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Old October 19, 2008, 02:21 PM
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This is for people who are learning Spanish:
-AR infinitivos
yo -o
tú -as
él -a
ella -a
Ud. -a
nosotros -amos
nosotras -amos
vosotros -áis
vosotras -áis
Uds. -an
ellas -an
ellos -an

-ER infinitivos
yo -o
tú -es
él -e
ella -e
Ud. -e
nosotros -emos
nosotras -emos
vosotros -éis
vosotras -éis
Uds. -en
ellas -en
ellos -en

-IR infinitivos
yo -o
tú -es
él -e
ella -e
Ud. -e
nosotros -imos
nosotras -imos
vosotros -éis
vosotras -éis
Uds. -en
ellas -en
ellos -en


Irregular Verbs
PODER- to be able to, can (o-->ue)
*yo: puedo
*tú: puedes
*él, ella, and Ud.: puede
*nosotros and nosotras: podemos-- (o-->ue)
*ellas, ellos, and Uds.: pueden

HACER- to make, to do
*yo: hago
*rest: follow the usual rules for conjugating -er infinitivos

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Old October 19, 2008, 03:27 PM
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Right, nice work. However, may be easier if you sort the lines into six. For that, in modern spanish, we use the @ to mean male/female. So, how about:

-AR infinitivos such as bailar, volar, amar
yo -o

tú -as
él/ella/Ud. -a
nosotr@s -amos
vosotr@s -ais (this one, the pl 'you people', was not on your original list)
ell@s /uds -an
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Right, nice work. However, may be easier if you sort the lines into six. For that, in modern spanish, we use the @ to mean male/female. So, how about:

-AR infinitivos such as bailar, volar, amar
yo -o
tú -as
él/ella/Ud. -a
nosotr@s -amos
vosotr@s -ais (this one, the pl 'you people', was not on your original list)
ell@s /uds -an
Huh? we don't use @s.
as for vosotros and vosotras, we don't learn them in Spanish class. we don't use them
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I don't understand you. you said that you use the @ instead of A, mmm I'm sorry by telling you this but it's not correct in the grammar.
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Old October 19, 2008, 06:45 PM
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I agree with you, CrOtALiTo. We don't use the @.
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The @ looks like an O, with an A inside. It's to show that they both have a masculine and a feminine form.

ellos y ellas.
nosotros y nosotras.
vosotros y vosotras.
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It's just more comfortable for your grammar notes, guys, besides, it is what Spanish teenagers (and learners in general) do here.

I think it looks cool
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well I don't use it...
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I have also never used it, or thought about doing so, but it looks pretty good, maybe it would be worth using. It would at least spare some time.
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Hmmm...using @ for o/a is a good idea - thanks.
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