Help with learning Spanish

Help with learning Spanish
 

Hi I'm new to the forum. I'm going to be stopping by once in a while and helping people to learn Spanish.

Welcome :D

You can help me a bit

¡Bienvenido a los foros, Anna! :)
¡Querría alguna ayuda - todavía estoy aprendiendo!

Use either:
I hope you don't mind.
I hope this doesn't bother you.

I was not trying to say that I will help her, but that I would love some help. She said in her post, that she would drop by from time to time helping people, so I just mentioned that I am one of those people. :)

But thanks, and no, I don't mind, corrections are more than welcome! :)

Then you would say: Quisiera (un poco de) ayuda.

Quisiera = I would like (it's the imperfect subjunctive).

Ah, bloody subjunctives, I never know when to use it!

In this case, though, it's because it's a desire I have, right?

And thank you for the correction!

In this case, it's because you're choosing to sound respectful and polite. The conditional tense querría should be used only if there is a real condition on which you base your desire to do something, like 'querría ir contigo si fuera el viernes (I would only want to go with you on a Friday).'
Always use quisiera at the beginning of a request to express I would like.

Using the imperfect subjunctive as a polite form only applies to the main verb, not the verb in a dependent clause.

This usage is limited to the verbs querer, poder and deber, by the way. The last two can be used in the conditional and mean the same thing, but the imperfect subjunctive can be used out of respect.

Thank you a lot, Rusty, for the explanation!

Well, she wasn't requesting help, she was offering help. Try reading the her post again.

And I appreciate that. Now I know what to say, if I'm actually going to help someone, thanks! :)