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Need some help!
Do you have any tips for a very beginner? The most in dept I can get in a spanish conversation is asking where there from, and what time it is. I'll start a conversation, and can someone reply to me? I'll keep going as long as I can and I'll ask for help a long the way.
I'll start: Hola Senor/a. Como Estas Usted? |
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If you're talking with a friend, you would say ¿Cómo estás? I'll reply: Buenas noches Jferstler. Estoy bien. ¿Y tú?
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Bien gracias, ¿y usted?
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"¿Y usted?" is redundant... you've already asked that.
To continue the conversation: Me da gusto, Jferstler. (I'm glad -that you're fine.) Yo vivo en la Ciudad de México. ¿Tú dónde vives? (I live in Mexico City. Where do you live?) *I'm using "tú", as we rarely use "usted" in the forums, but the question with formal speech would have been "¿Usted dónde vive?"
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How are you Sr.? Como esta seño? I hope you are fine. Espero que este bién. How did you going these last few days? Como le ha ido estos ultimos dias.? I hope those instances can help you in something. I know, I'm not expert in English but I can reach a conversation with someone in English, then I would use that words inside of my conversation, I think that can result more nature in addiction you can resolve some translations in your brain before the other person finish with the new phrase for you.
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Okay, My teacher has taught us a bit different. Tell me if these are right. Please excuse my lack of accents, I don't understand how to use them.
Hola Senor, Como Estas usted? (Hello Sir, How are you doing?) Hola!, Muy bien, gracias. Y Tu? (Hello!, I'm Very well, thank you. And you?) Me Bueno. Como Te llamos usted? (I'm good. What is your name?) Me llamo Jose, y tu? (My name is Jose, and you?) Me Llamo Carlos, tiene el lapiz, senor? (My name is Carlos, do you have a pencil sir?) Lo siento, no tengo el lapiz. ( I'm sorry. I don't have a pencil) No me hableis ahora (Don't speak to me now) Por que no? (Why not?) Mi madre no me da ninguna lapizes, lo siento (My mom did not give me any pencils, I'm sorry. No te preocupes (Don't worry) Is any of that right? If not I have to reevaluate my schooling! haha. |
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I would venture a guess that your teacher is teaching you well, judging from how many things you got right. Focus on matching the subject to the verb and matching gender and number when using adjectives. Learn how to use accent marks! They're not optional. |
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Thanks Alot!
Yeah, we haven't learned accents yet. So I don't know how to use them. I seem to know a lot of words, I just have trouble with the technical singular and plural and subject and everything.... To complicated for me right now. Quote:
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Ah, the technicalities. Those are the very important to master.
'Dio' is the past tense of 'da'. 'Da' is the 3rd-person singular, present indicative form of 'dar'. The 3rd-person singular, preterite indicative form is 'dio'. Have you had a chance to look at a verb chart - one that shows ALL the conjugations of a verb? Have a look here or here. The first verb chart comes from this site. To get there in the future you can type in the infinitive form of the verb in the upper left-hand corner of the screen and select the 'Conjugations' tool. The other website lets you type in the infinitive OR any conjugation of the verb, including the negative form. Find the two different tenses I mentioned (present indicative and preterite indicative) in each chart. Familiarize yourself with all the various endings, in case you haven't been exposed to them. Check out other verbs while you're studying, like hablar. Look at its imperative mood (command form). In the second link I provided, you can type in 'no hablar' to see the negated verb. Check out the negated imperative mood for the same verb and you'll see that it changes for the 2nd-person. |
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Now, normally, the stress on a word ending with an N would be on the second-to-last syllable. The accent on the O indicates that the stress is places on the last syllable instead. Basically, when the stress in a word goes somewhere that it wouldn't normally, an accent is placed. They're also used to differentiate between homonyms, like tú(you) and tu(your).
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