each
number after a pause, so you can check your pronunciation.
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Now lets do a few addition and subtraction problems. Ms means more or plus, while menos means less or
minus.
Cuntos son 10 + 5 15
20 + 10 30
3 + 8 11
40 + 60 100
55 4 51
80 10 70
99 2 97
18 3 15
Great! At this point, you should be able to answer the question Cuntos aos tienes? The verb tener is used in
a number of idiomatic expressions like this in which the verb to be is generally used in English. Here are some
common expressions of this type. Escucha y repite:
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Heres another question. Can you tell what this question is asking?
Adnde vas?
Of course, there are lots of places you might like to go. What if you dont know how to get where youre going?
In this section, youll learn the names of some places around town, and how to ask for directions.
First, here are the names of some places in town you might want to visit.
Escucha y repite:
When you want to ask about the location of something or someone, youll use the verb estar, for instance in
Dnde est la iglesia? (Where is the church?). Another verb you can use is quedar, then your question would
be Dnde queda la iglesia? Try asking the location of these places:
Cmo se dice?
Vas al cine mucho? S, voy al cine mucho. No, no voy al cine mucho.
Compras vino en el supermercado? S, compro vino en el supermercado. No, no compro vino en el
supermercado.
Vives en el centro? S, vivo en el centro. No, no vivo en el centro.
Vas al parque mucho? S, voy al parque mucho. No, no voy al parque mucho.
Dnde compras medicina? Compro medicina en la farmacia.
Dnde miras mucha arte? Miro mucha arte en el museo.
OK, now suppose that you ask someone for directions to a place youd like to visit. Here are some words and
phrases that person might use to answer your question.
Escucha y repite:
OK, if someone gave you the following directions, what would you do?
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Something else that might come in handy when giving or following directions is a few prepositions.
Escucha y repite:
Cerca de Close to
Lejos de Far from
Al lado de Next to
Enfrente de In front of
Detrs de Behind
Cmo se dice?
The bank is in front of the city hall. El banco est enfrente del ayuntamiento.
Where is city hall? Dnde est el ayuntamiento?
The supermarket is not far from here. El supermercado no est lejos de aqu.
We are in front of the park. Estamos enfrente del parque.
The movie theater is next to the hotel. El cine est al lado del hotel.
The pharmacy is on the corner. La farmacia est en la esquina.
A: Dnde est el museo? -Where is the museum? Est cerca de aqu? - Is it close to here?
B: No est lejos. - Its not far. Siga dos cuadras por esta calle. - Continue two blocks along this street.
Hay una bocacalle. - There is an intersection.
B: S, siga dos cuadras ms. - Yes, continue two more blocks. Hay un banco en la esquina. - There is a bank
on the corner.
A: Un banco? Qu bueno! - A bank. Thats great! Necesito cambiar dinero.- I need to exchange money.
B: S, el banco est en la esquina, en el edificio viejo. - Yes, the bank is on the corner, in the old building.
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A: Gracias. Y hay una farmacia cerca de aqu? - Thank you, and is there a pharmacy close to here?
A: S, hay dos. - Yes, there are two. Una queda una cuadra al norte del banco. One is one block to the north
of the bank.
B: S, y para llegar a la otra, - Yes, and to get to the other doble a la izquierda en la bocacalle, - turn left at
the intersection y siga media cuadra ms. - and continue half a block further.
B: Correcto. - Correct.
This time you will hear the conversation again without the translation.
You will hear the conversation one more time, this time without pauses.
In lesson 5, you will learn the names of the days of the week, and how to tell the date.
More numbers and lots of vocabulary you can use while shopping.
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Welcome to lesson 5.
Bienvenidos a leccin 5. En esta leccin vas a aprender:
Qu mes es? You should have given the current month, for exemple Es junio.
Qu estacin es? In our example, the answer would probably be Es verano.
Qu da es? To answer the question Qu da es? youll need to know the days of the week.
lunes Monday
martes Tuesday
mircoles Wednesday
jueves Thursday
viernes Friday
sbado Saturday
domingo Sunday
La semana The week
Cmo se dice?
OK, lets say you also want to know the date. You can use the question Cul es la fecha? to find out. Cul is
the question which and it also has a plural form, cules. La fecha, as you may recall, is the date. Escucha y
repite:
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To tell the date in Spanish, the structure you will use is equivalent to Its the 10 of May, en espaol Es el 10
de mayo. If its the 1st of the month, use primero (first) instead of uno; otherwise, just use the numbers youve
already learned.
