Advanced Course 4 Flashcards
you have to wait here
tiene que esperar aquí
you have to wait for me
tiene que esperarme
you don’t have to wait
(it’s not necessary that you wait)
no es necesario que espere
you musn’t wait
(you don’t have to wait)
no tiene que esperar
I need
necesito
you don’t need to wait
(to a friend)
no necesitas esperar
I wanted to see it
(broken line)
quería verlo
would be able to
podría
could you tell me?
(would you be able to)
¿podría decirme?
I wanted it
(‘dot’ in the past)
lo quise
he wanted it
(‘dot’ in the past)
lo quiso
they wanted it
(‘dot’ in the past)
lo quisieron
I might want
(past subjunctive is formed from the ‘they’ form of the simple past: aron / ieron)
quisiera
(quisieron → quisiera)
if I knew
(the past subjunctive is used after ‘if’)
si supiera
if I had the time I would do it
si tuviera el tiempo lo haría
if I were there
si estuviera allí
I would tell you
le diría
I was having
tenía
I had sold it
(broken line)
lo había vendido
they had
(using haber; ‘dot’ in the past)
hubieron
if I had sold it
si lo hubiera vendido
if I had seen it
si lo hubiera visto
if I had known it, I would’ve told you
si lo hubiera sabido, le habría dicho
I might do (it)
(past subjunctive)
(lo) hiciera
if I knew it, I would tell you
(with emphasis on ‘I’)
si yo lo supiera, le diría
I would do it
lo haría
I would buy it
lo compraría
I would’ve bought it
lo habría comprado
I was buying it
lo compraba
he was selling it
lo vendía
he has sold it
lo ha vendido
we have sold it
lo hemos vendido
they have sold it
lo han vendido
they were selling it
lo vendían
if I sold it
si lo vendiera
I might have sold it
lo hubiera vendido
if I had been there last night
si hubiera estado allí anoche
I would have seen it
lo habría visto
and I would have bought it
y lo habría comprado
I might have bought it
lo hubiera comprado
I don’t think that he may come
no pienso que venga
I’m not sure
no estoy seguro
I wasn’t sure
(at that moment)
no estuve seguro
I wasn’t sure
(broken line)
no estaba seguro
I didn’t know that he might come
no sabía que viniera
I hope…
ojalá
(the expression ‘ojalá’ is used with the present subjunctive and means ‘I hope (that)’, ‘hopefully (that)’…)
I hope that he may come
ojalá que venga
to look for
buscar
I was looking for it
lo buscaba
I lost it and I was looking for it, but I couldn’t find it
lo perdí y lo buscaba pero no pude encontrarlo
I had bought it
(broken line)
lo había comprado
if you had called me last night
si me hubiera llamada anoche
and if you had told me
y si me hubiera dicho
that you were going to arrive today
que iba a llegar hoy
I would have waited for you
le habría esperado
we would’ve gone to see it
habríamos ido a verlo
if I had known it I would have done it
si lo hubiera sabido lo habría hecho
I might have done it
lo hubiera hecho
I wouldn’t have been able to do it
no habría podido hacerlo
would have to (should)
(from deber)
debería
could’ve
(literally, I would have been able to)
habría podido
I should’ve
(literally, I would have + past participle of ‘must’)
habría debido
you should’ve told me
habría debido decirme
you could’ve told me
habría podido decirme
he would have told me
me habría dicho
you should have done it
habría debido hacerlo
