MT5 Flashcards
to speak
hablar
to eat
comer
to understand
comprender
to come
venir
to do / to make
hacer
to say / to tell
decir
I want
quiero
you want
quiere
I can
puedo
I speak
hablo
I don’t speak
no hablo
I understand
comprendo
I don’t understand
no comprendo
you understand
comprende
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
you speak
habla
For I in the present tense most verbs end in o. There are 5 main exceptions
Voy,Doy,Soy,Estoy,Sé
Voy
I am going
Soy,Estoy
I am
Doy
I give
Sé
I know
Why don’t you buy it?
¿Por qué no lo compra?
I am selling it.
Lo vendo.
Why don’t you sell it?
¿Por qué no lo vende?
Why don’t you sell it? (plural)
¿Por qué no lo venden?
They are not selling it.
No lo venden.
Why don’t you buy it?
¿Por qué no lo compra?
They are not buying it.
No lo compran
Why don’t you all but it?
Por qué no lo compran?
Usted is formal, Tu is for friends and family
For ‘tú’ you hook on ‘s’ to ‘a’ or ‘e’ at the end of the verb.
Do you speak English? Formal
¿Habla inglés?
Do you speak English? Roberto
¿Hablas inglés?
Why don’t you speak English with me ? Roberto
¿Por qué no hablas español conmigo?
imperative command
Switch A to E and E to A
Speak Spanish with me!
¡Hable español conmigo!
Buy the book!
¡Compre el libro!
This (for el nouns)
este
This (for la nouns)
esta
this book
este libro
this night (tonight)
esta noche
this house
esta casa
this table
esta mesa
If you take out the ‘t’ in ‘este’ and ‘esta’, then you have..
that
that book
ese libro
that table
esa mesa
If you want to say ‘this’ without a noun, use
‘esto’.
I want to see this.
Quiero ver esto
I am going to buy this.
Voy a comprar esto.