Foundation Spanish

Spanish
Foundation Course
Michel Thomas
Learn another language the way you learnt your own
Michel Thomas, 19142005

Michel Thomas, the internationally renowned linguist and language teacher, who was awarded the Silver Star by the US Army for his bravery in the Second World War, died of heart failure at his home in New York on 8th January 2005. He was 90.
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Introduction
Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas!
The amazing teaching method of the worlds greatest language teacher, Michel Thomas, is now available to everyone, not just the rich and famous. These all-audio courses, published by Hodder Education, provide an accelerated method for language learning that is truly revolutionary. And they promise a remarkable educational experience that will make your learning both exciting and pleasurable. No books, no pens, no homework, no memorizing just sit back and let the most sought-after language teacher in the world be your guide. In a matter of hours, you will find yourself speaking and thinking in your new language quite naturally and effortlessly.
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What is the Michel Thomas method?

Over a period of twenty-five years, Michel Thomas developed and perfected a unique method of teaching languages*. His approach gives startling results within a remarkably short time, all without the need for books, memorizing, or homework. In essence, Michel Thomas breaks a language down to its component parts and enables learners to reconstruct the language themselves to form their own sentences, to say what they want, when they want. The experience of learning a language becomes so exciting and satisfying that it stimulates self-motivation and builds confidence. Michel Thomas presents the language within simple, elegant structures that echo the way the language is spoken. He achieves this by guiding you through carefully planned sets of exercises that build up your understanding of the language almost without you realizing it. You are able to absorb the structures effortlessly and apply them naturally right from the start.
What does the Foundation (8-hour) course contain?

In his specially developed course you hear the voice of Michel Thomas as he leads a class of two students. These students are novices who have little or no knowledge of the language they are being taught. Their responses to Michel Thomas are not scripted and they have received no additional instruction or preparation just the guidance from Michel Thomas that you hear. You participate in this class actively and learn along with the students. This radically different approach means that you will learn a language in real-time conditions, that is in the same way that the students on the recording learn. There is no need to stop the recording to do homework, additional exercises, or vocabulary memorization. Therefore, unlike other learning methods you may have encountered, you will not be set unrealistic or unachievable goals. The success of the Michel Thomas method is proven by the very results that you hear from the students on the recording and, at the same time, from you as you make your own responses!
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HOW IS THE FOUNDATION (8-hour) COURSE BEST USED?

Relax! Make yourself comfortable before playing the recording and try to let go of the tensions and anxieties traditionally associated with learning. Do not write or take any notes. Remove notebooks, pens, dictionaries and anything else associated with learning at school. Do not try to remember. While participating in the recording and afterwards, it is important that you do not try to memorize specific words or expressions. It is a basic principle of the Michel Thomas method that the responsibility for the students learning lies with the teacher. With Michel Thomas as your teacher, your learning will be based on understanding, and what you understand you dont forget. Interact fully with the recordings. Use the pause button and respond out loud (or in a whisper, or in your head, if you are in a public place) before the students responses. This is essential. You do not learn by repetition but by thinking out the answers to each question; it is by your own thought process that you truly learn. Give yourself time to think. The students on the recordings had all the time they needed to think out their responses. On the recordings their thinking time has been cut in order to make full use of the recording time and to give you all the time you may need (by pushing your pause button). The pause button is the key to your learning! Start at the beginning of the course. Whatever your existing knowledge of the language you are learning, it is important that you follow the way that Michel builds up your knowledge of the language. Do not get annoyed with yourself if you make a mistake. Mistakes are part of the learning process; as long as you understand why you made the mistake and you have the ahaa reaction yes, of course, I understand now you are doing fine. If you made a mistake and you do not understand why, you may have been daydreaming for a few seconds. The course is structured so that you cannot go on unless you fully understand everything, so just go back a little and you will pick up where you left off. Stop the recording whenever it suits you. You will notice that this course is not divided into lessons*; you will always be able to pick up from where you left off, without the need to review.
*Tracking breaks in the recordings reflect the numbering in the index (pages 1158). These breaks are added purely to help you locate where you left off, and do not represent any sort of hierarchy in Michels method.
What level of language will I achieve?

The Foundation (8-hour) course is designed for complete beginners. It makes no assumption of a knowledge of any language other than English. It will give the beginner a practical and functional use of the spoken language. It is also appropriate for anyone who has studied a language before, but has forgotten much of it or does not have confidence in speaking. Michel Thomas teaches the everyday conversational language that will allow you to communicate in a wide variety of situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use the language naturally. You will absorb the vocabulary and grammatical structures and, in addition, will be introduced to elements of writing and reading.
How quickly can I learn with the Foundation (8-hour) course?

One of the most remarkable features of the Michel Thomas method is the speed with which results are achieved. A knowledge of the language that will take months of conventional study can be achieved in a matter of hours with the Foundation course. Michel masterfully guides the student through an instructional process at a very rapid rate yet the process will appear informal, relaxed and unhurried. Michel moves quickly between numerous practice sessions, which all build the learners confidence in their ability to communicate in complex ways. Because the Michel Thomas method is based on understanding, not memorization, there is no set limit to the length of time that you should study the course. It offers immersion without strain or stress, and you will find the recordings are not divided into lessons, though the material has been indexed for your convenience (pages 1158). This means that you can stop and start as you please. The excitement of learning will motivate you to continue listening and learning for as long a time as is practical for you. This will enable you to make progress faster than you ever imagined possible.
Who is the Foundation (8-hour) course for?

Anyone can learn a language with the Michel Thomas method and the wide diversity of his students proves this. Not only does Michel instruct the rich and famous, but he has also taught many so-called hopeless cases. For example, in 1997, Michel taught French to a group of sixteen-year-olds in north London who had been told they could never learn a language, and gave them the ability to use the new language far beyond their expectations in just a week. Perhaps more important, he gave them the confidence to speak and a belief in, and the experience of, their own ability to learn. Whatever your motivation for learning a language, the Michel Thomas course quite simply offers the most effective method that is available.
How do I use the Foundation Review course?

The Review course has been devised for those who want to review, quickly and easily, the entire teaching contents of the Michel Thomas Foundation course. The Review course can be used in many ways: when you have reached the end of the main course to check or consolidate your learning; as a quick refresher when you return to the main course after a lapse of time; or if you are a newcomer to Michel Thomas looking for an overview of what the main courses contain. Michel will give you a prompt in English, there is a pause which allows time for your response in the foreign language, then Michel gives the correct response. If you struggled to give the right answer, or gave an incorrect answer, when working through the Review course, you can use the index (pages 1158) to locate precisely where in the main course the specific language point is taught in depth, and can return to the main course to work through the relevant section again.
What can I do next?

The Michel Thomas Advanced course is the long-awaited follow-on to the Foundation course. In five hours, Michel expands on the structures he only touches on in the earlier course to give you a comprehensive knowledge of the entire language and verb system. As in the Foundation course, Michel leads a class of two students, who had previously completed the Foundation course.
The Michel Thomas Language Builders take the form of a one-to-one lecture with Michel Thomas, building on the words and phrases in his Foundation and Advanced courses. The courses provide confidence in pronunciation, increase your word-power and consolidate your knowledge in just two hours. The much-anticipated Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas teaching tradition and faithfully follow his unique approach to foreign language learning. The series editor is Dr Rose Lee Hayden, Michels most experienced and trusted teacher. The courses remain faithful to the method Michel Thomas uses in his earlier courses, with the all-audio and building-block approach. The presenter builds on Michels foundations to encourage the student at home to tap into the vast resources of vocabulary common to English and the foreign languages taught here. The student takes part in the audio, following prompts by the presenter, as in Michel Thomas original Foundation and Advanced courses. The teaching is all in English, with the addition of two native speakers to give models for perfect pronunciation and to increase the opportunity for practice. See the end of the booklet for details about all these courses. Try to speak with native speakers whenever possible, as this is invaluable for improving your fluency. Magazines and newspapers (especially those which feature interviews) will give you practice in the most current and idiomatic language. Expose yourself to the language whenever you can you will have firm foundations on which to build.
So, who was Michel Thomas?

