MT8 Flashcards
To wait
esperar
I wait
espero
I want to find out where it is.
Quiero informarme dónde está.
you are, he is , 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. Rob
Te espero
He/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?
Why are you waiting for me? Rob
¿Por qué me esperas?
we are waiting
esperamos
Why don’t you wait for me? (Senor)
¿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?
‘let’s’ (let us) expresses a command. If you want to say ‘let’s wait’
in Spanish, you have to 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.
Lo hago
I am doing it. (I am right
now in the process of doing it.)
Lo estoy haciendo.
Past tense with -ing: I was doing it, I was waiting. Whenever you
have -ing preceded by ‘was’ or ‘were’, it’s the past tense with -ing
Past tense with -ing: I was doing it, I was waiting. Whenever you
have -ing preceded by ‘was’ or ‘were’, it’s the past tense with -ing
The w-ing tense: to express was/were + -ing you use -aba on the -ar track.
The w-ing tense: to express was/were + -ing you use -aba on the -ar track.
I was waiting
esperaba
I was speaking
hablaba
I was buying it.
Lo compraba.
I was preparing it.
Lo preparaba
On the other track (-er/-ir), you use -ía.
On the other track (-er/-ir), you use -ía.
I was leaving
salía
I was eating
comía
I was doing it.
Lo hacía.
I was buying it.
Lo compraba.