Spanish 101

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 01:33 AM

yes you could say that...

**Sonrisa** · 27-03-09, 01:35 AM

great, i am going to memorize all of that for today.

**Sonrisa** · 27-03-09, 01:35 AM

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 01:46 AM

your signature says, "porque estas tan serio?"

you're saying why ARE YOU (estas) so serious?

**Sonrisa** · 27-03-09, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by misombra

your signature says, "porque estas tan serio?"

you're saying why ARE YOU (estas) so serious?

i didn't know how to say, why so serious, lol

**doppelgaenger** · 27-03-09, 01:55 AM

Misombra, how many cases in Spanish?

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 01:57 AM

cases?/////////////////

**doppelgaenger** · 27-03-09, 01:59 AM

Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive?

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 02:01 AM

oh. i don't know.

**doppelgaenger** · 27-03-09, 02:03 AM

Why then is it Te quiero, and not tu quiero?

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 02:16 AM

it just is. i don't really analyze it that way i guess.

**lovesjoyajm** · 27-03-09, 04:43 AM

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?

**misombra** · 27-03-09, 06:17 AM

yes lol. thank you!

**Sonrisa** · 28-03-09, 12:16 AM

estoy listo maestro misombra!

**misombra** · 28-03-09, 03:31 AM

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 _____________

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