Michel Thomas was head of the Michel Thomas Language Centers and taught languages for over fifty years, primarily in New York, Beverly Hills, and London. He was a graduate of the Department of Philology at the University of Bordeaux, France, and studied psychology at the Sorbonne (Paris) and at the University of Vienna. However, it was his remarkable life experiences that fuelled his passion for teaching languages. Michel spent most of his childhood in Germany and France. With the rise of Hitler, he began his years of escape and resistance. He spent two brutal years in French concentration and slave labour camps, constantly threatened by deportation to German death camps.
He escaped and fought for the French Resistance, surviving capture and interrogation by Klaus Barbie the Butcher of Lyons and torture by the Gestapo. His mastery of languages enabled him to adopt many identities (the last one being Michel Thomas), and, once France was liberated, allowed him to join the US Army as an intelligence officer. His unit went on to liberate Dachau, where he interrogated Michel in the uniform of an officer in the camp executioner and interviewed the French Resistance survivors. As well as recording the horrors of the Holocaust, he was driven by a personal mission to discover the fate of his own family (he later discovered that they had all perished in Auschwitz). At the end of the war, he masterminded operations to uncover war criminals and infiltrate underground Nazi groups, and was renowned for his ability to extract confessions without ever recourse to violence. In 1944 Michel was nominated for the Silver Star medal for his service to the US Armys 45th Infantry Division in France. The award was finally presented to him in May 2004, sixty years later. Michels wartime experiences, particularly his torture by the Gestapo when he discovered the ability to block out pain, made him aware of the untapped potential of the human mind. However, it was his deeply held conviction that the biggest weapon in maintaining a free society was education that drove him to devote his life to probing the learning process. Michel moved to Los Angeles in 1947, and he set up a language institute in Beverly Hills. Over a period of twenty-five years, he developed a unique and revolutionary learning system that has made him the worlds leading language teacher. Now, for the first time, his method has been made widely available through the publication of these recordings.
For a full account of his fascinating life, read The Test of Courage: Michel Thomas by Christopher Robbins, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Who has Michel Thomas taught? People came from all over the world to learn a foreign language with Michel Thomas because his method works. His students, now numbering in the thousands, have included well-known people from the arts and from the corporate, political and academic worlds. For example, he taught French to filmstar Grace Kelly prior to her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Michel with Grace Kelly
Michels list of clients include: Celebrities: Emma Thompson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Bob Dylan, Jean Marsh, Donald Sutherland, Mrs George Harrison, Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Nastassja Kinski, Carl Reiner, Raquel Welch, Johnny Carson, Julie Andrews, Isabelle Adjani, Candice Bergen, Barbara Hershey, Priscilla Presley, Loretta Swit, Tony Curtis, Diana Ross, Herb Alpert, Angie Dickinson, Lucille Ball, Doris Day, Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood, Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margaret, Yves Montand, Kim Novak, Otto Preminger, Max von Sydow, Peter Sellers, Franois Truffaut, Sophia Coppola. Diplomats, dignitaries and academics: Former U.S. Ambassador to France, Walter Curley; U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Joseph V. Reed; Cardinal John OConnor, Archbishop of New York; Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia; Armand Hammer; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; Professor Herbert Morris, Dean of Humanities at UCLA; Warren Keegan, Professor of Business at Pace University in New York; Professor Wesley Posvar, former President of the University of Pittsburgh. Executives from the following corporations: AT&T International, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Chase Manhattan Bank, American Express, Merrill Lynch, New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boeing Aircraft, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, Bank of America, Max Factor, Rand Corporation, Bertelsmann Music Group-RCA, Veuve Clicquot Inc., McDonalds Corporation, Rover, British Aerospace.
Index
= features on the Review course = Foundation (8-hour) course only
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 1 0:00 Introduction. How to use this course 04:40 This course teaches standard Spanish. Theres a slight difference in pronunciation between Castilian Spanish, spoken in parts of Spain, and the Spanish spoken everywhere else in that c before e or i and z are pronounced like th in English. Everywhere else they will be pronounced s.
Review course CD 1 Track 2
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 2 00:00 Similarity between Spanish and English. Active vocabulary is small: 5001500 words. Key endings: words ending in -ible and -able are pronounced differently but often have the same meaning. possible probable it is It is possible. It is probable. It is terrible. It is acceptable. for me for you It is for me. It is not. It is not for you. It is not for you; it is for me. It is not possible for me. It is possible for you. It is acceptable for me. posible probable es Es posible. Es probable. Es terrible. Es aceptable. para m para usted Es para m. No es. No es para usted. No es para usted; es para m. No es posible para m. Es posible para usted. Es aceptable para m.
03:47 03:52 03:57 04:03 04:25 04:40 04:53 05:22 05:47 05:56 06.04 06:04 06:09 06:47 07:01 07:17 07:31
Use no to make negative sentences.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 3 00:00 00:08 00:24 01:05 01:18 01:32 01:51 02:16 02:38 02:47 02:54 03:05 03:30 04:23 You can ask a question using inflection. It is acceptable for you. Is it acceptable for you? Isnt it acceptable for you? why Why isnt it acceptable for you? Es aceptable para usted. Es aceptable para usted? No es aceptable para usted? por qu? Por qu no es aceptable para usted?
Inflection is not necessary if you use a question word like why (por qu?). like that / that way It is like that. It is not like that. It is not possible that way. It is not acceptable for me that way. Why isnt it acceptable for you that way? as Es as. No es as. No es posible as. No es aceptable para m as. Por qu no es aceptable para usted as?
-o verb ending expresses I, so theres no need to use the Spanish for I (yo). If you do use yo, then it makes it more emphatic: I am sorry. Im sorry (I feel it) Im sorry but Im sorry but it is not acceptable for me that way. Im sorry but it is not possible that way. lo siento Lo siento, pero Lo siento, pero no es aceptable para m as. Lo siento, pero no es posible as.
05:01 05:25 05:36 05:56
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 4 00:00 00:19 00:33 00:50 01:00 01:30 Key endings: English -ent and -ant endings become -ente and -ante in Spanish. different important It is important for me. It is not different that way. It is very good. diferente importante Es importante para m. No es diferente as. Es muy bueno.
01:48 01:54 02:22 02.37
It is not very good.
No es muy bueno.
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It is not very different that way. No es muy diferente as. But it is very important for me. Pero es muy importante para m. There is only one stressed syllable per word in Spanish. When a word ends in a vowel, the stress will usually be on the penultimate syllable, so importante. restaurant restaurante
Review course CD 1 Track 5 Review course CD 1 Track 6
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 5 00:00 00:20 00:37 01:06 01:20 01:42 02:22 02:34 02:46 03:27 03:34 03:48 03:57 04:45 I have I dont have I have it. I dont have it. I want I want it. I dont want it that way. I need I need it. I dont need it. now I want it but I dont need it now. tengo no tengo Lo tengo. No lo tengo. quiero Lo quiero. No lo quiero as. necesito Lo necesito. No lo necesito. ahora Lo quiero pero no lo necesito ahora.
Remember: -o verb ending expresses I
h is not pronounced in Spanish.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 6 00:00 00:33 00:43 00:54 01:20 01:31 02:19 02:49 02:59 constant evident urgent It is very urgent. you have What? What do you have? constante evidente urgente Es muy urgente. tiene, Usted tiene Qu? Qu tiene?
g before e and i is pronounced like ch, as in Scottish loch. I need it now; it is very urgent. Lo necesito ahora; es muy urgente.
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03:29 04:47 04:55 05:03 05:11 05:24 05:36 05:50
What do you have for me now? You have it. Do you have it? You dont have it. Dont you have it?
Qu tiene para m ahora? Lo tiene. Lo tiene? No lo tiene. No lo tiene? Review course CD 1 Track 7 saber Quiero saber. No quiero saber. Quiero saber por qu no lo tiene para m ahora. Review course CD 1 Track 8
Dont you have it for me now? No lo tiene para m ahora? Why dont you have it for me Por qu no lo tiene para m ahora, now, because I need it now? porque lo necesito ahora? because porque
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 7 00:02 00:28 00:51 01:15 01:55 02:24 02:37 03:00 03:14 03:26 03:36 I want I dont want it. you want What do you want? You want it. Do you want it? Why dont you want it that way? to know I want to know. I dont want to know. I want to know why you dont have it for me now. quiero No lo quiero. quiere Qu quiere? Lo quiere. Lo quiere? Por qu no lo quiere as?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 8 00:00 00:31 00:42 00:55 01:16 I can you can to do / to make to do like that puedo puede hacer hacer as
c before e and i (for example, hacer) is pronounced th in Castilian Spanish, but in Latin America and some parts of Spain it is pronounced s. What do you want to do now? Qu quiere hacer ahora?
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02:33 02:54 03:10 03:15 03:26 04:06 04:19 04:46 05:32 06:23 06:54 07:02 07:09 07:34
When a word ends in a consonant, the stress will be placed on the last syllable. to eat something I want something. I have something for you. I want to eat. I am hungry. I want to eat something now because Im hungry. What do you want to eat? You are hungry. Are you hungry? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something now? Why dont you want to eat? comer algo Quiero algo. Tengo algo para usted. Quiero comer. Tengo hambre. Quiero comer algo ahora porque tengo hambre. Qu quiere comer? Tiene hambre. Tiene hambre? Tiene hambre? Quiere comer algo ahora? Por qu no quiere comer?
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I want to eat something now. Quiero comer algo ahora.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 9 00:00 00:19 00:25 01:58 Key ending: English words ending in -ary end in -ario in Spanish. necessary It is not necessary for me now because I dont need it. Im sorry but I dont have it and I dont want it because I dont need it now. and contrary on the contrary vocabulary necesario No es necesario para m ahora porque no lo necesito. Lo siento, pero no lo tengo y no lo quiero porque no lo necesito ahora. y contrario al contrario vocabulario
02:17 02:44 02:52 02:57
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 10 00:00 00:12 01:21 01:43 to see to see it I want to see it. ver verlo Quiero verlo.
Pronunciation of Spanish v is the same as b.
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01:48 02:10 02:22 02:56 03:14 03:21 03:30
I dont want to see it. Do you want to see it? I can you can I cannot see it.
No quiero verlo. Quiere verlo? puedo puede No puedo verlo.
Why dont you want to see it? Por qu no quiere verlo?
If there are two or more consecutive verbs in a sentence, the second and subsequent verbs will be in the full form (the to form in English, i.e. the infinitive). Can you see it? You can see it. What can you see? Why cant you see it? to do / to make to do it Because I cannot do it. Why cant you do it? I want to know why you cant do it that way. Puede verlo? Puede verlo. Qu puede ver? Por qu no puede verlo? hacer hacerlo Porque no puedo hacerlo. Por qu no puede hacerlo? Quiero saber por qu no puede hacerlo as.
