1. April 6, 2025may Flashcards
corrections from Langua Pro conversations (16 cards)
Finally, I think we understand what I would like.
Finalmente, creo que entendemos lo que deseo/quisiera.. o lo que me gustaría
Originally I said, Finalmente, creo yo, entendemos lo que quisiera yo.
This is we understand what I want, what I want is the do and reflexive here cannot have a do you can say creo que nos entendemos ahora means we understand each other now
I don´t like the word “huesped” because it is very difficult to pronounce correctly.
A mí no me gusta la palabra huésped porque es muy difícil pronunciarla correctamente.
Equality is a fundamental principle of life.
La igualdad es un principio fundamental de la vida.
Originally I said, La igualdad es un principal ….
- Explanation: “Principal” is an adjective meaning “main” or “primary,” while “principio” is the noun meaning “principle.” Since you need a noun here to describe what equality is (a fundamental principle), “principio” is the correct word.
I have two brothers. One always like to play football and the other always liked to play basketball.
Tengo dos hermanos. A uno siempre le gustaba jugar fútbol y al otro siempre le gustaba jugar baloncesto.”
Originally I said
Tengo dos hermanos. Uno siempre le gustaba jugar fútbol y el otro siempre le gustaba jugar baloncesto.”
- Explanation: The verb “gustar” requires the preposition “a” before the person who likes something (indirect object). “A uno” and “al otro” (contraction of “a” + “el”) are needed.
also in this context you need to put le gustaba for each one of them.
An alternative is: Uno de mis hermanos disfrutaba jugando fútbol mientras que el otro prefería baloncesto.
In Spain they say el fútbol and in LA they say fútbol.
My brothers played football and basketball when they were young.
Mis hermanos jugaban fútbol y baloncesto cuando eran jóvenes.
I originally put, …cuando eran joven. And cuando does not need a tilde because there is no doubt and it is not a question nor an exclamatory remark.
I pass-spend a lot of time in the house.
Paso un montón de rato en la casa.
Do the boots cost a lot?
¿Cuestan mucho las botas?
mucho is used here as an intensifier, it is after the verb so does not change person nor gender.
a crowded performance
una actuación concurrida-abarrotada
concurrido/a - adj. crowded
concurrir - to attend, to agree
abarrotado/a - adj. packed, crammed
aborrotar - to pack
What are the three major groups of stem-changing verbs? translate into Spanish and answer in English
¿Cuáles son los tres grupos principales de verbos que cambian de raíz?
- e to ie, pensar, pienso, piensas, piensa, pensamos, piensan, despertar to despierto, querer to quiero, empezar to empiezo
- o to ue, recordar, recuerdo, recuerdas, recuerda, recordamos, recuerdan, dormir to duermo, poder to puedo
- e to i, seguir, sigo, sigues, sigue, segimos, sig
Which part of a Spanish verb is the stem? Translate in Spanish, answer in English
¿Cuál parte de un verbo español es la raíz-la tallo?
the stem is the first part of the verb, what is left after the last two letters of the infinitive are dropped
habl …ar habl is the stem, ar is the ending
What are go verbs? just in English
yo - go, in present tense, the ending of the yo form is go, the rest are largely regular tho some have stem-changes also
venir - vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, vienen
tener - tengo
salir - salgo, sales, sale, salimos, salen
decir - digo, dices, dice, decimos, dicen
conjugate hacer and oír in present tense
hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacen
oigo, oyes, oye, oimos, oyen (no accents on the conjugation)
I want you to explain the lesson to me and also correct my mistakes.
Quisiera que usted me explique la lección y que también me corrija los errores.
both verbs are in subjunctive because they are related to the original wish/desire
Quisiera que me explica la lección y que corrija mis errores.
Corregir conjugation, present tense: corrijo, corriges, corrige, corregimos, corrigen
imperative,
tú corrige (same as present 3rd person),
ud corrija (present 1st person ir changes to a so jo to ja),
nosotros corrijamos,
ellos corrijan
We´ll talk another day but please give her a big hug from me and tell her I am thinking of her.
Hablaremos otro día pero, por favor, dele un fuerte abrazo de mi parte y dígale que pienso en ella.
imperative
Ud. de - give
Ud. díga - tell
There are many expensive boots to choose from.
Hay muchas botas caras para elegir.
muchas here is an adj and used as a quantifier and comes before a noun so has to agree in person and gender with the noun it modifies.
The boots cost a lot. Las botas cuestan mucho. mucho here is an adv modifying the verb, comes after a verb so is invariable.
mucho - before a noun, agrees in # and gender (mucho,a,os,as) mucho vino, tomabamos muchas bebidas
mucho - after a verb, is invariable
tomabamos mucho
Does your head hurt? Their heads also hurt.
¿Le duele la cabeza? A ellos también les duele la cabeza.
Doler needs to agree with cabeza which is singular head hurts them not heads hurt them, but les duelen las piernas 🦵 🦵there are two so dolor agrees with piernas , legs hurt them
