Basic Spanish

[Graham]

Basic Spanish

Verb Tenses

To use any specific verb tense you must remove the ending of the verb and keep the root. In most or almost all cases the ending of the verb will be AR, ER, or IR. Examples of AR verbs are hablar, cantar, and pasar. Examples of ER verbs are vender, comer, and tener. Examples of IR verbs are pedir, vivir, and morir. The endings for ER and IR verbs are the same, usually.

The verbs fall under these categories in order
1. yo (I)
2. tu (you)
3. el, ella (he, she)
4. nosotros (we)
5. vosotros (you all)
6. ellos, ellas (they)

1a. Present Tense (currently doing something)- Verbs ending in 'AR'

• + o = hablo

• + as = hablas

• + a = habla

• + amos = hablamos

• + ais (accent over the i) = hablais

• + an = hablan

Examples:

Yo hablo en la clase.
- I talk in the class.

Tu hablas de mi padre.
- You talk of my father.

1b. Present Tense (currently doing something)- Verbs ending in 'ER'

• + o = como

• + es = comes

• + e = come

• + emos = comemos

• + eis (accent over the i) = comeis

• + en = comen

1c. Present Tense (currently doing something)- Verbs ending in 'IR'

• + o = vivo

• + es = vives

• + e = vive

• + imos = vivimos

• + is (accent over the i) = vivis

• + en = viven

2. Future Tense (going to do something)- Verbs ending in 'AR, ER and IR'. For this tense every verb has the same endings, but in this tense you keep the whole word then add the ending rather than removing the ER, AR or IR and then adding the ending.

• + e (accent over the e) = hablare

• + as (accent over the a) = hablaras

• + a (accent over the a) = hablara

• + emos = hablaremos

• + eis (accent over the e) = hablareis

• + an (accent over the a) = hablaran

Examples:

Nosotros hablaremos en la automovilista.
- We will speak in the automobile.

Yo hablare de mi amigos.
- I will talk to my friends.

3a. Past Tense (something which you have already done)- Verbs ending in 'AR' - Make sure you remove the ending, this isn't the future tense.

• + e (accent over the e) = hable

• + aste = hablaste

• + o (accent over the o) = hablara

• + amos = hablaremos

• + aron = hablaran

Examples:

Yo hable hola en Espanol.
- I said hello in Spanish.

3b. Past Tense (something which you have already done)- Verbs ending in 'ER and IR' - Make sure you remove the ending, this isn't the future tense.

• + i (accent over the i) = sali

• + iste = saliste

• + io (accent over the o) = salio

• + imos = slaimos

• + ieron = salieron

Example:

Ellos salieron despues la nieva.
- They left before the snow.

The following verbs are irregular in the past tense:
_Dar
_Sentir
_Pedir
_Tener
_Andar
_Estar
_Poner
_Poder
_Saber
_Querer
_Hacer
_Venir
_Decir
_Traer
_Ir
_Ser


Needed Phrases
*Hola - hello
*Adios - goodbye
*Buenos dias - good morning
*Buenos tardes - good afternoon
*Buenos noches - good night
*Por favor - please
*De nada - you're welcome
*Como estas - how are you
*Como te llamas - what is your name?
*Si - yes
*No - no
*Como - what
*Me llamo - my name is Graham

Numbers 1-20, 30, 50, 100
1 uno
2 dos
3 tres
4 cuatro
5 cinco
6 seis
7 siete
8 ocho
9 nueve
10 diez
11 once
12 doce
13 trece
14 catorce
15 quince
16 diez y seis
17 diez y siete
18 diez y ocho
19 diez y nueve
20 viente
30 treinta
50 cincuenta
100 cien

Days of the Week

• Monday- Lunes

• Tuesday- Martes

• Wednesday- Miercoles

• Thursday- Jueves

• Friday- Viernes

• Saturday- Sabado

• Sunday- Domingo

 

[DropKick Murphys]

La guía mira bueno. Espero que tu digas algo con los verbos irregulares.

My spanish is pretty bad
Looks good to me though, maybe just mention irregulars and the past tense. I usually use the past more than the future.

 

[imxtoeknee]

Pretty decent overall, you might want to put Yo, Tu, El/Ella everytime so that you don't have to scroll up,

When you conjugate verbs, make sure you tell us what verb you are conjugating this is crucial for beginners to learn the pattern .
also

Tu hablas de mi padre.

De = Of, you speak of my dad. I'm pretty sure you mean with, which is "con".

- Include 21,22 etc, there is a pattern in the numbers, you can put this information in the guide easily.
- Include more tenses and conjugations, It's going to be a really good guide.
- Include more basic verbs that is used in everyday life.

few definition corrections:
*Como te llamas - what is your name? (You should include that in spanish you need to put question mark in front and behind the question.)
*Como - what (como means what when its used as a question, it also mean 1. as 2. like 3. via )
*Me llamo - my name is Graham (llamo is a reflexive verb in this case, me llamo would mean "you can call me", mi nombre es would mean "My name is"

 

[Graham]

Thanks Tony

On the de part of your critique I meant to say I speak of my father - such as I speak of my father to someone.

 

[imxtoeknee]

Thanks Tony

On the de part of your critique I meant to say I speak of my father - such as I speak of my father to someone.

Oh I thought you would use "with" because I speak of my father isn't really used, you should translate your examples as well .

 

Im Colombian, I would say its a very good guide, as Its basic one.

Yo hablo español perfectamente, entonces no necesito de esta guía, pero creo que esta muy buena

 

[b1b]

I just failed my spanish essay today xD.

Yo terminaré español en dos dias.

 

[Graham]

Thanks, I will be incorporating past tense and translations of my examples.

 

I thought vosotros is only used in Spain?

 

I thought vosotros is only used in Spain?

Thats true, in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, venezuela... we use "Ustedes"

 

[Graham]

When you get into higher levels of Spanish vosotros is used - only rarely though. I also added the past tense and it's irregular verbs. Ustedes is used too, it's the same as ellos.

 

[DropKick Murphys]

I thought vosotros meant you all, while ustedes meant them?

 

[Graham]

I thought vosotros meant you all, while ustedes meant them?

Vosotros does mean you all, but it isn't used very often. Ustedes means them and ellos means they. When you're first taught Spanish vosotros is left out of the verbs charts - you usually begin to see it after 9th grade.