04:01 04:38 05:01 05:14 05:50 06:19 06:46 06:59 07:14 07:43
I dont want to do it that way. No quiero hacerlo as.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 11 00:00 00:29 00:36 00:43 00:48 00:59 01:11 01:19 01:29 02:01 02:09 02:20 02:36 Key endings: words in English ending in -ence and -ance end in -encia and -ancia in Spanish. difference importance influence preference the difference a difference What difference? the preference a preference What preference? Do you have a preference? diferencia importancia influencia preferencia la diferencia una diferencia Qu diferencia? la preferencia una preferencia Qu preferencia? Tiene una preferencia?
What preference do you have? Que preferencia tiene?
02:51 03:20 03:39 03:53
For what restaurant do you have a preference? tonight It is for tonight. For what restaurant do you have a preference tonight?
Para qu restaurante tiene una preferencia? esta noche Es para esta noche. Para que restaurante tiene una preferencia esta noche?
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 1 Track 12 00:00 00:09 00:28 00:53 01:30 02:05 02:42 02:55 03:05 03:21 03:27 03:39 Where? Where do you want to eat? the dinner to dine Where do you want to have dinner (to dine) tonight? condition position reservation the reservation a reservation Do you have a reservation for me for tonight? Dnde? Dnde quiere comer? la cena cenar Dnde quiere cenar esta noche?
Key ending: words ending in -tion in English end in -cin in Spanish. condicin posicin reservacin la reservacin una reservacin Tiene una reservacin para m para esta noche?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 1 00:37 00:42 00:48 01:03 01:44 01:59 02:04 02:21 the condition a condition What condition? What reservation? of the confirmation of the reservation la condicin una condicin Qu condicin? Qu reservacin? de la confirmacin de la reservacin
Key ending: words ending in -ation in English end in -acin in Spanish.
Do you have the confirmation Tiene la confirmacin de la of the reservation for me reservacin para m para for tonight? esta noche? kind / type tipo
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What type (kind) of reservation do you have for me for tonight? What kind of reservation do you want?
Qu tipo de reservacin tiene para m para esta noche? Qu tipo de reservacin quiere? Review course CD 1 Track 14
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 2 00:00 Key ending: nouns ending in -ion in English are the same in Spanish (-in). There are nearly 1200 of them. One exception is the word for translation. translation I need a translation. Can you make a translation for me? Will you make a translation for me. traduccin Necesito una traduccin. Puede hacer una traduccin para m? Puede hacer una traduccin para m.
00:32 00:44 01:16 01:42 01:40 02:21 03:00 03:24 03:45 05:17 05:30 05:45 06:01
puede is used both for can you? (question) and will you please (polite request). The difference is in the inflection. please Will you please do it for me. Can you do it for me today? today explanation to give Will you give an explanation. por favor Puede hacerlo para m por favor. Puede hacerlo para m hoy? hoy explicacin dar Puede dar una explicacin.
Can you give an explanation? Puede dar una explicacin?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 3 00:00 Verbs that are derived from nouns that are similar in English and Spanish will also be similar. To make the verb in Spanish, you just add -ar to the English. formation to form to conform to confirm formacin formar conformar confirmar
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The whole form of a verb, the infinitive, is expressed with to in English (for example, to eat). In Spanish, it is expressed in an ending. There are three types of verbs: -ar (hablar), -er (comer), -ir (venir). to speak to eat to come to leave hablar comer venir salir
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02:10 02:17 02:23 02:28 02:40 02:51 03:04 03:49
All Spanish verbs have an -r at the end, so the stress is on the last syllable. Spanish words which end in a consonant are stressed on the last syllable. [See also the NOSE rule, 4:13 and 4:53 below.] Spanish words which end in a vowel are stressed on the penultimate syllable: tengo, quiero, necesito, importante, restaurante. Two consonants are exceptions to the rule that words ending in a consonant are stressed on the last syllable: -n and -s. Words ending in -n and -s are stressed on the penultimate syllable, the same as for vowels. Michels NOSE rule: words ending in -n, -s or any vowel are stressed on the penultimate syllable; words ending in any other consonant are stressed on the last syllable. Words that are stressed in defiance of the NOSE rule have a written accent to show the stress: Mrida, Mxico, reservacin, condicin, posicin, situacin, impresin. Merida Mexico situation impression What impression do you have of the situation? Mrida Mxico situacin impresin Que impresin tiene de la situacin?
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 4 00:00 00:10 00:20 00:51 like that / that way as
Words stressed in defiance of the NOSE rule [continued]: as like that, aqu here. here Will you make a reservation for me. aqu Puede hacer una reservacin para m.
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01:25 01:36 02:20 02:25 02:45 02:57 03:10 03:12 03:20 03:28 03:50 03:50 04:20 04:39 04:50
Can you make a reservation for me? Why can you not (cant you) make a reservation for me? to see to know I want to know it. I want to see it. to see it to see you to see them to see them (feminine) I want to see them. I want to see them. (all women) I want to see you. to see me
Puede hacer una reservacin para m? Por qu no puede hacer una reservacin para m? ver saber Quiero saberlo. Quiero verlo. verlo verle verlos verlas Quiero verlos. Quiero verlas.
Quiero verle. verme
There are two types of me: m as in para m (for me) and me as in verme (to see me).
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 5 00:00 00:11 00:19 00:27 00:33 00:46 00:54 01:18 02:08 02:42 02:53 02:59 03:04 03:26 to understand to understand it to understand you to understand them to understand them (all ladies) to understand me Can you understand me? to say / to tell to tell it to tell you to tell me Will you tell me. Why cant you tell me now? comprender comprenderlo comprenderle comprenderlos comprenderlas comprenderme Puede comprenderme? decir decirlo decirle decirme Puede decirme. Por qu no puede decirme ahora?
Why cant you understand me? Por qu no puede comprenderme?
03:53 04:05 04:22 05:49
to buy
comprar
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I want to buy something here. Quiero comprar algo aqu. What do you want to buy here? Qu quiere comprar aqu? Why dont you want to buy it? Por qu no quiere comprarlo?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 6 00:00 00:11 00:37 00:46 01:03 01:23 02:19 02:47 03:13 03:30 03:37 03:58 04:04 04:25 04:33 04:43 04:49 05:36 05:42 05:47 05:57 06:17 06:46 expensive It is very expensive. Do you have it? to have I want to have it because I need it. I have to / I must I have to do it. to leave I have to leave. soon I have to leave soon. you have to / you must You have to do it. When? When do you have to do it? to tell it to tell you to tell me Will you tell me. Can you tell me? Will you tell me why you cannot do it that way. caro Es muy caro. Lo tiene? tener Quiero tenerlo porque lo necesito. tengo que Tengo que hacerlo. salir Tengo que salir. pronto Tengo que salir pronto. tiene que Tiene que hacerlo. Cundo? Cundo tiene que hacerlo? decirlo decirle decirme Puede decirme. Puede decirme? Puede decirme por qu no puede hacerlo as.
Why dont you have it for me? Por qu no lo tiene para m?
Add que to the verb tener to make must or have to.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 7 00:00 00:13 Key ending: words ending in -ical in English end in -ico in Spanish. political poltico
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economical philosophical logical It is not logical but it is very practical that way.
econmico filosfico lgico No es lgico pero es muy prctico as.
To say the political situation in Spanish, you say the situation political (la situacin poltica). poltico changes to poltica because situacin is a la word (feminine). In Spanish, you make a distinction between masculine (Roberto) and feminine (Roberta). the political situation the economical situation in Spain in Mexico in Argentina la situacin poltica la situacin econmica en Espaa en Mxico en Argentina
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What impression do you Qu impresin tiene de la have of the political and situacin poltica y economical situation in Spain econmica en Espaa ahora? right now?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 8 00:00 00:08 00:22 00:49 01:01 00:32 02:08 02:04 02:38 02:50 03:03 03:22 03:34 03:45 04:00 How much? Will you tell me how much it is. because I need it And I want to have it. And I want to buy it. if if it is not very expensive I am occupied / busy I am busy. (masculine) I am busy. (feminine) tired I am tired. (masculine) I am tired. (feminine) Cunto? Puede decirme cunto es. porque lo necesito Y quiero tenerlo. Y quiero comprarlo. si si no es muy caro estoy ocupado Estoy ocupado. Estoy ocupada. cansado / cansada Estoy cansado. Estoy cansada.
Dont confuse cunto (how much) with cundo (when).
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to be married I am not very busy today. (feminine) I am not very busy today. (masculine)
casado No estoy muy ocupada hoy.
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No estoy muy ocupado hoy. Review course CD 1 Track 21 Est ocupado ahora? estar esta casa mesa esta mesa Dnde est ahora? Cmo? Cmo est? Review course CD 1 Track 22
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 9 00:00 00:05 00:24 00:38 01:21 01:47 02:02 02:10 02:12 02:33 02:53 03:00 03:17 03:22 04:50 04:50 you are You are busy. Are you busy now? (feminine) Are you busy now? (masculine) to be this house table this table Where are you now? How? How are you? est Est ocupado. Est ocupada ahora?
est (with an accent) means you are but esta means this.
Add s to make plurals in Spanish: buenos dias. hello / good day (good days) buenos das Are you tired? (masculine) Are you tired? (feminine) Est cansado? Est cansada?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 2 Track 10 00:00 00:51 01:02 01:32 01:42 01:49 02:15 02:38 I am going to I am going to I am going to eat now. I am going to buy it. I am not going to buy it because its very expensive. I am going to tell you. late voy a voy a Voy a comer ahora. Voy a comprarlo. No voy a comprarlo porque es muy caro. Voy a decirle. tarde
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very late It is very late. more or less later (more late) to be I am going to be here later.
muy tarde Es muy tarde. ms o menos ms tarde estar Voy a estar aqu ms tarde.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 1 00:25 00:35 I am going to do it. Voy a hacerlo.
I am not going to do it now No voy a hacerlo ahora because I am going to be very porque voy a estar muy busy today. (feminine) ocupada hoy. I am going to be very busy today. (masculine) to call I am going to call you later. at what time (hour) I am going to call you. you are going you are going to At what time are you going to call me? At what time are you going to be here tonight? Where are you going to be later? Voy a estar muy ocupado hoy.
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llamar Voy a llamarle ms tarde. A qu hora? Voy a llamarle. va va a A qu hora va a llamarme?
Can you/will you call me later. Puede llamarme ms tarde. At what time can you call me? A qu hora puede llamarme?
A qu hora va a estar aqu esta noche? Dnde va a estar ms tarde?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 2 00:00 For all verbs, the form for you is the same for he/she/it. For example: you are going to (va a) also means he/she/it is going to. You are going to do it. He is going to do it. She is going to do it. Va a hacerlo. Va a hacerlo. Va a hacerlo.
