Lesson 16: Empezar, more verb softening, dormir, encontrar and mostrar Flashcards
what’s the verb for ‘to start’
empezar (more commonly used)
comenzar
what does this mean
empezar
comenzar
to start
empezar (more commonly used)
comenzar
which one is more commonly used to say ‘to start’
empezar
comenzar
empezar (more commonly used)
comenzar
it is the not-so-english form that is in more common use.
empezar
what’s the word to say ‘to understand’ in two ways
Intendar
comprendar
Intendar
comprendar
two ways to say ‘i understand’ . which is more commonly used
it is the not-so-english form that is in more common use.
Intendar
one way verbs soften is by splitting from ‘e’ to an ‘ie’
what’s another way
Another way verbs soften is when the accent / emphesis is on an ‘o’ and this causes the ‘o’ to split into ‘ue’.
as seen in “puedo” from “poder.”
This pattern also appears in many Spanish words derived from English, like
- “puerto” from “port”
- “fuerza” from “force.”
Escuela,- School
Cuerpo, Corpse (body)
Nuevo, New
Other connections are more distant. In English we have “Population” and from that we get ‘Pueblo’ which means “a people” but is more usually used to say “a village” or “a town”.
what does “Mortgage” mean in spanish
“Mortgage” actually means “Death Pact” - and from this “Mort” we can get the Spanish for both “to die” and “death” when splitting the ‘o’ to ‘ue’.
only in which tense does verb softening happen
Verb softening only happens in the present tense
what does this verb mean
Encontrar
and write what it is in the ‘I ‘ form
It can mean “to find” but it can also mean “to meet” but only in terms of :
“Yesterday I ran into” or “It’s wierd, every time I’m in the park I meet Suza”. In other words as its more obvious English counterpart - “to encounter”.
encuentro
what does this verb mean
Mostrar
and write what it is in the ‘I ‘ form
‘demostrar’ is “to demonstrate”
Mostrar
To show
Muestro
I show
Muestra
He shows
Una muestra
A sample
