Common Verbs with HINTS Flashcards
to reach
—— HINT ——
picture is
I’m sat there trying to get to the treats cupboard but the irony
we AL CAN reach it apart from me - AR poor me
alcanzar
pronounced alcanSar or alcanTHar
to open
—— HINT ——
ABRa cadabre
abrir
to close
—— HINT ——
are you CER tain you want close it
AR no ! don’t get it wrong because you’ll be sat there boiling
cerrar
seh-rrahr
to begin
comenzar
empezar
to continue
—— HINT ——
to continue is very simple, just the same really
continuar
kohn - tee - nwahr
to correct
—— HINT ——
CORRE GIR at you for being correct
then you HEAR the GIR
corregir
( correhir )
to give
—— HINT ——
donate
D on A te
dar
dahr
to stop (doing something)
—— HINT ——
leave it ooaaat
literally - to depart from
to leave = DEpARt
dejar de
deh - hahr - deh
N.B. dejar ( without the de ) is another form of ‘ to leave ‘ but not laving a place like ‘ salir ‘ , rather leaving something behind
to throw
—— HINT ——
think of throwing a sneeze
ECHooooo
and it ECHos all around the room
AR wow !
echar
to make a mistake / to be wrong
—— HINT ——
litteraly - to be
then
think of Andrew and Mum telling each other they are wrong
actually, they are EQUIVO lently wrong and that CAn DO lots of harm
estar equivocado / a
to do / to make
hacer
to go
i go
you ( informal ) go
he / she / it / you ( formal ) goes
we go
you ( plural, informal ) go
they / you ( plural, formal ) go
ir
voy
vas
va
vamos
vais
van
to go away / to leave
—— HINT ——
to go oneself
irse
to tell a lie
—— HINT ——
it is MENTal to tell a lie IRespective of who you are
mentir
to need
necesitar
to allow
—— HINT ——
to PERMIT
permitir
to put
poner
to start doing something
I start eating
—— HINT ——
to put yourself to
ponerse a
me pongo a comer
to forbid / to ban / to prohibit
—— HINT ——
to prohibit
prohibir
to continue / to follow
—— HINT ——
to segue from one thing to another
seguir
to have / to own
tener
reason
—— HINT ——
you need a good reason to RAZ er somebody
razón
to be right
—— HINT ——
to have reason
terner razón
to have just + infinitive
—— HINT ——
literally - to finish from
eg. I finished from eating = I have just eaten
acabar de + infinitive
to finish
acabar
‘to’ must / to have to
I must
you must be tired
—— HINT ——
no DEBate when you must go to ER
deber
debo
debes estar cansada