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Use a clarifier if it is not clear whom you are talking about. For example, Dnde est? could mean Where are you? or Where is he/she/it?. You can add l (he), ella (she) or usted (you) to make it clear (Dnde est el/ella/usted?). When are you going to do it? Cundo va a hacerlo? Where are you? Where is he? Where is she? He is going to be here soon. What do you want? What does he want? What does she want? What do you have? What does he have? What does she have? What do you have? Dnde est usted? Dnde est l? Dnde est ella? (l) va a estar aqu pronto. Qu quiere? Qu quiere l? Qu quiere ella? Qu tiene? Qu tiene l? Qu tiene ella? Qu tiene usted?
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She is going to be here soon. (Ella) va a estar aqu pronto.
Use usted/l/ella either as a clarifier or for emphasis (What do you have? Qu tiene usted?).
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 3 00:00 00:10 00:22 00:40 00:48 00:56 01:40 02:01 02:32 ready I am ready. I am ready. (feminine) Are you ready? (feminine) Are you ready? (masculine) listo Estoy listo. Estoy lista. Est lista? Est listo?
At what time (hour) are you A qu hora va a estar listo? going to be ready? (masculine) At what time are you going to be ready? (feminine) At what time is it going to be ready? I want to know at what time it is going to be ready because I need it and I want to have it today if it is possible. A qu hora va a estar lista? A qu hora va a estar listo?
Quiero saber a qu hora va a estar listo porque lo necesito y tengo que tenerlo hoy si es posible.
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Will you tell me when it is going to be ready.
Puede decirme cundo va a estar listo.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 4 00:00 00:11 01:10 01:39 01:40 all / everything Everything is going to be ready for you today. nothing tomorrow Nothing is going to be ready for you today, but everything is going to be ready tomorrow. He is ready. She is ready. Everything is ready. todo Todo va a estar listo para usted hoy. nada maana Nada va a estar listo para usted hoy, pero todo va a estar listo maana.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 5 00:17 00:47 01:07 01:55 It is possible. It is ready. Es posible. Est listo.
There are two verbs in Spanish for to be estar and ser. estar expresses to be as a state of being: how one is, where one is. The word estado from estar means state (los Estados Unidos, United States).
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estar expresses how one is or where one is, not permanent characteristics. ser expresses permanent characteristics: who one is or what one is. How is he? How is she? Where are you? Where is he? Cmo est l? Cmo est ella? Dnde est (usted)? Dnde est l?
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Where is she? Where is it? I dont know. I know I know it. I dont know it. I dont know. I dont know where it is.
Dnde est ella? Donde esta? No s. s Lo s. No lo s. No s. No s dnde est.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 6 00:00 00:07 00:36 00:42 00:14 01:43 01:52 02:15 02:22 02:25 03:12 03:26 03:38 03:43 03:43 05:11 05:29 05:45 ser and estar: continued How is Pablo today? sick He (Pablo) is sick today. He (Pablo) is a sick person. Sunday to arrive drunk to look Pablo is drunk. Pablo is a drunk. dressed well dressed He (Pablo) is well dressed today. Cmo est Pablo hoy? enfermo Pablo est enfermo hoy. Pablo es enfermo. domingo llegar borracho mirar Pablo est borracho. Pablo es borracho. vestido bien vestido Pablo est bien vestido hoy.
Notice the difference between es bien vestido 'he is always well dressed' and est bien vestido 'he is well dressed today'. I am a professor. I am ready. Soy profesor. Estoy listo.
listo has two meanings: ready and clever. ready is not a permanent characteristic, so you use estar. clever is a permanent characteristic, so you use ser. clever I am clever. He is clever. She is clever. listo Soy listo. l es listo. Ella es lista.
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She is ready.
Ella est lista.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 7 00:00 00:25 00:28 00:35 to speak to buy to take hablar comprar tomar
For verbs that are derived from nouns that are similar in Spanish and English, such as words ending in -ion, you just need to add -ar at the end. confirm Will you/can you confirm the reservation for me. to prepare Will you/can you prepare the dinner for me. Will you/can you accept the condition. much / very much many thanks I want very much to accept the condition, but I am sorry I cannot accept it because it is not acceptable for me that way. confirmar Puede confirmar la reservacin para m. preparar Puede preparar la cena para m.
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Puede aceptar la condicin. mucho muchas gracias Quiero mucho aceptar la condicin, pero lo siento no puedo aceptarlo (aceptarla) porque no es aceptable para m as.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 8 00:00 02:20 02:40 02:58 Definition of verb, adjective and noun Any word in front of which you can place the article the is a noun: the happiness, the pride, the situation, the condition. Any word in front of which you can place am or is is an adjective: happy, proud. Any word in front of which you can place to is a verb: to be, to have, to go, to see. Verbs are the backbone of a language. If you know how to handle the verbs, you know how to handle the whole language. 03:49 04:47 The to form of a verb (infinitive) is expressed in an ending in Spanish that always ends in r. There are three types of verbs in Spanish: -ar, -er and -ir. Most verbs end in -ar.
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All verbs end in r in the to form, which means that the one single stress will be at the end. to speak to buy to understand to eat to do / to make to say / to tell to prepare to accept hablar comprar comprender comer hacer decir preparar aceptar
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 9 00:00 00:17 00:36 00:38 00:40 00:47 01:06 to come with me with you with him with her Will you/can you speak Spanish with me. venir conmigo con usted con l con ella Puede hablar espaol conmigo.
Whenever there are two or three consecutive verbs, the second or third verb will be in the full form of the verb with the r at the end (the infinitive). So can you speak in Spanish is can you to speak (puede hablar). Can you come with me. Puede venir conmigo. If another verb follows a verb of coming and going, use a (as in voy a). Can you come see it with me tonight. Puede venir a verlo conmigo esta noche.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 3 Track 10 00:00 00:56 01:50 02:24 03:10 to go I want to go see it with you. I must go see it. I must speak with you. ir Quiero ir a verlo con usted. Tengo que ir a verlo. Tengo que hablar con usted.
I am sorry but I cannot see Lo siento, pero no puedo verle you today because I am going hoy porque voy a estar to be very busy. muy ocupado.
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I must buy it. I cannot buy it because its very expensive.
Tengo que comprarlo. No puedo comprarlo porque es muy caro.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 1 00:08 00:17 00:48 01:00 01:28 01:41 Where it is? How much is it? to find I cannot find it. I dont know where it is. Will you/can you tell me where it is because I cannot find it. Dnde est? Cunto es? encontrar No puedo encontrarlo. No s dnde est. Puede decirme dnde est porque no puedo encontrarlo.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 2 00:25 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. Exceptions to the present tense rule: estoy, esta; voy, va. I buy / I am buying I buy it. / I am buying it. I am not buying it. / I dont buy it. to sell I am selling it. I am not selling it. to understand I understand I understand it very well. I understand it. I dont understand it. I dont understand you. you understand You understand it. Do you understand it? compro Lo compro. No lo compro.
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vender Lo vendo. No lo vendo. comprender comprendo Lo comprendo muy bien. Lo comprendo. No lo comprendo. No le comprendo. comprende Lo comprende. Lo comprende?
I dont understand it very well. No lo comprendo muy bien.
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Why dont you understand it? Por qu no lo comprende? Do you understand me? You understand me. Me comprende? Me comprende.
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Why dont you understand me? Por qu no me comprende?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 3 00:00 00:08 00:31 03:25 03:36 03:55 04:10 04:23 04:32 to sell I am selling it. I am not selling it. / I dont sell it. You are selling it. Why dont you sell it? to write I am writing everyday (all the days) I am writing everyday. vender Lo vendo. No lo vendo. Lo vende. Por qu no lo vende? escribir escribo todos los das Escribo todos los das.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 4 00:00 00:36 00:56 01:19 02:02 02:58 06:09 06:28 06:41 06:57 07:04 07:12 I like (it pleases me) I like to see it. But I dont like to do it. I like to go see it. I like very much I like very much to write. you like (it pleases you) Do you like? I like to write. I am writing / I write you write / he writes / she writes Why dont you write to me? me gusta Me gusta verlo. Pero no me gusta hacerlo. Me gusta ir a verlo. me gusta mucho Me gusta mucho escribir. le gusta Le gusta? Me gusta escribir. escribo escribe Por qu no me escribe?
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Do you know where it is? Why dont you know it? to do / to make Why dont you do it? to leave At what time (hour) are you leaving?
Sabe dnde est? Por qu no lo sabe? hacer Por qu no lo hace? salir A qu hora sale?
English am/is + -ing is usually expressed with just the present tense in Spanish. At what time do you leave? A qu hora sale? The Spanish -ing tense expresses what you are doing right now. -ing becomes -iendo (saliendo). Estoy saliendo means I am in the process of leaving right now. I am leaving. What are you doing today? What are you doing tonight? What are you doing? (right now) What are you writing? What are you writing? (right there) Estoy saliendo. Qu hace hoy? Qu hace esta noche? Qu est haciendo?
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Qu escribe? Qu est escribiendo?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 6 00:00 00:07 00:12 01:00 01:38 to say / to tell What are you saying? decir Qu dice?
For you are saying, e in decir becomes i in dice. what at the beginning of a sentence is qu. In the middle of a sentence, what is lo que. I am sorry but I dont understand what you are saying. I dont know what you want. Thats not what I want. What do you want? What do you want to say? Lo siento, pero no comprendo lo que dice.
No s lo que quiere. No es lo que quiero. Qu quiere? Qu quiere decir?
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The combination of want and say in Spanish means to mean.
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I dont understand very well what you mean. You dont understand what I mean. because thats not what I mean
No comprendo muy bien lo que quiere decir. No comprende lo que quiero decir. porque no es lo que quiero decir
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 7 00:17 00:32 00:40 01:28 01:43 I speak to prepare I am preparing it. But I dont accept it. hablo preparar Lo preparo. Pero no lo acepto.
There are three types of verbs: -ar, -er and -ir. They are divided into two categories or tracks: the -ar track (hablar, comprar, preparar) and the -er/-ir track (comprender, escribir, hacer, salir). On both tracks for I, after you push down you will surface on -o. I am preparing I am accepting it. preparo Lo acepto.
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On the er/-ir track for you/he/she/it, after you push down you will surface on -e. you are leaving you are doing you are writing you are saying sale hace escribe dice
On the -ar track for you/he/she/it, after you push down you will surface on -a. you speak / he speaks / she speaks / it speaks Do you speak English? habla Habla ingls?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 8 00:00 00:09 00:21 00:39 01:03 who / whom Who speaks English here? nobody Nobody speaks English here. everybody (all the world) quien Quin habla ingls aqu? nadie Nadie habla ingls aqu. todo el mundo
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Everybody speaks Spanish. Why dont you speak Spanish with me? I am buying it. I dont buy it. I am not buying it. Why dont you buy it? I dont know why I am not buying it. Why dont you sell it? I am not selling it because I dont want to sell it.
