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Old May 25, 2010, 02:33 PM
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How come this ending is reversed?

How come the last letter is reversed (o and e)? Does this have something to do with the present and past tenses?

Quiero - I want
Quiere - You want

Tome - I had
Tomo - you had
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Old May 25, 2010, 02:56 PM
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Yes, and you're missing some accents.

tomé - I had
tomó - you had
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Old May 25, 2010, 03:43 PM
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Could you expound a little on your answer? That'd help me a lot. Thanks for responding.
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Old May 25, 2010, 05:18 PM
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"E" and "é" / "o" and "ó" are not the same endings, those are different tenses and different persons.
My advice is that you keep the accents, since they are not to be neglected, and that you use a conjugation manual, where you'll find the rules and models for conjugating regular and irregular verbs.
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How come the last letter is reversed (o and e)? Does this have something to do with the present and past tenses?

Quiero - I want
Quiere - You want

Tomé - I took/drank
Tomó - He took/drank

I
had - Yo tenía, tuve/había, hube
you had - Tú tenías, tuviste/habías, hubiste
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Old May 26, 2010, 06:46 AM
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Quiero - I want
Quiere - You want
Tome - I had
Tomo - you had
[yo] quiero - I want
[tú] quieres - you want
[él] quiere - he wants

[yo] tomé - I had
[tú] tomaste - you had
[él] tomó - he had

In addition to the previous answers, but to make sure you get it, I put the pronouns in [] brackets, just to make sure you don't get confused. Normally, unless you want to be very emphatic in Spanish, you omit the pronouns and the person is clearly conveyed with the verb ending.
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How do you say "tomé una cerveza" but "I had a beer"? (I'm not sure)
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How do you say "tomé una cerveza" but "I had a beer"? (I'm not sure)
I drank/had a glass of beer = tomé un vaso de cerveza.
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Old May 26, 2010, 01:24 PM
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I drank/had a glass of beer = tomé un vaso de cerveza.
Then, tomé = had.
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