Verbs Flashcards
Gustar
To please/like
Gusta
He/she/it pleases
• Te gusta (to you it is pleasing)
• Les gusta (to them it is pleasing)
• Me gusta (to me it is pleasing)
Gusto (2)
- I please
• “He likes me” → Le gusto [to him I am pleasing] - Pleasure (noun)
Gustan
They are pleasing
• Me gustan → To me they are pleasing
Gustaba
I, he, she, or it was pleasing
• Imperfect
Gustábamos
We were pleasing
-Imperfect
Gustaría
I, he, she, or it would be pleasing
• “I would like to speak with him” → “To me it would be pleasing to speak with him [Me gustaría hablar con el]”
Me gustaría ver la película de la que me has hablado.
-I’d like to see the film you’ve told me about.
Buenas tardes, Srta. María. Me gustaría que me comentara como va mi hijo en clase.
-Good afternoon, Mrs. María. I would like for you to tell me how my son is doing in class.
A mí, me gustaría mucho, pero me da apuro.
-I would like it a lot but I feel embarrased.
Le gustaría instalar una radio en su auto.
-He would like to install a radio in his car.
A ti te gustaría cambiar de coche.
-You would like to change cars.
Sentir
To feel
¿Cuándo empezó a sentir falta de aire?
-When did you start getting short of breath?
*Sentir is a psychology shop where you go and talk about your feelings until you cry - they won’t let you out until you cry (until they see a tear).
• Sentir is all about feelings.
*All that Joel really feels it when he loses a lot of money (yen), so when Joel says “I feel it”, he says “lo siento.”
• He feels that he has lost a lot of yen.
Siento
I feel
• Lo siento (idiom) → I’m sorry
If you want to feel my hands.
• Infinitive
It was always to important to have to feel (to have feelings).
• Infinitive
Importar (2)
To matter, to be important
• No importar → It doesn’t matter
*Importar is a shop of imports run by Tar.
There are lots of resources in Yoel, so they say imports aren’t important.
Importaba
He/she/it mattered
• 3rd person imperfect
Creer (2)
(cray-air) - To believe/think
- Conjugate “poder” to “creer” to put it in past tense*
- Creer is a crayfish shop run by a catfish.
• When Joel and friends first arrive, he is overwhelmed by the horrible smell from the foul air.
Creo
(cray-o) - I believe, I think
• 1st person
Crees
(cray-ace) - You believe/think
• 2nd person
Cree
(cray-ay) - He, she, or it believes/thinks
• 3rd person
Creen
They believe/think
Creemos
We believe/think
Esperar (2)
To wait for, to hope for
This verb DOES NOT USE INDIRECT OBJECTS → You don’t wait ‘for’ someone, you ‘await’ someone.
• I hope for it/him = Lo espero (not “le espero”)
*Esperar is a spy shop run by a lizard who can talk.
• The detective hopes that someday he’ll get a case, but he never will so he is always waiting.
Espero
I hope
Espera
He/she/it hopes
Esperas
You wait, you hope
Mirar (2)
To look at, to watch
*Mirar is a shop where Joel’s friend the lizard likes to go and watch himself in the mirror.
Miro
I look/watch
Miraba
I, he, she, or it looked/watched
• Imperfect
Mire
I, he, she, or it look/watch
• 1st and 3rd person subjunctive
Haga que se mire bonito.
-Make him look good.
Miré
I looked/watched
• 1st person preterite
Mira
He/she/it watches or looks
Parecer (2)
(pah-RACE-ser) - To seem/appear
• Al parecer (idiom) → As it seems
*Parecer is a golf shop run by Ser where she tries to appear to be good at golf.
Parezco
I appear/seem
Parece
He, she, or it appears/seems
• Parece que → It seems that… (something is the case)
Dejar (3)
To leave (something)/abandon, to stop (to leave off); to allow/let
• Can also mean “leaving a city behind”
• “I can’t leave you alone”
• “You have to stop (leave off) saying those things”
*Dejar is a pawn shop where you have a hard day [dejar] leaving things behind.