Todo el mundo habla espaol. Por qu no habla espaol conmigo? Lo compro. No lo compro. No lo compro. Por qu no lo compra? No s por qu no lo compro.
Endings in Spanish, even unstressed, need to be very clear.
Por qu no lo vende? No lo vendo porque no quiero venderlo.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 9 00:03 00:15 00:45 00:49 01:14 01:43 01:59 02:19 I speak you speak / he speaks / she speaks / it speaks hablo habla
For they, you just add an n after a or e depending on which track you are on. they speak they understand They are doing it. They are buying it. They are selling it. hablan comprenden Lo hacen. Lo compran. Lo venden.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 4 Track 10 00:00 00:25 01:57 02:56 03:15 03:42 The same n you use for they also goes for you all (you plural). Why dont you sell it? Why dont you sell it? (talking to several people) Why dont you do it? Why dont you all do it? Why dont they do it? Por qu no lo vende? Por qu no lo venden? Por qu no lo hace? Por qu no lo hacen? Por qu no lo hacen?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 1 00:06 00:40 00:52 01:00 01:10 01:17 01:36 01:40 01:47 02:36 02:43 03:26 03:47 04:01 04:20 04:28 04:34 04:41 04:48 05:01 05:10 05:39 05:50 08:19 Review of the present tense of all verbs. to speak to eat to understand to come to leave to do / to make to say / to tell hablar comer comprender venir salir hacer decir
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In the present tense, you push down on (stress) the penultimate syllable. I want you want I can I speak I dont speak I understand I dont understand you understand Do you understand it? Do you understand me? Dont you understand me? Why dont you understand me? they understand quiero quiere puedo hablo no hablo comprendo no comprendo comprende Lo comprende? Me comprende? No me comprende? Por qu no me comprende? comprenden
In the present tense, for they you add -an for the -ar track and -en for the -er/-ir track. you speak habla
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 2 00:00 00:17 00:53 01:06 01:13 All vowel sounds, even unstressed, have to come out very clearly. a e i o (obey)
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One exception where there is no o at all for the I form is the verb to know. I know s
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 3 00:12 00:52 01:01 02:07 02:17 02:50 03:03 03:15 Why dont you buy it? I am selling it. Why dont you sell it? They are not selling it. Why dont you buy it? They are not buying it. Why dont you (all) buy it? (plural) Por qu no lo compra? Lo vendo. Por qu no lo vende? No lo venden. Por qu no lo compra? No lo compran. Por qu no lo compran?
Why dont you sell it? (plural) Por qu no lo venden?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 4 00:00 01:05 01:37 02:06 In Spanish, you have two words for you. With family members and friends, you may switch from the use of usted to t. For t you hook on s to a or e at the end of the verb. Do you speak English? (to Roberto or Roberta) Hablas ingls?
Why dont you speak Spanish Por qu no hablas espaol with me? (to Roberto or conmigo? Roberta) If you switch tracks in the present tense (from a to e or e to a), that gives you the imperative (the command). Speak Spanish with me! Hable espaol conmigo!
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this is este for el nouns (este libro) and esta for la nouns (esta noche). this book this night (tonight) this house this table that book that table I want to see this. I am going to buy this. I want to see that. Buy that book! He is not buying it. Dont buy it! este libro esta noche esta casa esta mesa ese libro esa mesa Quiero ver esto. Voy a comprar esto. Quiero ver eso. Compre ese libro! l no lo compra. No lo compre!
If you take out the t in este and esta, then you have that.
If you want to say this without a noun, use esto.
Why dont you buy this book? Por qu no compra este libro?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 6 00:03 00:16 01:08 01:27 03:13 03:27 04:01 04:13 Why dont you sell it? Dont sell it. Dont sell it! (plural) Dont sell it. (Roberto) Buy that book. Dont buy it; its not good. Dont buy it. (plural) Dont buy it. (Roberto) Por qu no lo vende? No lo venda! No lo vendan! No lo vendas! Compre ese libro! No lo compre; no es bueno. No lo compren. No lo compres.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 7 00:00 00:44 If you use the positive command with a pronoun (me, him, it), hook the pronoun onto the end of the verb. Buy it! Cmprelo!
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Buy it! (plural) Buy them! Dont buy them! to take Why dont you take it? Dont take it! Take it! Eat it! It is very good. delicious
Cmprenlo! Cmprenlos! No los compren. tomar Por qu no lo toma? No lo tome! Tmelo! Cmalo! Es muy bueno. delicioso
Dont hook the pronoun onto the verb in the negative command.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 8 00:00 01:04 01:57 00:52 03:08 03:25 03:31 03:37 04:04 04:14 02:23 04:35 04:43 05:06 For we the verb ending is -mos. Whenever you want to use we, go to the whole verb, drop the r and add -mos. to speak I want to speak with you. we speak we eat we are leaving we are coming we are selling we are writing we have We are doing it. We are not doing it. We do not do it that way. We are telling you. hablar Quiero hablar contigo. hablamos comemos salimos venimos vendemos escribimos tenemos Lo hacemos. No lo hacemos. No lo hacemos as. Le decimos.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 9 00:00 00:08 00:38 00:51 01:00 The verb ir (to go) is an exception: we go is vamos. we go they are going to / you all are going to you are going to (Roberto) we are going to vamos van a vas a vamos a
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We are going to leave soon. to arrive
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At what time are we going to A qu hora vamos a llegar arrive in Madrid? a Madrid? Why dont you do it, Roberta? Por qu no lo haces, Roberta? I have I come Im leaving to put tengo vengo salgo poner go-go verbs: some verbs add a g before the o in the I form.
Verbs in English with -pose will be formed with -poner in Spanish: to oppose oponer, to suppose suponer, to compose componer. I put I am putting it here. I suppose pongo Lo pongo aqu. supongo
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 10 00:00 00:19 00:22 00:34 00:39 01:13 01:18 01:40 01:49 01:53 02:04 03:03 03:25 03:51 04:16 to do and to say are short go-go verbs. to do to say / to tell I do I tell I am doing it. I am telling you. to bring I am bringing I am bringing it. I am putting it. Where are you putting it? Where are you all putting it? Where are you putting it? (Roberta) We are putting it here. hacer decir hago digo Lo hago. Le digo. traer traigo Lo traigo. Lo pongo. Dnde lo pone? Dnde lo ponen? Dnde lo pones? Lo ponemos aqu.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 5 Track 11 00:00 00:25 00:39 00:39 00:39 01:32 01:53 02:32 The go-go verbs turn ga-ga in the imperative. Come with me! Dont leave! Dont leave! (plural) Dont leave! (Roberto) Dont put it here. Put it here! Can you put it here. Venga conmigo! No salga! No salgan! No salgas! No lo ponga aqu! Pngalo aqu. Puede ponerlo aqu.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 1 00:00 01:02 01:20 01:34 02:19 02:22 02:26 02:44 03:13 03:20 03:30 03:48 04:00 04:16 04:30 04:39 04:59 06:27 06:35 Review of go-go verbs: salgo, tengo, pongo, vengo, hago, digo, supongo, tengo, traigo. Bring it! Bring me something! Dont put it here. there here Put it there! I am doing it. Do it! Dont do it! Say it in Spanish! Tell me! Dont tell me now. Dont tell me. (Roberta) to call Call me later. Call me! (Roberto/Roberta) Trigalo! Trigame algo! No lo ponga aqu! all aqu Pngalo all! Lo hago. Hgalo! No lo haga! Dgalo en espaol! Dgame! No me diga ahora! No me digas! llamar Llmeme ms tarde! Llmame!
Dont put it here; put it there. No lo ponga aqu; pngalo all!
There is only one occasion when you dont switch tracks in the imperative: in the positive imperative to Roberto or Roberta you dont switch tracks and you dont use the s.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 2 00:00 00:08 00:38 00:46 00:54 01:10 01:30 02:54 03:01 03:07 03:24 03:29 03:34 03:48 03:55 04:22 05:04 05:07 05:20 05:35 05:48 to have we have you have they have you have (Roberto) I have tener tenemos tiene tienen tienes tengo
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e in the second syllable before last (tener) becomes ie (tiene) when you push down in the present tense, except in the I form (tengo). to come we are coming he is coming they are coming you are coming (Roberto) I am coming to begin I am starting venir venimos viene vienen vienes vengo comenzar comienzo
You are starting / he is starting / comienza she is starting / it is starting Start! At what time are you all starting? At what time are you starting? (Roberta) At what time do we start? Comience! A qu hora comienzan? A qu hora comienzas? At what time are you starting? A qu hora comienza?
A qu hora comenzamos? Review course CD 2 Track 14
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 3 00:00 00:13 00:32 00:54 00:58 01:06 to begin / to start I am starting empezar empiezo
At what time are you starting? / A qu hora empieza? At what time is it starting? the film to think I think la pelcula pensar pienso
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What do you think? What do you think of the situation? we think I plan on leaving soon. (in Spanish: I think to leave soon) to understand
Qu piensa? Qu piensa de la situacin?
pensamos Pienso salir pronto.
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When do you plan on leaving? Cundo piensa salir? comprender In comprender, the e is locked between r and n. This holds up the e and it doesnt cave in (comprende, not compriende) to understand I understand I dont understand it. I dont understand you. I dont understand you. (Roberta) Do you understand me? (Roberta) We dont understand. No entendemos. If you see ie in the present tense, you can deduce that the to form is formed with e. I want you want / he wants they want you want (Roberto/Roberta) you all want to want we want quiero quiere quieren quieres quieren querer queremos entender entiendo No lo entiendo. No le entiendo. No te entiendo. Me entiendes?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 4 00:00 00:42 00:50 00:55 o in the syllable before last becomes ue when you push down in the present tense. I can you can / he can they can / you all can puedo puede pueden
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you can (Roberto/Roberta) to be able (can) we can the power to find I find I dont find it. to remember I remember to come back I am coming back soon. At what time are you coming back? Are you all coming back?
puedes poder podemos el poder encontrar encuentro No lo encuentro. recordar recuerdo volver Vuelvo pronto. A qu hora vuelve?
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Vuelven?
At what time are you coming A qu hora vuelves, Roberta? back, Roberta? We are coming back soon. to regress Volvemos pronto. regresar
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 5 00:00 00:45 00:57 01:18 01:56 01:52 02:51 03:04 03:17 03:35 03:46 04:02 to lift up I am lifting it up. Why dont you lift it up? I am lifting myself up. (I am getting up.) us We are getting up. (We lift ourselves up.) At what time are you getting up? (Roberta) He is getting up. At what time are you getting up? At what time are you all getting up? levantar Lo levanto. Por qu no lo levanta? Me levanto. nos Nos levantamos.
You are getting up. (Roberto) Te levantas. A qu hora te levantas?
Use se for himself/herself/yourself/themselves. Se levanta. A qu hora se levanta? A qu hora se levantan?
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They are getting up soon. I am going to get up soon. I have to get up. We have to get up. At what time do we have to get up?
Se levantan pronto. Voy a levantarme pronto. Tengo que levantarme. Tenemos que levantarnos. A qu hora tenemos que levantarnos?