Cmo se dice?
Muy bien! Now say you also want to talk about what year it is. How would you ask the question What year
is it? If you said Qu ao es?, thats right! Of course, to talk about years, youll need to know a few more
numbers. Ahora, vas a aprender ms nmeros. Escucha y repite:
100 (hundred), 200 (two hundred), 300 (three hundred), 400 (four hundred), 500 (five hundred), 600 (six
hundred), 700 (seven hundred), 800 (eight hundred), 900 (nine hundred), 1000 (thousand), 2000 (two thousand),
3000 (three thousand), 4000 (four thousand), 5000 (five thousand)
These larger numbers may also come in handy while shopping, depending on the exchange rate and the value
per unit of the currency youre using. Next, youll practice some other vocabulary that might be useful while
shopping. First, here are some things you could be looking for in a store:
Escucha y repite:
Un mapa a map
Una gua turstica a tourist guide
La pelcula the film
Un rollo de pelcula a roll of film
Unas pilas batteries
Unas bateras batteries
Un sombrero a hat
La locin bronceadora sunblock
Una botella de agua a bottle of water
Las sandalias sandals
Una toalla a towel
El traje de bao the bathing suit
Una camiseta a T-shirt
Un suter a sweater
Un paraguas an umbrella
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Los zapatos shoes
las aspirinas aspirins
una vendita an adhesive bandage
un vendaje a bandage
unos fsforos matches
un imperdible a safety pin
una revista a magazine
un peridico a newspaper
un telfono pblico a public telephone
la gua telefnica the phone book
por favor please
Cmo se dice?
There are different kinds of stores you could visit, depending on what you need to buy. You already know 4 of
these types of stores:
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You will find that the ending era is added to many types of products in the name of the store that sells
those products.
You should have recognized La farmacia, El mercado, El supermercado, and El almacn. Here are some other
words and expressions that might be handy while shopping:
caro/a expensive
barato/a cheap or inexpensive
de venta on sale
Ir de compras to go shopping
aceptar to accept
pagar to pay
la tarjeta de crdito credit card
el efectivo cash
los cheques de viajero travellers checks
el dinero Money
la caja the cashier
Cmo se dice?
To go shopping Ir de compras
I want to go shopping. Deseo ir de compras.
Were going to the supermarket. Vamos al supermercado.
The shoes are expensive. Los zapatos son caros.
Do you (Uds) accept credit cards? Aceptan tarjetas de crdito?
Hes going to pay in cash. Va a pagar en efectivo.
Do you (t) have money? Tienes dinero?
Excelente! Lets say youre looking for something specific in the store, like a map. You could use the Uds.
form of tener to ask whether there are any maps available, as in Tienen mapas?. Another, very common way to
ask such questions is to use the very irregular verb haber. Only the 3rd person singular form of this verb is used
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as a main verb; that form in the present tense is hay. Hay is translated as there is or there are. It is similar in
meaning to the verb existir. The thing which exists follows the verb haber, both in questions and in statements.
Here are some examples. Escucha y repite:
Cmo se dice?
This question uses a new verb, costar (to cost). Costar is whats known as a stem-changing verb. In this type
of verb, the endings are the same as those of regular verbs. However, the final vowel sound of the stem or
root of these verbs changes in some of its conjugated forms. Listen to the present-tense conjugation of costar:
cuesto costamos
cuestas costis
cuesta cuestan
Did you notice that the o of the stem changed to the sound ue in all forms except nosotros and vosotros? This
is the pattern that the change in vowel sound will always follow with such verbs. It is also true that this change
occurs only when the vowel in question is in the stressed syllable of the conjugated form. Listen again to the
forms of costar and see if you can hear where the stress falls:
cuesto costamos
cuestas costis
cuesta cuestan
If you are using a dictionary, the dictionary will indicate when a verb is a stem-changing verb. The change from
o to ue is one of 3 common types of stem change. Here are a few other verbs with this same type of change:
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poder to be able to (poder is always followed by infinitive)
dormir to sleep
volver to go back (used with people)
devolver to return (to give back, used with things)
See if you can list the conjugated forms of dormer (to sleep).
