MT Spanish Foundation CD8 Flashcards
to wait
esperar
I am waiting
espero
I want to find out where it is
Quiero informarme dónde está
you are waiting / he is waiting / she is waiting
espera
Why are you waiting?
¿Por qué espera?
Why don’t you wait?
¿Por qué no espera?
I am awaiting you
Le espero
I am awaiting you (Roberto/Roberta)
Te espero
He is waiting for you / She is waiting for you
Él le espera / Ella le espera
They are waiting for me (They are awaiting me)
Me esperan
Why are you all waiting?
¿Por qué esperan?
we are waiting
esperamos
Why are you waiting for me? (Roberto/Roberta)
¿Por qué me esperas?
Why don’t you wait for me? (señor)
¿Por qué no me espera?
Why don’t you wait for me? (Roberto)
¿Por qué no me esperas?
Why don’t you wait for me? (to several people)
¿Por qué no me esperan?
Wait!
¡Espere!
a little moment
momentito
Wait for me here! (Await me here!)
¡Espéreme aquí!
We are waiting for you
Le esperamos
Shall we wait for you?
¿Le esperamos?
If you want to say ‘let’s wait’ in Spanish what do you do?
You change track from -amos to -emos
we are waiting
esperamos
Let’s wait!
¡Esperemos!
Let’s wait here
Esperemos aquí
We are buying it
Lo compramos
We are not buying it
No lo compramos
Let’s not buy it
No lo compremos
We are selling it
Lo vendemos
Let’s sell the house
Vendamos la casa
Don’t wait for me
No me espere
Wait for me!
¡Espéreme!
I have waited
he esperado
I have left
he salido
I am waiting (right now)
Estoy esperando
I am waiting for you (I am right now in the process of waiting for you)
Le estoy esperando
I am doing it (I do it)
Lo hago
I am doing it (I am right now in the process of doing it)
Lo estoy haciendo
What is the ‘w-ing’ tense (e.g. I was doing it) ending for the ‘-ar’ track?
‘-aba’
I was waiting
esperaba
I was speaking
hablaba
I was buying it
Lo compraba
I was preparing it
Lo preparaba
What is the ‘w-ing’ tense (e.g. I was doing it) ending for the ‘-er’/’-ir’ track?
‘-ia’
I was leaving
salía
I was eating
comía
I was doing it
Lo hacía
I was buying it
Lo compraba