We are going to get up soon. Vamos a levantarnos pronto.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 6 00:00 00:13 00:25 00:43 00:58 01:13 01:17 01:23 02:21 02:51 03:34 03:51 03:56 04:46 to remain to give to stay (to remain oneself) I am staying I am not staying time I dont know how long I am staying. I dont know how long I am going to stay. I dont know how long I can stay. We are staying. We are going to stay a few days. a few days quedar dar quedarse me quedo no me quedo tiempo No s cunto tiempo me quedo. No s cunto tiempo voy a quedarme. No s cunto tiempo puedo quedarme. Nos quedamos. Vamos a quedarnos unos das. unos das
How much time? / How long? Cunto tiempo?
Usually words ending in a are la words. da is an exception (el da). Words ending in o are el words. mano is an exception (la mano). Words ending in ma are el words (el problema). the hand the problem la mano el problema
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 7 00:00 00:23 00:30 there is / there are people the people hay gente la gente
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many people There is no problem. I dont know how long we are going to stay here. still (still more) still a little more late later a little later I dont know yet. (Still I dont know.) Still I dont know how long I am going to stay.
mucha gente No hay problema. No s cunto tiempo vamos a quedarnos aqu. todava todava un poco tarde ms tarde un poco ms tarde Todava no s.
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There are many people here. Hay mucha gente aqu.
todava is also used in the negative sense for yet.
Todava no s cunto tiempo voy a quedarme.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 8 00:07 00:14 00:24 00:34 00:46 00:58 01:07 01:16 01:38 01:47 we see We see it. He doesnt see it. / You dont see it. I see They see it. We see ourselves. We dont see ourselves. vemos Lo vemos. No lo ve. veo Lo ven. Nos vemos. No nos vemos.
ourselves in Spanish has two meanings: it can mean we see ourselves but it also means we see each other. We see each other. At what time do we meet? (At what time do we see each other?) At what time do we meet tomorrow? I call you later. Nos vemos. A qu hora nos vemos?
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A qu hora nos vemos maana? Le llamo ms tarde.
The present tense is widely used in Spanish to talk about the future. If you use the present tense to talk about the future, you need to use words such as maana, la semana que viene (next week), etc.
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I will call you tomorrow. (I call you tomorrow.) I am buying them. I am saying it. I am telling you. I am telling you. (Roberto/Roberta) I am calling you. I am calling you. (Roberto) I call you tomorrow. I am going to call you tomorrow.
Le llamo maana. Los compro. Lo digo. Le digo. Te digo. Le llamo. Te llamo. Te llamo maana. / Le llamo maana. Voy a llamarle maana. Review course CD 2 Track 20
going is also frequently used to talk about the future.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 9 00:00 00:21 00:35 We are staying a few days. We are going to stay a few days. Nos quedamos unos das. Vamos a quedarnos unos das.
At what time do we meet A qu hora nos vemos maana? tomorrow? (At what time do we see each other tomorrow?) At what time are we going to A qu hora vamos a vernos see each other tomorrow? / maana? At what time are we going to meet tomorrow? How to construct the future tense: for I will you use the whole verb and hit the ending of the verb with -r. I will speak I will eat later. I will buy it. I will sell it. to take I will take it. We will take it. I will start (commence) we will start hablar Comer ms tarde. Lo comprar. Lo vender. tomar Lo tomar. Lo tomaremos. comenzar comenzaremos
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For I will you add -r, and for we will you add -remos.
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I will eat we will eat I will speak with you. we will speak
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 6 Track 10 00:02 00:06 00:23 00:44 02:11 02:34 02:43 to wait / to hope I will wait we will wait I am staying I am staying here tomorrow. I will stay I am going to stay. esperar esperar esperaremos me quedo Me quedo aqu maana. me quedar Voy a quedarme.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 1 00:16 00:31 00:48 01:09 01:24 01:53 02:18 02:50 03:15 03:44 03:57 04:06 04:13 04:28 I am going to start. I am going to buy it. We are going to buy it. I am going to call you later. We will call you later. At what time are you going to call me? (to a couple) Voy a comenzar. / Voy a empezar. Voy a comprarlo. Vamos a comprarlo. Voy a llamarle ms tarde. Vamos a llamarle ms tarde. A qu hora van a llamarme?
At what time will you call me? A qu hora va a llamarme?
They are going to call me later. Van a llamarme ms tarde. At what time will you call me? A qu hora vas a llamarme? (Roberta) You are going to call me. You are going to call me. (to several people) You are going to call me. (Roberto) They are going to call me. We are going to call you. Va a llamarme. Van a llamarme. Vas a llamarme.
Van a llamarme. Vamos a llamarle.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 2 00:12 00:18 00:34 00:43 00:52 01:01 01:12 01:52 02:33 03:52 04:06 04:30 I am staying we are staying they are staying she is staying I am not staying I am going to stay. How long are you going to stay? (seor) How long are you going to stay? (to a couple) I dont know yet how long we are going to stay. I will stay we will stay We are going to stay. me quedo nos quedamos se quedan ella se queda no me quedo Voy a quedarme. Cunto tiempo va a quedarse?
Cunto tiempo van a quedarse? Todava no s cunto tiempo vamos a quedarnos. me quedar nos quedaremos Vamos a quedarnos. Review course CD 2 Track 24 Dnde lo comprars? No lo comprarn porque es demasiado caro. demasiado Estar aqu. Estaremos aqu maana. Estar aqu.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 3 00:00 00:22 00:46 00:54 01:08 01:14 01:20 01:41 01:54 02:10 03:03 03:35 03:55 Review of the future tense. For he/she/it will and you will add -r. For they will add -rn and for you will (Roberto) add -rs. I will buy it. We will buy it. He will buy it. You will buy it. (seor) Where will you buy it? (to several people) Where will you buy it? (Roberto) They wont buy it because it is too expensive. too / too much I will be here. We will be here tomorrow. He will be here. Lo comprar. Lo compraremos. Lo comprar. Lo comprar. Dnde lo comprarn?
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It will be ready for you tomorrow. They will be here soon. They are going to be here soon. it will be It wont be possible. I will go see it. We will go see it. we will go We will go see it.
Estar listo para usted maana. Estarn aqu pronto. Van a estar aqu pronto.
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ser No ser posible. Ir a verlo. Vamos a ir a verlo. iremos Iremos a verlo.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 4 00:00 00:25 00:38 00:43 00:52 00:56 01:19 01:20 01:28 01:31 01:39 02:11 02:17 02:20 02:25 02:32 02:53 02:57 03:01 03:05 Go-go verbs in the future tense need a d before -re (-dre). I will have we will have he will have / you will have (seor) they will have / you all will have you will have (Roberto) I will leave we will leave he will leave they will leave / you all will leave you will leave (Roberto) I will put we will put you will put (Roberto) I will do we will do he will do they will do tendr tendremos tendr tendrn
tendrs saldr saldremos saldr saldrn saldrs pondr pondremos pondrs har haremos har harn
they will put / you all will put pondrn For digo and hago drop the go and add -r.
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you will do (Roberto) I will tell I will tell it. I will tell you. I will tell you later. (Roberto) We will tell you. He will tell you. He will tell me. When will you tell me? (Roberto) When will you all tell me?
hars dir Lo dir. Le dir. Te dir ms tarde. Le diremos. Le dir. Me dir. Cundo me dirs?
When will you tell me? (seor) Cundo me dir?
Cundo me dirn?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 5 00:31 01:41 01:56 02:21 02:30 02:49 03:02 03:17 03:32 03:46 04:15 04:27 04:52 05:27 06:26 06:39 07:06 The conditional (would) follows the same pattern as will, but the ending is -ra. It will be necessary. It would be necessary. It wouldnt be necessary. It wouldnt be possible that way. I will do it. I would do it. I wouldnt do it that way. They wouldnt do it. Why wouldnt you do it, Roberto? I will tell you. I wouldnt tell you. He wouldnt tell me. He wont leave today. He wouldnt leave. He will have it for you. Ser necesario. Sera necesario. No sera necesario. No sera posible as. Lo har. Lo hara. No lo hara as. No lo haran. Por qu no lo haras, Roberto? Te dir. / Le dir. No le dira. No me dira. l no saldr hoy. l no saldra. l lo tendr para usted.
But he wouldnt have it today. Pero l no lo tendra hoy.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 6 00:00 00:43 01:09 01:20 01:37 02:00 02:43 02:55 03:45 03:57 04:14 04:16 04:53 05:24 06:14 07.51 08:00 09:12 I like (it pleases me) I dont like to stay here. you like (it pleases you) You like? (Do you like?) we like (it pleases us) I would like (it would please me) I would like to see you. I would like to go see it with you. to send He is sending it. He is sending it to me. He is not sending it to me today. But he will send it to me tomorrow. He is going to send it to me tomorrow. He is sending it to me tomorrow. He wouldnt send it to me today. me gusta No me gusta quedarme aqu. te gusta / le gusta Le gusta? nos gusta me gustara
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Me gustara verle. Me gustara ir a verlo contigo. / Me gustara ir a verlo con usted. mandar Lo manda. Me lo manda. No me lo manda hoy.
Whenever you have two pronouns, the personal pronoun comes first.
Pero me lo mandar maana. Va a mandrmelo maana. No me lo mandara hoy. Review course CD 2 Track 28 Te los mando. Me lo manda maana.
You can also use the present tense to talk about the future.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 7 00:03 00:14 00:27 00:39 00:55 I am sending it. Lo mando.
I am sending you something. Le mando algo. I am sending you something. Te mando algo. (Roberta) I am sending it to you. (Roberta) I am sending them to you. (Roberto) Te lo mando.
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Whenever you have the combination of le and lo, you change the l of le to an s and you make it se lo. The se doesnt mean oneself in this case. So se lo means it to you. I am sending it to you. (seor) Se lo mando. I am going to send it to you. (seor) Voy a mandrselo.
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Voy a mandrselo means I am going to send it to you seor/him/her/them. Sometimes you need a clarifier: Voy a mandrselo a usted, a l, a ella maana. Will you/can you send it to me. Puede mandrmelo. Can you send it to him. Puede mandrselo.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 8 01:05 01:23 01:52 02:00 03:07 04:28 I would like to see it. I might want to see it. Me gustara verlo. Quisiera verlo.
Another expression for I would like is quisiera (I may/I might want). Different ways to express the same thought: quiero verlo, me gusta verlo, me gustara verlo, quisiera verlo. It wont be necessary. It wouldnt be necessary. No ser necesario. No sera necesario.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 9 00:00 How to form the past tense (I have bought something). The past participle depends on which track you are on. On the -ar track, you dive into -ado (hablar hablado). On the -er track, you dive into -ido (salir salido). For example: comer comido, vender vendido, comprar comprado, tomar tomado. to live lived vivir vivido
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In Spanish, there are two verbs for to have. The verb to have is the diving board you need to dive into the past, which in this case is haber and not tener. To obtain the different forms of haber, take the future tense ending, drop the r and add a silent h. In the future you have: -r, -remos, -r, -rn, -rs. For haber you will have: he, hemos, ha, han, has.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 7 Track 10 00:07 00:20 00:25 00:28 00:46 00:57 01:06 01:39 02:00 02:36 02:44 03:07 03:13 03:24 I have bought something. We have bought. We have bought it. He has bought it. He has not bought it. Where have you bought it? He has sold it. He comprado algo. Hemos comprado. Lo hemos comprado. Lo ha comprado. No lo ha comprado. Dnde lo ha comprado? Lo ha vendido.
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If you want to say we have bought it, the it comes first.
