so mas means more and most then?
muy - very
mucho - ?
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so mas means more and most then?
muy - very
mucho - ?
Mucho means a lot, many or much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonrisa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Estoy muy cansada - I'm very tired.
Tengo muchos gatos - I have a lot of (many) cats.
Tengo mucho dinero - I have a lot of (much) money.
okay sorry risa. my modem broke and i was offline for a couple days.
yes lovesjoy explained muy and mucho well.
mucho follows the feminine/masculine singular/plural thing. i talked with my russian friend and he said that the russian language uses masculine and feminine as well. i can actually pick up on some of what he says when he speaks russian so i imagine the two languages are a bit similar.
anyway you can also use the word mas or lo mas to say "the most."
sentir tu calor es lo que MAS quiero... it's what i want the most.
another word that's common is tanto(s) or tanta(s). hay tantas cosas que hacer= there are so many things to do. tanto= means "so many." "so much."
te quiero mucho= i love you a lot. te quiero tanto= i love you sooooo much.
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te quise tanto= i loved you so much.
we'll get to different tenses later...
demasiado is a word you use for "too much."
es demasiado tarde= it's too late. es demasiado= it's too much.
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i'm using that song twice because i love it so much. lo quiero tanto.
oh gosh, i forgot we also have tenses.
how about command phrases?
eat .....!
brush your teeth
wash your face, hands, feet
dance
sing
talk
drink water
jump, run, sit down
sleep, wake up
eat- come
brush your teeth- limpiate los dientes, lavate los dientes (either one works)
limpiar- to clean lavar- to wash
wash your face- limpiate la cara
wash your hands- limpiate las manos
dance- baila
sing- canta
drink water- toma el aqua
run- corre
sit- sientate
sleep- duerme
get up- despiertate
now these are all informal ways. you should not use any of those commands if you're talking to an authority figure like your boss or a stranger that's older than you or something. calling a person "tu" means you know them and they don't need respect. like your kids or your friends.
commands are a bit advanced. there's a few more things you'll need to learn before you get there...
i can use them on my coworkers though. what's the formal way for some of them?
okay, well we know that bailar is an -ar verb. so if we're commanding somebody to it and it's informal, we'll say baila. if it's formal we'll say baile.
comer is an -er verb, so if we're informally commanding somebody to eat we'd say come. for formal it would be coma.
now some verbs have the word te, or le, or se to go along with them.
te would be you/informal
se would be you/formal
despertar- to wake up
despiertate- wake up (you/informal)
despiertese- wake up (you/formal)
sentar- to sit
sientate- sit down (you/informal)
sientese- sit down (you/formal)
so if it's an -ar verb, for formal you would put an -e at the end of the verb, and that would make it a formal command. to do the same with an -er or -ir verb, you would put an -a at the end of it. if it's something they would be putting themselves to do, you would put a -te at the end for informal, or -se at the end for formal.
dormir- to sleep (irregular -ir verb)
duermo
duermes
duerme <----------------- this is what you would use for a command for a single person.
duermen <----------------" " more than one person.
dormimos
how would you tell somebody in a formal way, to sleep?
volver- to come back/ to return
vuelvo
vuelves
vuelve
vuelven
volvemos
so in this song, he's saying vuelve! meaning 'come back'!
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ya te perdi'?
i still need to make my post its of the above posts.
so far so good. i think my brain is starting to accept it little by little.
se dice "hiking" in espaņol
it does take a while. commands are a bit hard. i think that's one of the things we should come back to later. but you are understanding things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonrisa [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
you would say "como se dice?" which means "how do you say..."Quote:
Originally Posted by doppelgaenger [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
i'm not sure what hiking is. i would say caminando, which means walking. caminando a/en las montanias...
i guess i would say excursion... ummmmm excusir... excusiriendo......
i don't know right now i've been drinking a little bit and can't teach lol. lesson will begin next week when risa gets the commands a bit more.
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ay! this is the song i meant to put up...