Dejo (2)
I leave, I let/allow
Deja
He/she/it leaves, lets/allows
Dejas
You leave, let/allow
Dejamos
We leave, let/allow
Dejan
They leave, let/allow
Entender
To understand
- I understand → Yo puedo entender
- All conjugations of poder and entender (infinitive) go together.
Tomar
To take
*Tomar - A shop where they take things from you. Joel thinks of things that are taken as “marred.”
Volver
To return
*Think of a revolving door that returns you to where you’ve been.
Salir (2)
• Synonymous with _____?
To leave/exit
• Synonymous with “se fue”
Venir (2)
To come, to arrive
*Yoel has has only one convenience store, and it comes near to you when you need it.
Seguir
To follow
*Seguir is a segue shop where they give segue tours of Yoel. The owner need people to follow them on segues..
Miró
He, she, it watched/looked
• 3rd person preterite
You feel, you are feeling
Sientes
¿Cómo te sientes?
-How do you feel?
¿Te sientes mejor?
-Are you feeling better?
He, she, or it feels/is feeling
Siente
¿Se siente mejor?
-Is he feeling better?
Ella se siente mucho mejor.
-She feels much better.
¿Siente algo en el ojo?
-Do you feel something in your eye?
¿Dónde siente el dolor?
-Where do you feel the pain?
¿Siente falta de aire al caminar o subir escaleras?
-Do you feel short of breath when you walk or go upstairs?
Felt (participle)
Sentido
We feel/are feeling
Sentimos
Give all imperfect conjugations of “to feel/am feeling” (yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, ellos/ellas/ustedes)
Yo –sentía
Tú –sentías
Él/ella/usted –sentía
Nosotros –sentíamos
Ellos/ellas/ustedes –sentían
Give 1st and 3rd person preterite for “to feel/am feeling”
Yo –Sentí
• I felt/was feeling
Él/ella/usted –Sintío
• He, she, or it felt/was feeling
I take/am taking
Tomo (tomar)
You take
Tomas (tomar)
He, she, or it takes/is taking
Toma (tomar)
¿Qué medicina toma?
-What medicine do you take?
I, he, she, or it was taking, used to take, took (imperfect)
Tomaba (tomar)
You were taking, used to take, took (imperfect)
Tomabas (tomar)
- I was taking, used to take, took (preterite)
2. He/she/it…
- Tomé (tomar)
2. Tomó
You were taking, used to take, took (preterite)
Tomaste (tomar)
Take (imperative; 2nd and 3rd person)
Tú –toma
Él/ella/usted –tome
To take; 1st and 3rd person present subjunctive
Tome
No tome más que las pastillas que debe tomar.
-Do not take more pills than you are supposed to.
Tome la segunda calle a la derecha.
-Take the second street to the right.
Tome una dosis cada ocho horas.
-Take one dose every 8 hours.
Tome esta medicina con alimentos.
-Take this medicine with food.
El doctor quiere que Juan tome dos pastillas hoy y después una pastilla cada día.
-The doctor wants Juan to take two pills today, and afterwards, one pill each day.
Tome la escoba.
-Take the broom
El doctor quiere que yo tome la medicina.
-The doctor wants me to take the medicine.
El doctor quiere que yo tome otra pastilla.
-The doctor wants me to take another pill.
Si tiene dolor tome una pastilla debajo de la lengua cada cinco minutos.
-If you have pain, take a pill under your tongue every five minutes.
Es importante que me tome un vaso de agua cuando me tome una pastilla.
-It’s important that I drink a glass of water whenever I take a pill.
I understand/am understanding
Entiendo
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You understand/are understanding
Entiendes (entender)
I, he, she, or it was understanding/used to understand/understood (imperfect)
Entendía (entender)
Cuando estaba en el primer curso no les entendía a mis amigos, pero ahora sí les entiendo.
-When I was in course one I couldn’t understand my friends, but now I understand them.
