1.8 Lesson Flashcards

More irregular present tense verbs, with focus on the common verbs HACER ("to do/make"), DECIR ("to say"), VENIR ("to come"), and OIR ("to hear")

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1
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to do, to make

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hacer

to do, to make - hacer. Hacer is a very common irregular verb

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I make something to eat every morning

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Hago (algo) de comer cada mañana

I do/make - hago

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I do my homework every day

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Hago mi tarea todos los días

homework - la tarea

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Do you make your own lunch?

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¿Haces tu propio almuerzo?

you do/make - haces

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Maritza does not do her homework every day

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Maritza no hace su tarea todos los días

he/she does/makes - hace

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David and I make lunch

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David y yo hacemos el almuerzo

we do/make - hacemos

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Do you (vosotros) do your math homework upstairs?

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¿Hacéis vuestra tarea de matemáticas arriba?

you (vosotros) do, make - hacéis

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Maricarmen and Sebastián, do you do your homework every day?

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Maricarmen y Sebastián, ¿hacen su tarea todos los días?

you (uds) do/make - hacen

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His sisters make lunch at home

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Sus hermanas hacen el almuerzo en casa

they do/make - hacen

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Are you (uds) doing your homework?

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¿Están haciendo su tarea?

doing/making - haciendo

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TO DO, TO MAKE

  • I do
  • You do
  • He/She does
  • We do
  • You do
  • They do
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HACER

  • Yo hago
  • Tú haces
  • Él/Ella/Ud hace
  • Nosotros hacemos
  • Vosotros hacéis
  • Ellos/Ellas/Uds hacen
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I am doing my homework, and I have a lot of questions

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Estoy haciendo mi tarea, y tengo muchas preguntas

question - la pregunta

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Are you going to do your homework now?

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¿Ya vas a hacer tu tarea?

already, now - ya. Note that ya has several other meanings besides the most common translations shown here

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I’m not going to ask

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Yo no voy a preguntar

to ask - preguntar

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Do you always ask so many questions?

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¿Siempre haces tantas preguntas?

to ask a question - hacer una pregunta, preguntar

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My aunt is crazy

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Mi tía está loca

crazy - loco. Note that loco usually takes the verb estar

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I put my shoes on the table that is next to your room

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Pongo mis zapatos encima de la mesa que está al lado de tu cuarto

to put, to place - poner. Follows a similar base change pattern as hacer (adds a g in the first person singular)

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When I go out, I close the door to the house

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Cuando salgo, cierro la puerta de la casa

to leave, to go out - salir. Follows a similar base change pattern as hacer (adds a g in the first person singular)

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to come

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venir

to come - venir. Follows the a similar base change pattern as hacer

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I come from Spain

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Vengo de España

I come - vengo. Note that it is more common to say Soy de España (“I am from Spain”), but here we are using “come” to help illustrate the uncommon present tense of the verb venir.

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Where do you come from?

I come from the United States

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¿De dónde vienes?

Vengo de los Estados Unidos

you come - vienes

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Where are you coming from?

I am coming from my house

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¿De dónde vienes?

Vengo de mi casa

I am coming from - vengo de. Note that in Spanish, in order to convey where you are coming from, you do not need to use the present progressive, only the present tense (i.e. vengo de not *estoy viniendo de*)

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Mateo comes from the United States. And you, where do you come from?

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Mateo viene de los Estados Unidos. Y tú, ¿de dónde vienes?

he/she comes - viene

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We are coming from our grandmother’s house

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Venimos de la casa de nuestra abuela

we come - venimos

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Where do you (vosotros) come from?

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¿De dónde venís (vosotros)?

you (vosotros) come - venís

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You (uds) do not come from Mexico

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Ustedes no vienen de México

you (uds) come - vienen

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Manuel and Alexa come from school

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Manuel y Alexa vienen de la escuela

they come - vienen

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TO COME

  • I come
  • You come
  • He/She comes
  • We come
  • You come
  • They come
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VENIR

  • Yo vengo
  • vienes
  • Él/Ella/Ud viene
  • Nosotros venimos
  • Vosotros venís
  • Ellos/Ellas/Uds vienen
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to say

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decir

to say - decir. Follows a similar base change pattern as hacer

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At night, I say crazy things

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Por la noche, digo cosas locas

I say - digo

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What are you saying?

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¿Qué dices?

you say - dices. Note that while in English, we use the progressive tense “What are you saying?”, in Spanish it is more common to just say ¿Qué dices?

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He does not say that he is an art student; he says that he is a math student

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Él no dice que es estudiante de arte; dice que es estudiante de matemáticas

he/she says - dice

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We say the same thing every day

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Decimos lo mismo todos los días

we say - decimos

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You (uds) say that I am not Marta’s cousin, but I am her cousin!

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Ustedes dicen que yo no soy primo de Marta, ¡pero sí soy su primo!

you (uds) say - dicen

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Why do they want to go to school?

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¿Por qué quieren ir al colegio?

why? - ¿por qué?

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Carla and Patricia do not say that they go to this university. Why do you say that they are students here?

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Carla y Patricia no dicen que van a esta universidad. ¿Por qué dices tú que ellas son estudiantes aquí?

they say - dicen

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TO SAY

  • I say
  • You say
  • He/She says
  • We say
  • You say
  • They say
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DECIR

  • Yo digo
  • dices
  • Él/Ella/Ud dice
  • Nosotros decimos
  • Vosotros decís
  • Ellos/Ellas/Uds dicen
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to hear

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oír

to hear - oír. Note that oír is another irregular verb that not only changes its stem from -i to -g in the first person (oigo), but also changes stem from -i to -y (e.g. “he hears” - él oye)

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I don’t want anything!

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¡No quiero nada!

nothing, anything - nada. Note that in Spanish, “double negatives” are not only allowed but required

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I do not hear anything

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No oigo nada

I hear - oigo

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I hear a noise that comes from his room

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Oigo un ruido que viene de su cuarto

noise, sound - el ruido

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When I go out on the street, I hear some very noisy kids

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Cuando salgo a la calle, oigo unos niños muy ruidosos

noisy - ruidoso

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Do you hear when I speak?

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¿Oyes cuando hablo?

you hear - oyes

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Do you hear that noise?

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¿Oyes ese ruido?

that - ese, esa, eso. Note that eso is the neuter version of “that” used in generalized situations and does not need to be followed by a noun. (e.g. “Do you hear that?” - Oyes eso?)

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Manuel doesn’t hear us when we say that he is handsome

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Manuel no nos oye cuando decimos que es guapo

he/she hears - oye

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When everyone in the class is talking, we do not hear when the teacher talks

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Cuando todos en la clase están hablando, no oímos cuando el maestro habla

we hear - oímos

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Do you (vosotros) not hear the same noise as us?

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¿Vosotros no oís el mismo ruido que nosotros?

you (vosotros) hear - oís

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Juan, Marcos, and Pamela, do you hear that?

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Juan, Marcos, y Pamela, ¿oyen eso?

you (uds) hear - oyen

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Do you think that they hear the noises?

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¿Piensas que ellos oyen los ruidos?

they hear - oyen

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TO HEAR

  • I hear
  • You hear
  • He/She hears
  • We hear
  • You hear
  • They hear
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OÍR

  • Yo oigo
  • oyes
  • Él/Ella/Ud oye
  • Nosotros oímos
  • Vosotros oís
  • Ellos/Ellas/Uds oyen