MT4 Flashcards
(124 cards)
1
Q
Where it is?
A
¿Dónde está?
2
Q
How much is it?
A
¿Cuánto es?
3
Q
to find
A
encontrar
4
Q
I cannot find it.
A
No puedo encontrarlo.
5
Q
I don’t know where it is.
A
No sé dónde está.
6
Q
Will you/can you tell me where it is because I cannot find it.
A
Puede decirme dónde está porque no puedo encontrarlo.
7
Q
Stress in the present tense is on the syllable before last(the penultimate syllable). If there are only two syllables,you stress the first syllable.
A
Stress in the present tense is on the syllable before last(the penultimate syllable). If there are only two syllables,you stress the first syllable.
8
Q
Exceptions to the present tense rule:
A
estoy, esta; voy, va.
9
Q
I buy / I am buying
A
compro
10
Q
I buy it. / I am buying it.
A
Lo compro.
11
Q
I am not buying it. / I don’t buy it.
A
No lo compro.
12
Q
to sell
A
vender
13
Q
I am selling it.
A
Lo vendo.
14
Q
I am not selling it.
A
No lo vendo.
15
Q
to understand
A
comprender
16
Q
I understand
A
comprendo
17
Q
I understand it very well.
A
Lo comprendo muy bien.
18
Q
I don’t understand it very well.
A
No lo comprendo muy bien.
19
Q
I understand it.
A
Lo comprendo.
20
Q
I don’t understand it.
A
No lo comprendo.
21
Q
I don’t understand you.
A
No le comprendo.
22
Q
you understand
A
comprende
23
Q
You understand it.
A
Lo comprende.
24
Q
Do you understand it?
A
¿Lo comprende?
25
Why don’t you understand it?
¿Por qué no lo comprende?
26
Do you understand me?
¿Me comprende?
27
You understand me.
Me comprende.
28
Why don’t you understand me?
¿Por qué no me comprende?
29
to sell
vender
30
I am selling it.
Lo vendo.
31
I am not selling it. / I don’t sell it.
No lo vendo.
32
You are selling it.
Lo vende.
33
Why don’t you sell it?
¿Por qué no lo vende?
34
to write
escribir
35
I am writing
escribo
36
everyday (all the days)
todos los días
37
I am writing everyday.
Escribo todos los días.
38
I like (it pleases me)
me gusta
39
I like to see it.
Me gusta verlo.
40
But I don’t like to do it.
Pero no me gusta hacerlo.
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I like to go see it.
Me gusta ir a verlo.
42
I like very much
me gusta mucho
43
I like very much to write.
Me gusta mucho escribir.
44
you like (it pleases you)
le gusta
45
Do you like?
¿Le gusta?
46
I like to write.
Me gusta escribir.
47
I am writing / I write
escribo
48
you write / he writes / she writes
escribe
49
Why don’t you write to me?
¿Por qué no me escribe?
50
to know
saber
51
you know
sabe
52
Do you know where it is?
¿Sabe dónde está?
53
Why don’t you know it?
¿Por qué no lo sabe?
54
to do / to make
hacer
55
Why don’t you do it?
¿Por qué no lo hace?
56
to leave
salir
57
At what time (hour) are you leaving?
¿A qué hora sale?
58
English ‘am/is + -ing’ is usually expressed with just the presenttense in Spanish.
English ‘am/is + -ing’ is usually expressed with just the presenttense in Spanish.
59
At what time do you leave?
¿A qué hora sale?
60
The Spanish -ing tense expresses what you are doing right now.-ing becomes -iendo (saliendo). ‘Estoy saliendo’ means ‘I am inthe process of leaving right now’.
The Spanish -ing tense expresses what you are doing right now.-ing becomes -iendo (saliendo). ‘Estoy saliendo’ means ‘I am inthe process of leaving right now’.
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I am leaving.
Estoy saliendo.
62
What are you doing today?
¿Qué hace hoy?
63
What are you doing tonight?
¿Qué hace esta noche?
64
What are you doing? (right now)
¿Qué está haciendo?
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What are you writing?
¿Qué escribe?
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What are you writing? (right there)
¿Qué está escribiendo?
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to say / to tell
decir
68
What are you saying?