Se entendía que las palabras “seres humanos” incluye la fase embrionaria».
-It was understood that the words ‘human being’ referred to human being from embryonic state’.
Entendía que, para conocer a dónde nos dirigimos, resulta importante saber de dónde venimos.
-He understood that in order to know where we are going it is important to know where we have come from.
Recuerdo haber visitado a un carnicero en aquel momento y él simplemente no lo entendía.
-I remember visiting a butcher around that time and he just could not understand.
I understood, you understood (preterite)
Yo - entendí
Tú - entendiste
I will understand, you will understand, he/she/it will understand
Yo - entenderé
Tú - entenderás
Él/ella/usted - entenderá
I/he/she/it was leaving (abandoning), allowing, used to leave, left (abandoned), allowed/let imperfect
Dejaba (dejar)
We and they were leaving (abandoning), allowing, used to leave, left (abandoned), allowed/let imperfect
Nosotros - dejábamos
Ellos/ellas/ustedes - dejaban
- ) I left (abandoned; preterite), allowed/let
2. ) He/she/it left, allowed/let
1.) dejé
¿Encuentras tus cosas en tu recámara? Sí, las encuentro en mi recámara donde las dejé.
-Do you find your things in your bedroom? Yes I find them in my bedroom where I left them.
Dejé mi curriculum con muchas compañías ayer.
-I left my résumé at many companies yesterday.
Te la voy a traer, la dejé en el maletero.
-I’ll bring it to you, I left it in the trunk.
Los libros los dejé sobre la mesa de la cocina.
-I left the books on the kitchen table.
Tal vez lo dejé en mi maleta.
Maybe I left it in my suitcase.
Obviamente, lo dejé por imposible.
-I could not do this, of course.
Señor Presidente, Señorías, puedo continuar donde lo dejé.
-Mr President, honourable Members, I can continue where I left off.
2.) dejó
They seem/are seeming
Parecen (parecer)
I/he/she/it was seeming/seemed (imperfect)
Parecía (parecer)
I seemed, he/she/it seemed (preterite)
Yo - parecí
Él/ella/usted - parecío
- ) He/she/it will seem
2. ) I will seem
- ) Parecerá
2. ) Pareceré
He/she/it is of consequence, is important
Importa (importar)
I, he, she, or it was believing, used to believe, believed/thought (imperfect)
Creía
I believed/thought, you believed/thought (preterite)
Yo - creí
Él/ella/usted - creyó
1st and 3rd person subjunctive → To believe
Crea
- ) I/he/she/it was returning, used to return, returned (imperfect)
- ) preterite
1.) Volvía (volver)
2.)
• 1st person - Volví
• 3rd person - Volvío
I hoped, he/she/it hoped (imperfect)
Esperaba (esperar - to hope/wait)
I hoped, he/she/it hoped (preterite)
Yo - esperaste
Él/ella/usted - esperamos
I come/am coming
Vengo (venir)
You come/are coming
Vienes (venir)
We come/are coming
Venimos (venir)
They come/are coming
Vienen (venir)
I follow/am following/continuing
Sigo (seguir)
You follow/are following/continuing
Sigues (seguir)
He, she, or it follows/is following
Sigue (seguir)
I, he, she or it followed/was following/used to follow (imperfect)
Seguía (seguir)
They followed (imperfect)
Seguían (seguir)
We followed
Seguíamos (seguir)
1st and 3rd person preterite → To follow
Yo - Seguí
Él/ella/usted - Siguío
siguío
- ) I will follow
2. ) He/she/it will follow
- ) Seguiré
2. ) Seguirá
Follow/continue (imperative; 2nd and 3rd person)
• 2nd person → Sigue
Sigue mis instrucciones y todo saldrá bien.
-Follow my advice and everything will turn out fine.
• 3rd person - Siga
Siga las instrucciones exactamente.
-Follow the directions exactly.
Siga los procedimientos.
-Follow the procedures.
Siga usted practicando estas oracíones.
-Continue practicing these sentences.
