Spanish 101

[misombra]

here's a hint:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8PtBtRzcqM"]YouTube - ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - Bailamos[/ame]

[Sonrisa]

okay. i'm glad you keep bringing up new things.

in spanish you have masculine and feminine nouns.

since your female the correct way to say that is estoy lista. if a male were to say it, he would say estoy listo.

i suppose the next lesson would be other verb conjugation.

there are several kinds of verbs... verbs that end in -ar, ir, er, and irregular verbs.

i'll start with -ar verbs. let's use cantar as an example

cantar= to sing.

yo canto=i sing
tu cantas= you sing
el/ella canta= he/she sings
nosotros cantamos= we sing
ellos/ellas cantan= they sing

if you're trying to say you guys or you all, you would use ustedes and use the an at the end.

ustedes cantan= you guys sing.


yo= -ar--->o
tu= -ar--->as
el= -ar------>a
nosotros= -ar------>amos
ellos= -ar-------->an

so now for a quiz... conjugate this verb: bailar (to dance)


yo _________
tu __________
el__________
nosotros__________
ellos _____________

yo baila
tu bailas
el baila
nosotros bailamos
ellos bailan
ustedes bailan

usted es el superior, miso!

[misombra]

Doppel, Spanish doesn't have named cases like German. There are nominative, objective and possessive pronouns, so I guess it would be nominative, dative/accusative, and genitive, but they don't have the significance (or specific names) they have in other languages.

for example - first person singular - has pronouns:
yo (I) - nominative / me (me) - objective / mi (my) - possessive
Second person singular has
tu (you) - nominative / te (you) - objective / tu (your) - possessive

Personal pronouns are also the only thing that has any form of a case - adjectives and nouns are uninflected for case.


I think that's it, right Sombra?

i don't know what case this would be. i would guess posessive... but there's also mio, tuyo, suyo, nuestro...

[misombra]

yo baila
tu bailas
el baila
nosotros bailamos
ellos bailan
ustedes bailan

usted es el superior, miso!

it's yo bailO.

if it's yo, it'll end with an o. that will go for all verbs in present tense.

yo bailo
yo canto
yo respiro
yo sonrio
yo miro...

[misombra]

what are some verbs you use a lot (in english)...?

[misombra]

usted es el superior, miso!

eres superior... remember?

[Sonrisa]

there's no gender difference using a / o?

[Sonrisa]

eres superior... remember?

eres magnifica?

[Sonrisa]

verbs...

walk
eat
sleep
talk

[vashti]

I just want to learn how to say the dirty words.

[misombra]

okay let's do walk and talk because they're -ar verbs.

quiz 2: conjugate these verbs...

caminar (to walk)
hablar (to talk)

go...

[Sonrisa]

okay let's do walk and talk because they're -ar verbs.

quiz 2: conjugate these verbs...

caminar (to walk)
hablar (to talk)

go...

yo camino / hablo
tu caminas / hablas
el camina / habla
nosotros caminamos / hablamos
ellos caminan / hablan

[misombra]

muy bien! estas progresando!

okay now let's do comer (to eat). it's a regular -er verb.

for -er verbs, instead of -as -an, etc. you're going to use -es and -en.

yo como
tu comes
el come
nosotros comemos
ellos comen

it goes the same for regular -ir verbs.

let's use to decide (decidir)..

yo decido
tu decides
el decide
nosotros decidemos
ellos deciden

those are both regular -er and -ir verbs.

quiz 3: conjugate these verbs...

escribir (to write)
escoger (to choose)

(hint: in spanish g's sound like h's and h's are usually silent. so escoger sounds like escoher)

go...

[Sonrisa]

muy bien! estas progresando!

okay now let's do comer (to eat). it's a regular -er verb.

for -er verbs, instead of -as -an, etc. you're going to use -es and -en.

yo como
tu comes
el come
nosotros comemos
ellos comen

it goes the same for regular -ir verbs.

let's use to decide (decidir)..

yo decido
tu decides
el decide
nosotros decidemos
ellos deciden

those are both regular -er and -ir verbs.

quiz 3: conjugate these verbs...

escribir (to write)
escoger (to choose)

(hint: in spanish g's sound like h's and h's are usually silent. so escoger sounds like escoher)

go...

escribir

yo escribo
tu escribes
el escribe
nosotros escribos
ellos esriben

escoger

yo escogo
tu escoges
el escoge
nosotros escoemos
ellos escogen

i am actually running around the office trying to speak spanish to my peeps.

went to my friend and said - yo quiero caminar
and she said - y ahora queires caminar!

sorry if i mispelled

[misombra]

escribir

yo escribo
tu escribes
el escribe
nosotros escribos
ellos esriben

escoger

yo escogo
tu escoges
el escoge
nosotros escoemos
ellos escogen

i am actually running around the office trying to speak spanish to my peeps.

went to my friend and said - yo quiero caminar
and she said - y ahora queires caminar!

sorry if i mispelled

nosotros escribimos
ellos escriben

nosotros escogemos

good!

what are some nouns you use a lot?