You should have listed:
duermo dormimos
duermes dorms
duerme duermen
Two other types of stem-change are quite common. One is the change from e to ie, as occurs in these verbs:
querer to want
(querer can be followed by a noun or the infinitive of another verb)
preferir to prefer
recomendar to recommend
pensar to think
As an example of this type, here are the present-tense forms of querer (to want):
quiero queremos
quieres queris
quiere quieren
prefiero preferimos
prefieres prefers
prefiere prefieren
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As an example of this type, here are the present-tense forms of servir (to serve):
sirvo servimos
sirves servs
sirve sirven
pido pedimos
pides peds
pide piden
One other place you may want to visit while youre out shopping is the post office, el correo. Here is some
vocabulary that would be useful in the post office. Escucha y repite:
sirvo servimos
sirves servs
sirve sirven
pido pedimos
pides peds
pide piden
One other place you may want to visit while youre out shopping is the post office, el correo. Here is some
vocabulary that would be useful in the post office. Escucha y repite:
B: S, pero no muchos. - Yes, but not many. Estn detrs de las camisetas, all. -They are behind the T-
shirts, over there.
A: Bueno, necesito un rollo de 24, tipo 200. - OK, I need a roll of 24, 200. Gracias. Y voy a comprar este
sombrero, tambin. - Thank you, and I am going to buy this hat too.
B: Muy bien, seorita. - Very well, seorita. Va Ud. al parque Carabobo? - Are you going to Carabobo
park?
A: S, quiero ver especialmente el lago ornamental y las estatuas. - Yes, I specially want to see the
ornamental lake and the statutes.
B: El parque es muy bello. - The park is very beautiful. Tambin recomiendo la catedral. - I also
recommend the cathedral es del ao 1790. - it is from 1790. La arquitectura es maravillosa. - The
architecture is marvelous.
A: S, tambin deseo ir a la catedral. - Yes, I also want to go the cathedral. Est en el centro, no? - Its
downtown, right?
A: Gracias. cunto por todo? - Thank you. How much for everything?
B: Gracias, un momento. Firme aqu, por favor. Gracias. - Thank you, one moment. Sign here please.
Thank you.
This time you will hear the same conversation without pauses.
En la tienda
A: Buenos das.
B: Buenos das, seorita. A la orden.
A: Busco una gua turstica, por favor. Quiero visitar las ruinas y otros sitios histricos.
B: S seorita. Tenemos 4 guas difererentes. Aqu estn.
A: Cul de las 4 recomienda Ud.?
B: Creo que esta gua es la mejor.
A: Bueno. Cunto cuesta?
B: 120.
A: Bien, tambin necesito un mapa local.
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B: Hay un mapa excelenteaqu.
A: Gracias. Y hay sombreros?
B: S, pero no muchos Estn detrs de las camisetas, all.
A: Excelente. Y hay pelcula?
B: S, aqu al lado de las revistas,
A: Bueno, necesito un rollo de 24, tipo 200. Gracias. Y voy a comprar este sombrero, tambin.
B: Muy bien, seorita. Va Ud. al parque Carabobo?
A: S, quiero ver especialmente el lago ornamental y las estatuas.
B: El parque es muy bello. Tambin recomiendo la catedral es del ao 1790. La arquitectura es maravillosa.
A: S, tambin deseo ir a la catedral. Est en el centro, no?
B: S, seorita. Al sur de la plaza.
A: Gracias. Cunto por todo?
B: A ver1250.
A: Bien. Aceptan tarjetas de crdito?
B: Claro, seorita.
A: Aqu est.
B: Gracias, un momento Firme aqu, por favor. Gracias.
A: Gracias a Ud. adis.
B: Adis.
Qu son 3 cosas que busca la seorita? Busca. Una gua turstica, un mapa local, un sombrero y un rollo
de pelcula.
Cunto cuesta la gua turstica? Cuesta 120.
Hay sombreros en la tienda? S, hay sombreros en la tienda.
Dnde estn los sombreros? Estn detrs de las camisetas.
Dnde est la pelcula? La pelcula est al lado de las revistas.
La seorita va a visitar el parque Carabobo? S, va a visitar el parque Carabobo.
Es feo el parque? No, es bello.
De qu ao es la catedral? Es de 1790.
Dnde est la catedral? Est en el centro, al sur de la plaza.
Cunto cuesta todo? 1250.
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