There are a few exceptions when youre diving. For example, the diving part of hacer is hecho. I have done it. We have done it. He has told me. You have not told me. I have told you. Lo he hecho. Lo hemos hecho. Me ha dicho. No me ha dicho. Le he dicho.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 1 00:06 00:18 01:17 02:08 03:39 04:42 to wait I am waiting I want to find out where it is. you are waiting / he is waiting / she is waiting Why are you waiting? Why dont you wait? esperar espero Quiero informarme dnde est. espera Por qu espera? Por qu no espera?
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 2 00:34 00:49 01:24 01:28 02:11 I am awaiting you. I am awaiting you. (Roberto/Roberta) He is waiting for you. / She is waiting for you. They are waiting for me. (They are awaiting me.) Why are you all waiting? Le espero. Te espero. l le espera. / Ella le espera.
Me esperan. Por qu esperan?
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Why are you waiting for me? (Roberto/Roberta) we are waiting Why dont you wait for me? (seor) Why dont you wait for me? (Roberto) Why dont you wait for me? (to several people) Wait! a little moment Wait for me here! (Await me here!)
Por qu me esperas? esperamos Por qu no me espera? Por qu no me esperas? Por qu no me esperan? Espere! momentito Espreme aqu! Review course CD 2 Track 34 Estoy esperando. Le estoy esperando.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 3 00:00 00:11 00:15 00:40 01:19 01:24 01:32 01:41 01:50 01:59 02:15 02:40 02:52 03:17 04:23 04:41 05:14 05:29 05:48 We are waiting for you. Shall we wait for you? Le esperamos. Le esperamos?
To say shall we wait for you? just use the inflection to a question. lets (let us) expresses a command. If you want to say let's wait in Spanish, you have to change track from -amos to -emos. we are waiting Lets wait! Lets wait here. We are buying it. We are not buying it. Lets not buy it. We are selling it. Lets sell the house. Dont wait for me. Wait for me! I have waited I have left Review of the -ing tense. I am waiting. (right now) I am waiting for you. (I am right now in the process of waiting for you.) esperamos Esperemos! Esperemos aqu. Lo compramos. No lo compramos. No lo compremos. Lo vendemos. Vendamos la casa. No me espere. Espreme! he esperado he salido
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I am doing it.
Lo hago.
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I am doing it. (I am right Lo estoy haciendo. now in the process of doing it.)
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 4 00:18 01:50 02:17 02:21 02:30 02:37 02:43 02:56 03:03 03:08 03:16 03:41 04:12 04:21 04:36 04:43 04:59 05:22 05:29 05:37 05:49 05:57 06:10 Past tense with -ing: I was doing it, I was waiting. Whenever you have -ing preceded by was or were, its the past tense with -ing. The w-ing tense: to express was/were + -ing you use -aba on the -ar track. I was waiting I was speaking I was buying it. I was preparing it. I was leaving I was eating I was doing it. I was buying it. I was selling it. He was preparing it. You were preparing it. (Roberto) They were preparing it. I was doing it. He was doing it. You were doing it. (seor) You were doing it. (Roberto) They were doing it. He was telling me. I have not understood what you were saying. esperaba hablaba Lo compraba. Lo preparaba. sala coma Lo haca. Lo compraba. Lo venda. Lo preparaba. Lo preparabas. Lo preparaban. Lo haca. Lo haca. Lo haca. Lo hacas. Lo hacan. Me deca. No he entendido lo que deca.
On the other track (-er/-ir), you use -a.
You were preparing it. (seor) Lo preparaba.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 5 00:00 The w-ing tense (-aba, -a) in Spanish expresses a straight line in the past. It is used for short and long periods in the past.
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The w-ing tense also expresses a broken line in the past, such as I used to do it or I did it very often / all the time. He did it everyday. done / made You can also dive after to be. It is done. I have done it. I have prepared it. Dinner is prepared. Est hecho. Lo he hecho. Lo he preparado. La cena est preparada. Lo haca todos los das. hecho
I have accepted the condition. He aceptado la condicin.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 6 00:14 00:22 00:41 00:59 01:25 01:40 02:00 02:11 02:25 02:37 03:09 03:39 03:44 03:44 04:21 I have told you. You havent told me. Why havent you told me? I have seen it. I havent seen it yet. Where have you put it? (Roberto) We have put it here. to forget I wont forget it. sure I am sure. I am sure that we wont forget it. I didnt forget it. Le he dicho. No me ha dicho. Por qu no me ha dicho? Lo he visto. Todava no lo he visto. Dnde lo has puesto? Lo hemos puesto aqu. olvidar No lo olvidar. seguro Estoy seguro/segura. Estoy seguro que no lo olvidaremos. No lo he olvidado.
Another exception in diving is the verb to see: ver becomes visto.
Another exception is the go-go verb to put: poner becomes puesto.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 7 00:00 00:05 00:26 00:39 to leave to leave something behind message salir dejar recado
I have left a message for you. He dejado un recado para usted.
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to spend time We have spent much time. That is a very good idea. It is not a bad idea. How much time did you spend? (Roberto) to prefer I prefer I prefer staying here.
pasar el tiempo Hemos pasado mucho tiempo. Eso es una buena idea. No es una mala idea. Cunto tiempo has pasado?
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We have not spent much time. No hemos pasado mucho tiempo.
preferir prefiero Prefiero quedarme aqu.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 8 00:00 00:37 00:52 to feel like I feel like staying here. I feel like being here with all of you. tener ganas Tengo ganas de quedarme aqu. Tengo ganas de estar aqu con ustedes.
Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 9 00:00 00:14 00:49 01:14 01:23 02:05 02:20 02:31 03:45 04:20 03:10 I would like to see it. I would like to make a reservation. How long do you plan on staying? to ask I would like to ask you. I would ask you later. I will ask you later. I am going to ask you later. I will call you later. Me gustara verlo. Me gustara hacer una reservacin. Cunto tiempo piensa quedarse? preguntar Me gustara preguntarle. Le preguntara ms tarde. Le preguntar ms tarde. Voy a preguntarle ms tarde. Le llamar ms tarde.
para means for, but in front of a verb it means in order to. For example: in order to know is para saber. I am going to call you later to Voy a llamarle ms tarde para ask you if you can come see preguntarle si puede venir a it with us tonight. verlo con nosotros esta noche.
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Foundation (8-hour) course: CD 8 Track 10 00:00 00:40 01:17 01:30 01:34 01:44 02:11 02:53 03:43 At what time do we arrive tomorrow? A qu hora llegamos maana?
acabo de + infinitive means I have just . For example, I have just seen it is acabo de verlo. Ive just left. He has just left. Acabo de salir. Acaba de salir. acaba de means he has just .... hace (it makes) is also used for ago. For example, acaba de salir hace diez minutos is he has just left ten minutes ago. I have just seen it. I have just arrived here two days ago. I have just arrived here two weeks ago. Acabo de verlo. Acabo de llegar aqu hace dos das. Acabo de llegar aqu hace dos semanas.
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Introductory course (2 CDs) First 2 hours of the Foundation course A taster of the Michel Thomas Method 14.99
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French, German, Italian, Spanish Language Builders (2 CDs) Increase word power and learn colloquial phrases Track listing 20.00
Advanced course (4 CDs) 5-hour follow-on to Foundation course Track listing 50.00
French, German, Italian, Spanish Vocabulary course (5 CDs) Learn 1,000 words painlessly in 6 hours Track listing 30.00
New languages Vocabulary course (4 CDs) Learn hundreds of words painlessly in 5 hours Track listing 40.00
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The Michel Thomas Method product range Introductory course (2 CDs*) 14.99 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95728 8 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97170 3 French ISBN: 978 0340 78064 0 German ISBN: 978 0340 78066 4 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 78070 1 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97458 2 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95722 6 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97518 3 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97166 6 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94842 2 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 78068 8 *These are the first 2 hours of the Foundation course. Foundation course (8 CDs) 70 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95727 1 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97169 7 French ISBN: 978 0340 93891 1 German ISBN: 978 0340 93892 8 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 93894 2 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97457 5 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95726 4 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97167 3 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94841 5 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 93893 5 Advanced course (4 CDs) 50 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95729 5 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97171 0 French ISBN: 978 0340 93898 0 German ISBN: 978 0340 93913 0 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 93900 0 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97459 9 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95723 3 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97168 0 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94843 9 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 93899 7
The Language Builders take the form of a one-to-one lecture with Michel Thomas, building on the words and phrases in the Foundation and Advanced courses. The courses provide confidence in pronunciation, increase your word-power and consolidate your knowledge in just two hours. Language Builders (2 CDs) 20 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 78969 8 ISBN: 978 0 340 78973 5 ISBN: 978 0 340 78975 9 ISBN: 978 0 340 78971 1
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The Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas Method teaching tradition and faithfully follow this unique approach to foreign language learning, with the all-audio and building-block approach. Vocabulary courses: French, German, Italian, Spanish (5 CDs) 30 French German Italian Spanish Arabic Mandarin Russian ISBN: 978 0 340 93982 6 ISBN: 978 0 340 93984 0 ISBN: 978 0 340 93983 3 ISBN: 978 0 340 93973 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 98323 2 ISBN: 978 0 340 98358 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 98324 9
Vocabulary courses: new languages (4 CDs) 40
Background reading The Test of Courage is Michel Thomass thrilling biography. Written by acclaimed journalist Christopher Robbins, it tells the story of the worlds greatest language teacher and of how his experience at the hands of the Gestapo fuelled his passion for language teaching. ISBN: 978 0340 81245 7; paperback; 14.99 In The Learning Revolution renowned instructional psychologist Dr Jonathan Solity draws on professional experience and lengthy discussions with Michel Thomas to explain how and why the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works where so many others fail. ISBN: 978 0340 92833 2; hardback; 19.99
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These Michel Thomas Method products are available from all good bookshops and online booksellers. To find out more, please get in touch with us For general enquiries and for information about the Michel Thomas Method: Call: 020 7873 6354 Fax: 020 7873 6325 Email: mtenquiries@hodder.co.uk To place an order: Call: 01235 400414 Fax: 01235 400454 Email: uk.orders@bookpoint.co.uk www.michelthomas.co.uk You can write to us at: Hodder Education, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH Visit our forum at: www.michelthomas.co.uk
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Review course CD 1 Track 2

