Lesson 14: Sé, el, ella, yo, tengo que and Poner Flashcards
what is the word for ‘know’ in spanish
Saber
what does ‘saber’ mean
I know
what is ‘saber’ in the ‘I’ form
sé
this is difficult to hear and as saying “I know” can be important in a conversation you find many Spanish people say ‘lo sé - “I know it”.
Sé
I know
No sé
I don’t know
Lo sé
I know it
“I don’t know what he wants”
write in spanish
No sé que quiere
No sé que él quiere
No sé que quiere él
Second two lines, it’s flexible where you put ‘he, she, it, we, they and I ‘
how to say ‘he’
Él
he, she, it, we, they and I
why is it not used that often?
they aren’t used that often. We know who we are talking about because of the form of the verb and the context.
But we won’t always have context and/or sometimes we want to emphasise who or what we are talking about.
Where you put ‘___’ is pretty flexible.
how do you say ‘she’
Ella- She
Ella ve
She sees
Ella tiene
She has
In any one sentence we might use I/he/she to emphasis a point.
“I don’t want to invite him but she does”.
write it in spanish
No quiero invitarlo per ella sí
ella sí which literally means “she yes” - ‘Sí’ is “yes”
You might have noticed that the Spanish for “if” (‘si’) is very similar to the Spanish for “yes” (‘sí’). Squint your eyes and you’ll see the difference in the written word is an accent on the ‘i’ for “Yes” but there is no way to hear the difference when it is spoken until your at native speaker level!
how to say ‘I’
Yo
Salgo a comer
what does this mean
Note again the ‘a’ in the sentence. ‘Comer’ already means “to eat” so we shouldn’t need it but as ‘saler’ is a verb of movement (and we don’t need to learn this, we just need to think about the action of the verb) we need the extra ‘a’.
d
what does ‘tengo que’ mean
I have to
How to say ‘I have to’
Tengo que
Tengo que= I have to
give examples of using this
Tengo que comer
I have to eat
Tengo que hacerlo
I have to do it
Lo tengo que hacer
I have to do it
Tengo que verla
I have to see her
La tengo que ver
I have to see her
verbs in a ‘go’ form means that the ‘I’ form is irregnuar but the rest of the verbs are regular
what are some other examples of these
- tengo
- vengo
- salgo
Discovering words via ‘Tengo’
‘to form’ ‘tener’ pops up in all sorts of other words.
what are some examples of these
all the English versions end in ‘tain’ while all the Spanish versions end in ‘tener’.
Contener
To contain
Obtener
To obtain
Sostener
To sustain
Mantener
To maintain
Entretener
To entertain
Discovering words via ‘Pongo’
‘to form’ ‘Poner’
what are some examples of these
whenever you see an English verb that ends ‘pose’ you can replace it with ‘poner’ to get the Spanish verb.
Componer
To compose
Suponer
To suppose
Supongo
I suppose
Supongo que sí
I suppose so
Imponer
To impose
Exponer
Expose
Oponer
To oppose
Lo Opongo
I oppose it
what does ‘debo’ mean
I must
tengo que’ (I have to) and ‘debo’ (I must).
what’s the difference
The difference is the same as in English. “Must” has more urgency than “have to”.
Tengo que comer ahora
I have to eat now
Debo comer
I must eat
I’m going to try to eat later
what’s it in spanish
Voy a intentar comer más tarde
