Foundation Course 5 Flashcards
1
Q
I want
A
quiero
2
Q
he wants
A
quiere
3
Q
I can
A
puedo
4
Q
I don’t speak / I’m not speaking
A
no hablo
5
Q
I understand
A
comprendo
6
Q
I don’t understand
A
no comprendo
7
Q
do you understand it?
A
¿lo comprende?
8
Q
do you understand me?
A
¿me comprende?
9
Q
don’t you understand me?
A
¿no me comprende?
10
Q
why don’t you understand me?
A
¿por qué no me comprende?
11
Q
they understand
A
comprenden
12
Q
only 4 exceptions of the present tense for ‘I’ not ending in o:
I go, I am (transitive), I am (instransitive), I give
A
voy, estoy, soy, doy
(all end in oy)
13
Q
I know
(final exception not ending in o)
A
sé
14
Q
I don’t know
A
no sé
15
Q
I don’t know it
A
no lo sé
16
Q
I’m selling it
A
lo vendo
17
Q
why don’t you sell it?
A
¿por qué no lo vende?
18
Q
why don’t you all sell it?
A
¿por qué no lo venden?
19
Q
they’re not selling it
A
no lo venden
20
Q
why don’t you buy it?
A
¿por qué no lo compra?
21
Q
they’re not buying it
A
no lo compran
22
Q
why don’t you all buy it?
A
¿por qué no lo compran?
23
Q
you
(informal / to a friend)
A
tu
24
Q
do you speak English?
(to a friend)
A
¿hablas inglés?
25
speak Spanish with me
(for the imperative, switch tracks; a→e / e→a)
habl**e** español conmigo
| (habl**a**→habl**e**)
26
buy the book
compre el libro
27
this book
este libro
| (**este** for **el** nouns)
28
tonight
| (this night)
esta noche
| (**esta** for **la** nouns)
29
this house
esta casa
30
this table
esta mesa
31
**that** book
**ese** libro
(removing the '**t**' from **this** (es**t**e) forms **that**)
32
that table
esa mesa
33
this
| (without a noun)
esto
34
I want to see **this**
quiero ver **esto**
35
I'm going to buy this
voy a comprar esto
36
that
| (without a noun)
eso
37
I want to see **that**
quiero ver **eso**
38
why don't you buy this book?
¿por qué no compra este libro?
39
buy that book
compre ese libro
40
**he**'s not buying it
**él** no lo compra
41
don't buy it
no lo compre
42
why don't you sell it?
¿por qué no lo vende?
43
don't sell it
no lo venda
44
don't sell it
| (to several people)
no lo vendan
45
don't sell it
| (to a friend)
no lo vendas
46
sell that book
venda ese libro
47
buy that book
compre ese libro
48
don't buy it, it's not good
no lo compre, no es bueno
49
don't buy it
| (to several people)
no lo compren
50
don't buy it
| (to a friend)
no lo compres
51
buy it
(in the positive command, the pronoun is hooked on)
compre**lo**
52
buy it
| (to several people)
comprenlo
53
them
los
54
buy them
| (to several people)
compren**los**
55
don't buy them
| (to several people)
no **los** compren
56
to take
tomar
57
why don't you take it?
¿por qué no lo toma?
58
don't take it
no lo tome
59
take it, take it!
¡tomelo, tomelo!
60
eat it
comalo
61
eat it, it's very good!
¡comalo, es muy bueno!
62
it's delicious
es delicioso
63
I want to speak with you
| (to a friend)
quiero hablar **contigo**
64
**we** speak
habla**mos**
(drop the '**r**' from the infinitive and add **mos**)
65
we eat
comemos
66
we're leaving
salimos
67
we're coming
venimos
68
we're selling
vendemos
69
we're writing
escribimos
70
we have
tenemos
71
we're doing it
lo hacemos
72
we're not doing it
no lo hacemos
73
we don't do it that way
no lo hacemos así
74
we're telling you
le decimos
75
we go
vamos
| (an exception to the rule)
76
we're going to
vamos a
77
they go to
van a
78
you're all going to
van a
79
you're going to
| (to a friend)
vas a
80
we're going to leave soon
vamos a salir pronto
81
to arrive
llegar
82
at what time are we going to arrive in Madrid?
¿a qué hora vamos a llegar a Madrid?
83
they're doing it
lo hacen
84
why don't you do it?
| (to a friend)
¿por qué no lo haces?
85
I have
tengo
86
I come
vengo
87
I'm leaving
salgo
88
to put / to pose
poner
89
to oppose
oponer
90
to suppose
suponer
91
to compose
componer
92
I put
pongo
93
I'm putting it here
lo pongo aquí
94
the '**go-go**' verbs:
I have, I come, I leave, I put
tengo, vengo, salgo, pongo
95
I suppose
supongo
96
I do
hago
97
I'm saying / I'm telling
digo
98
I'm doing it
lo hago
99
I'm telling you
le digo
100
to bring
traer
101
I bring
traigo
102
I'm bringing it
lo traigo
103
I'm putting it
lo pongo
104
where are you putting it?
¿dónde lo pone?
105
where are you all putting it?
¿dónde lo ponen?
106
where are you putting it?
| (to a friend)
¿dónde lo pones?
107
we're putting it here
lo ponemos aquí
108
come with me!
(for the imperative, all the **go-go**'s become **ga-ga**'s)
¡ven**ga** conmigo!
109
don't leave!
¡no salga!
110
don't leave
| (to several people)
no salgan
111
don't leave
| (to a friend)
no salgas
112
don't put it here
no lo ponga aquí
113
put it here
pongalo aquí
114
will you put it here
puede ponerlo aquí