¿Qué dice?
69
For ‘you are saying’,
‘e’ in decir becomes ‘i’ in ‘dice’.
70
‘what’ at the beginning of a sentence is ‘qué’. In the middle of asentence, ‘what’ is ‘lo que’.
‘what’ at the beginning of a sentence is ‘qué’. In the middle of asentence, ‘what’ is ‘lo que’.
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I am sorry but I don’tunderstand what you are saying.
Lo siento, pero no comprendo lo que dice.
72
I don’t know what you want.
No sé lo que quiere.
73
That’s not what I want.
No es lo que quiero.
74
What do you want?
¿Qué quiere?
75
What do you want to say?
¿Qué quiere decir?
76
The combination of ‘want’ and ‘say’ in Spanish means
‘to mean’.
77
I don’t understand very wellwhat you mean.
No comprendo muy bien lo que quiere decir.
78
You don’t understand what I mean.
No comprende lo que quiero decir.
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because that’s not what I mean
Porque no es lo que quiero decir
80
I speak
hablo
81
to prepare
preparar
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I am preparing it.
Lo preparo.
83
But I don’t accept it.
Pero no lo acepto.
84
There are three types of verbs: -ar, -er and -ir. They are dividedinto two categories or ‘tracks’: the -ar track (hablar, comprar,preparar) and the -er/-ir track (comprender, escribir, hacer, salir).
There are three types of verbs: -ar, -er and -ir. They are dividedinto two categories or ‘tracks’: the -ar track (hablar, comprar,preparar) and the -er/-ir track (comprender, escribir, hacer, salir).
85
On both tracks for ‘I’, after you push down you will surface on -o.
On both tracks for ‘I’, after you push down you will surface on -o.
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I am preparing
preparo
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I am accepting it.
Lo acepto.
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On the –er/-ir track for ‘you/he/she/it’, after you push down youwill surface on -e.
On the –er/-ir track for ‘you/he/she/it’, after you push down youwill surface on -e.
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you are leaving
sale
90
you are doing
hace
91
you are writing
escribe
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you are saying
dice
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On the -ar track for ‘you/he/she/it’, after you push down you willsurface on -a.
On the -ar track for ‘you/he/she/it’, after you push down you willsurface on -a.
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you speak / he speaks / she speaks / it speaks
habla
95
Do you speak English?
¿Habla inglés?
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who / whom
quien
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Who speaks English here?
¿Quién habla inglés aquí?
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nobody
nadie
99
Nobody speaks English here.
Nadie habla inglés aquí.
100
everybody (all the world)
todo el mundo
101
Everybody speaks Spanish.
Todo el mundo habla español.
102
Why don’t you speak Spanish with me?
¿Por qué no habla español conmigo?
103
I am buying it.
Lo compro.
104
I don’t buy it.
No lo compro.
105
I am not buying it.
No lo compro.
106
Why don’t you buy it?
¿Por qué no lo compra?
107
Endings in Spanish, even unstressed, need to be very clear.
Endings in Spanish, even unstressed, need to be very clear.
108
I don’t know why I am not buying it.
No sé por qué no lo compro.
109
Why don’t you sell it?
¿Por qué no lo vende?
110
I am not selling it because I don’t want to sell it.
No lo vendo porque no quiero venderlo.
111
I speak
hablo
112
you speak / he speaks / she speaks / it speaks
habla
113
For ‘they’,
you just add an ‘n’ after ‘a’ or ‘e’ depending onwhich track you are on.
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they speak
hablan
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they understand
comprenden
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They are doing it.
Lo hacen.
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They are buying it.
Lo compran.
118
They are selling it.
Lo venden.
119
The same ‘n’ you use for ‘they’ also goes for ‘you all’ (you plural).
The same ‘n’ you use for ‘they’ also goes for ‘you all’ (you plural).
120
Why don’t you sell it?
¿Por qué no lo vende?
121
Why don’t you sell it? (talking to several people)
¿Por qué no lo venden?
122
Why don’t you do it?
¿Por qué no lo hace?
123
Why don’t you all do it?
¿Por qué no lo hacen?
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Why don’t they do it?
¿Por qué no lo hacen?
