Foundation Course 5 Flashcards
I want
quiero
he wants
quiere
I can
puedo
I don’t speak / I’m not speaking
no hablo
I understand
comprendo
I don’t understand
no comprendo
do you understand it?
¿lo comprende?
do you understand me?
¿me comprende?
don’t you understand me?
¿no me comprende?
why don’t you understand me?
¿por qué no me comprende?
they understand
comprenden
only 4 exceptions of the present tense for ‘I’ not ending in o:
I go, I am (transitive), I am (instransitive), I give
voy, estoy, soy, doy
(all end in oy)
I know
(final exception not ending in o)
sé
I don’t know
no sé
I don’t know it
no lo sé
I’m selling it
lo vendo
why don’t you sell it?
¿por qué no lo vende?
why don’t you all sell it?
¿por qué no lo venden?
they’re not selling it
no lo venden
why don’t you buy it?
¿por qué no lo compra?
they’re not buying it
no lo compran
why don’t you all buy it?
¿por qué no lo compran?
you
(informal / to a friend)
tu
do you speak English?
(to a friend)
¿hablas inglés?
speak Spanish with me
(for the imperative, switch tracks; a→e / e→a)
hable español conmigo
(habla→hable)
buy the book
compre el libro
this book
este libro
(este for el nouns)
tonight
(this night)
esta noche
(esta for la nouns)
this house
esta casa
this table
esta mesa
that book
ese libro
(removing the ‘t’ from this (este) forms that)
that table
esa mesa
this
(without a noun)
esto
I want to see this
quiero ver esto
I’m going to buy this
voy a comprar esto
that
(without a noun)
eso
I want to see that
quiero ver eso
why don’t you buy this book?
¿por qué no compra este libro?
buy that book
compre ese libro
he’s not buying it
él no lo compra
don’t buy it
no lo compre
why don’t you sell it?
¿por qué no lo vende?
don’t sell it
no lo venda
don’t sell it
(to several people)
no lo vendan
don’t sell it
(to a friend)
no lo vendas
sell that book
venda ese libro
buy that book
compre ese libro
don’t buy it, it’s not good
no lo compre, no es bueno
don’t buy it
(to several people)
no lo compren
don’t buy it
(to a friend)
no lo compres
buy it
(in the positive command, the pronoun is hooked on)
comprelo
buy it
(to several people)
comprenlo
them
los
buy them
(to several people)
comprenlos
don’t buy them
(to several people)
no los compren
to take
tomar
why don’t you take it?
¿por qué no lo toma?
don’t take it
no lo tome
take it, take it!
¡tomelo, tomelo!
eat it
comalo
eat it, it’s very good!
¡comalo, es muy bueno!
it’s delicious
es delicioso
I want to speak with you
(to a friend)
quiero hablar contigo
we speak
hablamos
(drop the ‘r’ from the infinitive and add mos)
we eat
comemos
we’re leaving
salimos
we’re coming
venimos
we’re selling
vendemos
we’re writing
escribimos
we have
tenemos
we’re doing it
lo hacemos
we’re not doing it
no lo hacemos
we don’t do it that way
no lo hacemos así
we’re telling you
le decimos
we go
vamos
(an exception to the rule)
we’re going to
vamos a
they go to
van a
you’re all going to
van a
you’re going to
(to a friend)
vas a
we’re going to leave soon
vamos a salir pronto
to arrive
llegar
at what time are we going to arrive in Madrid?
¿a qué hora vamos a llegar a Madrid?
they’re doing it
lo hacen
why don’t you do it?
(to a friend)
¿por qué no lo haces?
I have
tengo
I come
vengo
I’m leaving
salgo
to put / to pose
poner
to oppose
oponer
to suppose
suponer
to compose
componer
I put
pongo
I’m putting it here
lo pongo aquí
the ‘go-go’ verbs:
I have, I come, I leave, I put
tengo, vengo, salgo, pongo
I suppose
supongo
I do
hago
I’m saying / I’m telling
digo
I’m doing it
lo hago
I’m telling you
le digo
to bring
traer
I bring
traigo
I’m bringing it
lo traigo
I’m putting it
lo pongo
where are you putting it?
¿dónde lo pone?
where are you all putting it?
¿dónde lo ponen?
where are you putting it?
(to a friend)
¿dónde lo pones?
we’re putting it here
lo ponemos aquí
come with me!
(for the imperative, all the go-go’s become ga-ga’s)
¡venga conmigo!
don’t leave!
¡no salga!
don’t leave
(to several people)
no salgan
don’t leave
(to a friend)
no salgas
don’t put it here
no lo ponga aquí
put it here
pongalo aquí
will you put it here
puede ponerlo aquí
