Level 1: Lesson 8 Flashcards
Why do you want to know?
Por Que quieres saber?
I want to know because its important.
Quiero saber porque es importante
Infinitive verbs - respond in English
Verbs prefaced by -To- . To want, to know, etc. are just one word in Spanish and always end in -er, -ar, or -ir. The ending is always emphasized. Object pronouns such as ‘ it, him, her, them hook onto the end of infinitive verbs.
To do.
Hacer. H is not pronounced.
To do it.
Hacerlo
Object Pronouns
Little words like - it, him, her, them, hook onto the end of the infinitive verbs. In all other cases, the pronouns precede the verb such as - lo necesito, lo quiero, lo tienes, etc, but they go after the infinitive verbs. Infinitive verbs are verbs prefaced by TO, such as To do (hacer). So if you wanted to say I want to do it, this would be Quiero hacerlo.
To know it.
Saberlo (Saber is ‘to know’. And ‘lo’ is ‘it’. The object pronoun attaches to the end of the infinitive verb ‘Saber (to know) to get ‘Saberlo’ which mean ‘To know it.’)
I want to know it.
Quiero saberlo.
I want to do it.
Quiero hacerlo.
I want to do it. (Emphasis on I)
Yo quiero hacerlo.
Why do you want to do it?
Por que quieres hacerlo?
Do you have it? (Note this is not an infinitive verb)
Lo tienes?
Do you know?
Sabes?
Do you know it?
Lo sabes?
It’s important to know it.
Es importante saberlo. (Note that {to know- is an infinitive verb (saber) and the object pronoun {it, him, her, them, etc, will alway hook onto the end of the Infiniti I’ve verb. In this case, [it - means lo] so saberlo means to know it.
It’s not important to do it now.
No es importante hacerlo ahora.
I need to do it because its very important to me.
Necesito hacerlo porque es muy importante para mi.
I dont need to know it because its not important.
No necesito saberlo porque no es importante.
What do you want to do now?
Que quieres hacer ahora?
Why do you want it that way?
Por que lo quieres así?
Why dont you want to do it that way?
Por que no quieres hacerlo asi?
I dont want to do it because its very bad like that.
No quiero hacerlo porque es muy malo así.
You dont have it.
No lo tienes.
Why dont you have the car?
Por que no tienes un carro?
I dont have it because I dont want it and I dont need it.
No lo tengo porque no lo quiero y no lo necesito.
See you later. Bye
Hasta luego. Adiós.