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okay i think i lost you with the commands. i'd like to go back to something a little less complicated.
i want to tell you about the word tan.
now we talked about tanto and tanta which means "so much." you could say tan to mean "so."
your signature says, "porque estas TAN serio?" you're saying why are you SO serious?
estas TAN tarde.= you're SO late.
esta tan bella.= she's SO beautiful.
you might hear the phrase "tan solo" which means "just."
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TAN SOLO un cachito de tu corazon.= just a little piece of your heart.
we should get back to verbs. you have present down pretty good. would you like to do future or past tense first? pienso que el tenso futuro es mas facil que el pasado.
that reminds me, the word que can also be used for "than."
ok, i am back from my little vacation and ready to learn. el tenso posado por favor.
that would be pAsado.
i know you would like to tackle the past. but i assure the past tense is very difficult, it would be much better to start with the future tense.
now with most future verbs, the entire word would be said, including the -ar, -er, and -ir parts, but with an attachment at the end.
future tense (ser)
yo sere'= i will be
tu sera's= you will be
el sera'= he will be
ellos sera'n= they will be
nosotros seremos= we will be
future tense (estar)
estare' =i will be
estaras'
estara'
estaran
estaramos
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in this song he says por ti sere' por ti sere'. he's saying for you i will be.
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seras' una mujer perdida= you will be a lost woman.
hola......
Hola candela23 :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by candle23 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
I just registered for Level I Spanish as one of my university electives. I'll read through here, and come back in a couple of months when I have a better idea of what you're talking about.
hello there nicest person the forum. good thread :)Quote:
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I took Spanish 101 in college and didn't learn a thing. I got an A though so its cool lolQuote:
Originally Posted by bluesummer [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
if you read through this thread you will be leaps ahead of peoples in your class.Quote:
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Originally Posted by candle23 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
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Originally Posted by candle23 [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
Well I've read through my course material and it's pretty intense. Also, it's university level spanish, not college, so I'm sure there's a bit more to it.
I love this thread... May I help? :)
of course!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tedel [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
can we try teaching me some again, at a slower pace? :) i got lost.
yeah lol i figured. different tenses are difficult.
lol you want to know all the hard stuff!!!
why don't you tell me some things you say a lot... help me out here.
How can I help you?
Let me find a spanish speaking person for you.
What time is your appointment?
The driver will pick you up in 30 minutes.
Thank you for not giving up on me :)
How can I help you? - formal is: como le puedo ayudar? informal: como te puedo ayudar?
Let me find a spanish speaking person for you. -a encontrar una persona que le puede ayudar en espanyol. or - ando buscar una persona que se puede conversar con usted en espanyol.
What time is your appointment? -a que hora esta su apontamiento.
The driver will pick you up in 30 minutes. -this one i don't know. maybe it's: que le va recojer en treinta minutos...? i think lol.
Thank you for not giving up on me :) -gracias que no me dejas! :)
por nada chica bonita!
ayudar= to help
yo ayudo
tu ayudas
el ayuda
ellos ayudan
nosotros ayudamos
yo te ayudo aprender espanyol.
Okay, I have a few questions now that I've started my course.
Why is it that 'v' sounds like 'b', and 'b' sounds like 'v'? It's almost like they're the same letter in sound but not in writing.
I've been reading your verb conjugation explanations and they've been helpful. However, when you have two verbs in a sentence, do you only conjugate the first and not the second? Como se dice 'I am going to dance' en espanol? In German, you usually conjugate the first verb and leave the second in its infinite form.
Same thing in Spanish, blue.Quote:
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"I am going to dance" = Voy a bailar.
well when you have an unconjigated verb, it's going to mean "to (verb)"Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesummer [Dear Guest/Member you have to reply to see the link.click here to register]
for instance: bailar- to dance. so if you say i'm going to dance you'd say voy a bailar. you conjugate one verb, and not the other.
it doesn't always work out that way though. when you get a little more advanced you'll learn things like, i want you to dance. in which case you would say quiero que te bailes. because it's more of a command. (i want that you dance) is the literal translation.
"a" means "to" in spanish. it's doubling the "to" but that's just how it's done.
in hearing normal people speak you would probably hear it more as "voa bailar."