Spanish Lesson 03
Friday, July 30, 2004
Learn Spanish
Vocabulary
aceptar | to accept |
ayudar | to help |
bailar | to dance |
celebrar | to celebrate |
cocinar | to cook |
conversar | to chat, to converse |
comprar | to buy |
desear | to desire |
enseñar | to teach |
invitar | to invite |
hablar | to speak |
llamar | to call |
necesitar | to need |
trabajar | to work |
visitar | to visit |
el automóvil | automobile |
el baile | dance |
el café | coffee |
la cafetería | cafeteria |
la calle | street |
el centro | downtown |
la chica | young girl |
el chico | young boy |
el cine | cinema |
la fiesta | party |
el hotel | hotel |
la luz | light |
la mesa | table |
el muchacho | young man |
el muchacha | young woman |
el país | country |
el (la) profesor (-a) | professor |
el teatro | theatre |
el (la) turista | tourist |
las vacaciones | vacations |
la idioma | language |
el alemán | German (language) |
el chino | Chinese (language) |
el español | Spanish (language) |
el francés | French (language) |
el inglés | English (language) |
el italiano | Italian (language) |
el ruso | Russian (language) |
antiguo (-a) | old (things) |
viejo (-a) | old (people) |
bien | well |
inteligente | intelligent |
interestante | interesting |
magnífico | magnificent |
norteamericano (-a) | north-american |
nuevo (-a) | new |
poco (-a) | a few |
anoche | tonight |
antes (de) | before |
aquí | here |
con | with |
hay | there are |
más | more |
menos | less |
¿verdad? | really? |
The Present Indicative of Regular Verbs Ending in -ar
Regular verbs in Spanish come in three classes. Those ending in -ar, those ending in -er, and those ending in -ir. Knowing the conjugation of the present indicative of -ar verbs will bring a lot of new possibilities into your Spanish. | |
To conjugate a regular -ar verb, first remove the -ar ending. What is left is refered to as the verb stem. For example, the verb stem of estudiar is estudi. Now combine the verb stem with the proper ending according to the following: | |
llamar | to call |
hablar | to speak |
necesitar | to need |
enseñar | to teach |
trabajar | to work |
progresar | to progress |
llamo | I call |
llamas | you (fam.) call |
llama | he/she/you (form.) call |
llamamos | we call |
llamais | you (form. pl.) call |
llaman | they/you (form. pl.) call |
Hablo español. | I speak Spanish. |
Hablas italiano. | you speak Italian. |
Ud. no habla ruso. | He (form.) does not speak Russian. |
Él habla aleman | he speaks German. |
Hablamos francés. | We speak French. |
Julia y Alina hablan chino. | Julia and Alina speak Chinese. |
Necesito dinero | I need money. |
necesitas | you need |
necesita | he/she/you (form.) need |
Necesitamos una pluma. | We need a pen. |
necesitáis | You (fam. pl.) need |
Ellos necesitan un reloj. | They need a clock. |
enseño | I teach |
enseña | he/she/you (form.) teach |
enseñamos | we teach |
enseñan | they/you (form. pl.) teach |
trabajas | you work |
trabaja | he/she/you (form.) work |
trabajamos | we work |
trabajan | they/you (form. pl.) work |
progreso | I progress |
progresas | you (fam.) progress |
progresamos | we progress |
progresan | they/you (form. pl.) progress |
Adjectives
We've already seen a few adjectives, and we already know they differ in masculine and feminine forms. Now we'll look into adjectives a little deeper. | |
In most cases adjectives follow the noun they modify. You would say car red instead of red car. In fact, when you are learning it helps to think in English mutated to conform closer with Spanish grammer constructs. When you want to say red car in Spanish, think car red and then translate. | |
As we already know, many, (but not all), adjectives differ in masculine and feminine forms. The form used should agree with the noun it modifies. However, it should also agree in number. For example: When a single adjectives modifies a group of nouns, the plural form is used, and the feminine form is used only if each noun in the group is feminine. | |
alto (-a) | tall |
bajo (-a) | short |
bonito (-a) | pretty |
guapo (-a) | handsome |
feo (-a) | ugly |
simpático | nice |
antipático | not nice |
rubio (-a) | blonde |
moreno (-a) | brunette |
intelegente | intelegente |
Contractions
There are only two contractions in Spanish, and they are easy to remember. The first is a followed by el becomes al. The second is de followed by el becomes del. Unlike the contractions in English, these contractions are never optional. | |
el telefone del student | the telephone of the (masc.) student |
Trabajo al centro. | I am working downtown. |
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