Querer Flashcards
Querer (2)
(kay-RARE): To want, to love
*Kay (first name) Rare (surname) is a koala who sells rare jewels. Joel takes the lizard and pandas to the shop.
Quiero
I want
No lo quiero.
-I don’t want it.
Quiero cancelar mi vuelo.
-I want to cancel my flight.
No quiero saber nada de eso.
-I don’t want to know anything about it.
Quiero confirmar mi vuelo.
-I want to confirm my flight.
Quiere
He, she, or it wants
Quieres
You want
Quieren
They want
Queremos
We want
Quise (KEY-say)
I wanted
• Preterite
¿Pediste un lápiz? Sí, pedí un lápiz pero me dio una pluma. Me pregunto por qué quise un lápiz.
-Did you ask for a pencil? Yes, I asked for a pencil but he gave me a pen. I wonder why I wanted a pencil.
Yo quise ir a la tienda pero Consuelo quiso ir al cine.
-I wanted to go to the store but Consuelo wanted to go to the movies.
Quisieron divertirse. ¿Qué quisiste? Yo no quise tenerlo. Lo quiso él.
-They wanted to have some fun. What did you want? I did not want to have it. He wanted it.
No quise asustarte.
-I didn’t want to scare you.
Siempre quise saber más sobre la apicultura.
-I always wanted to know more about beekeeping.
No quise gastarme mucho dinero.
-I would rather not spend a lot of money.
*In the merchandise area, they have to unlock the cases where the jewels are kept. Kay has to find her keys to unlock the case if someone wanted jewels.
Quiso (KEY-sew)
- He, she, or it wanted
• Preterite
Quisieron divertirse. ¿Qué quisiste? Yo no quise tenerlo. Lo quiso él.
-They wanted to have some fun. What did you want? I did not want to have it. He wanted it.
No me quiso dar la enhorabuena.
-He didn’t want to congratulate me.
¿No te quiso dar chocolates Juan?
-Did Juan not want to give you chocolates?
Quiso hacer avanzar a Europa.
-It wanted to take Europe forwards.
Y quiso seguir participando plenamente.
-And it wants to go on doing so.
No quiso hacerlo, y hoy estamos donde estamos.
-She did not wish to do so, and that has brought us to where we are today.
*In the merchandise area, they have to unlock the cases where the jewels are kept. Kay has to find her keys to unlock the case if someone wanted jewels.
Quería
I, he, she, or it wanted
• 1st and 3rd person imperfect past tense
Yo quería que Juan me ayudara a lavar la ropa.
-I wanted John to help me wash the clothes.
El abogado quería que nosotros fuéramos a su oficina.
-The lawyer wanted us to go to his office.
María quería que yo la ayudara a lavar la ropa.
-Mary wanted me to help her wash the clothes.
Quería acostarme más temprano, pero no pude.
-I wanted to go to bed earlier but I couldn’t.
Mamá dijo que quería que yo hiciera las tareas tan pronto como llegara a casa.
-Mom said that she wanted me to do the homework as soon as I arrived home.
*Behind the counter, Kay shows pictures of her family, who are from Korea.
Querías
You wanted
• 2nd person imperfect past tense
Debías haber sido tú, pero tú querías ser otro.
-That must have been you, but you wanted to be someone else.
María, ¿querías que yo te ayudara?
-María, did you want me to help you?
Compré las cortinas que querías.
-I bought the curtains (that) you wanted.
María, ¿Querías que yo te ayudara?
-Mary, did you want me to help you?
María, ¿Querías que yo te ayudara a hacer el trabajo?
-Mary, did you want me to help you do the work.
Querían
They wanted
• 3rd person plural imperfect past tense
Queríamos
We wanted/we were wanting
• 1st person plural imperfect past tense
Quiera
I, he, she, or it wants
• 1st and 3rd person subjunctive
En cambio, como mi pelo es muy lacio, puedo cortarme tanto como quiera.
-However, since my hair is very smooth, I can cut it as much as I like.
Usted puede visitarme tantas veces como quiera.
-You can visit me as many times as you want.
Quiera destacar ahora otro punto.
-I would like to highlight another point.
No creo que nadie quiera retrasar esta tarea.
-I do not believe that there is anyone who wants to delay this work.
Quien lo quiera que lo diga.
-Anyone who wants that should say so.
No me sorprende que no quiera hablar de ello.
-I am not surprised that you do not want to talk about it.
*In the backyard, there is a junk pile of jewels. Kay says that they can keep whatever they want. Joel can tell it’s a pile of junk. He sees the lizard looking for stuff and says, “I hope that he wants [quiera] air, because that’s all he is going to find.”
Quieras
You want
• 2nd person subjunctive
Quieran
They want
• 3rd person plural subjunctive
¡Qué se imaginen lo que quieran!
-Let them imagine whatever they want!
¿Todos los que quieran?
-Everybody who wants to come?
Quiten todas las que quieran.
-Please take away as many as you like.
Espero que los colegas quieran adoptarla.
-I hope that my fellow Members will adopt this amendment.
Hay menos personas que quieran ser marinos.
-Fewer people want to become seafarers.
Hagan con esto lo que quieran.
-Make of that what you will.