Use no to make negative sentences.

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Review course CD 1 Track 4

05:01 05:25 05:36 05:56

01:48 01:54 02:22 02.37

It is not very good.

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Remember: -o verb ending expresses I

h is not pronounced in Spanish.

03:29 04:47 04:55 05:03 05:11 05:24 05:36 05:50

Review course CD 1 Track 9

I want to eat something now. Quiero comer algo ahora.

Review course CD 1 Track 10

02:17 02:44 02:52 02:57

Pronunciation of Spanish v is the same as b.

01:48 02:10 02:22 02:56 03:14 03:21 03:30

No quiero verlo. Quiere verlo? puedo puede No puedo verlo.

Why dont you want to see it? Por qu no quiere verlo?

Review course CD 1 Track 11

I dont want to do it that way. No quiero hacerlo as.

What preference do you have? Que preferencia tiene?

02:51 03:20 03:39 03:53

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Key ending: words ending in -ation in English end in -acin in Spanish.

Review course CD 1 Track 15

Can you give an explanation? Puede dar una explicacin?

00:21 00:37 00:47 01:12

02:10 02:17 02:23 02:28 02:40 02:51 03:04 03:49

Review course CD 1 Track 16

05:38 06:11 07:15 07:22 07:46

Quiero verle. verme

Review course CD 1 Track 17

Why cant you understand me? Por qu no puede comprenderme?

03:53 04:05 04:22 05:49

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Why dont you have it for me? Por qu no lo tiene para m?

Add que to the verb tener to make must or have to.

00:18 00:22 00:30 00:50 01:20

econmico filosfico lgico No es lgico pero es muy prctico as.

01:35 02:19 02:51 02:57 03:05 03:20

Review course CD 1 Track 20

Dont confuse cunto (how much) with cundo (when).

04:10 04:40 05:00

casado No estoy muy ocupada hoy.

02:47 02:55 03:24 04:11 04:32 04:41

Review course CD 1 Track 23

llamar Voy a llamarle ms tarde. A qu hora? Voy a llamarle. va va a A qu hora va a llamarme?