Hola

[Dom]

Hola, me llamo Dominique. Yo querer a soy poder a hablar espanol. I want to be able to speak spanish. I have little experience writing or talking so please correct me if some makes no sense. By the way, how do you say will, as in I will be there soon, or how will he come here? Thanks

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Dom

Hola, me llamo Dominique. (Yo) Quiero a soy poder a hablar español. I want to be able to speak Spanish. I have little experience writing or talking so please correct me if something makes no sense. By the way, how do you say will, as in I will be there soon, or how will he come here? Thanks

Welcome to the forums, Dominique!

'Will' is used in English to express an action, event or state in the future. The equivalent in Spanish is the future tense. Just like 'querer' had to be conjugated into the present tense ('quiero') in your second sentence, the verb 'estar' (be located) or 'venir' (come) would need to be conjugated into the future tense to express the sentences that contain 'will'.

Conjugation into a tense AND a person is essential grammar. For example, quiero means 'I want'. Its first-person ending (the 'o') conveys the person, so you don't need to say the subject pronoun 'yo'. But, in the third person, quiere can mean 'he/she/it wants' or 'you want'. The person needs to be included with the conjugated verb to avoid misunderstandings (unless the person is already understood).

Most students learn how to conjugate verbs into the present tense first, and then they tackle the past tenses. The future tense is often reserved for last, as far as the indicative tenses go.

It looks like you're trying to translate word-for-word, from English to Spanish. That is not a good technique, as it seldom works.
Learning Spanish is a step-by-step process. Pick a step, master the concept, pick the next step. It'll all come in time.

[wrholt]

¡Bienvenido a los foros, Dom! Welcome to the forums, Dom!

Originally Posted by Dom

Hola, me llamo Dominique. (Yo) querer a soy quiero poder a hablar espanol español. I want to be able to speak spanish. I have little experience writing or talking so please correct me if some makes no sense. By the way, how do you say will, as in I will be there soon, or how will he come here? Thanks

I have made some corrections in red and some suggestions in purple.

The word "will" as in "I will be there soon" is an auxiliary/modal verb used to form the future tense. The Spanish verb system works quite differently than the English verb system, and Spanish does not have a direct equivalent to the auxiliary/modal verb "will".

There are 3 common ways to translate the English future tense into Spanish:

1. Often, but not always, the Spanish simple present can express future meaning.

2. The simple future tense is formed by adding future-tense endings to the future/conditional stem; for most verbs the future/conditional stem is the same as the infinitive. The endings are -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án, corresponding to yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos/ellas/ustedes.

3. Another common way to express the future tense is to use the expression "ir a + (infinitive)". This is similar to say "going to + (verb)" in English.

[triciamcclintock]

Hola, Dominique. Me llamo Tricia. Soy americana.

You can just use this expression since you are just starting out with Spanish: Yo voy a + (infinitive form of the verb). This will indicate something that you will do in the future. For example, Yo voy a leer.= I am going to read. (Yo voy a= I am going to) This phrase will only work for first person singular (I).

I would recommend learning the present tense of verbs, then later go for the other tenses.

Here's some practice for you:
Yo voy a practicar el piano manaña.
Yo voy a leer una revista nueva.
Yo voy a escribir una carta.

Can you translate the above sentences?

[CrOtALiTo]

Hello Dom,

I bid you welcome to these forums, I hope your stay in the forums, it will be enjoyable,


Nice to have with us.

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Welcome to the forums, Dominique!

'Will' is used in English to express an action, event or state in the future. The equivalent in Spanish is the future tense. Just like 'querer' had to be conjugated into the present tense ('quiero') in your second sentence, the verb 'estar' (be located) or 'venir' (come) would need to be conjugated into the future tense to express the sentences that contain 'will'.

Conjugation into a tense AND a person is essential grammar. For example, quiero means 'I want'. Its first-person ending (the 'o') conveys the person, so you don't need to say the subject pronoun 'yo'. But, in the third person, quiere can mean 'he/she/it wants' or 'you want'. The person needs to be included with the conjugated verb to avoid misunderstandings (unless the person is already understood).

Most students learn how to conjugate verbs into the present tense first, and then they tackle the past tenses. The future tense is often reserved for last, as far as the indicative tenses go.

It looks like you're trying to translate word-for-word, from English to Spanish. That is not a good technique, as it seldom works.
Learning Spanish is a step-by-step process. Pick a step, master the concept, pick the next step. It'll all come in time.

All right, thanks. I'll and learn the present conjugations and how they are used properly in sentences.

Originally Posted by triciamcclintock

Hola, Dominique. Me llamo Tricia. Soy americana.

You can just use this expression since you are just starting out with Spanish: Yo voy a + (infinitive form of the verb). This will indicate something that you will do in the future. For example, Yo voy a leer.= I am going to read. (Yo voy a= I am going to) This phrase will only work for first person singular (I).

I would recommend learning the present tense of verbs, then later go for the other tenses.

Here's some practice for you:
Yo voy a practicar el piano manaña.
Yo voy a leer una revista nueva.
Yo voy a escribir una carta.

Can you translate the above sentences?

Thanks for the expression. Um, I can only fully understand the first sentence haha. So far I have mostly tried to learn really common words that I might say, to build sentences with. I'm getting there, slowly.

Originally Posted by wrholt

¡Bienvenido a los foros, Dom! Welcome to the forums, Dom!



I have made some corrections in red and some suggestions in purple.

The word "will" as in "I will be there soon" is an auxiliary/modal verb used to form the future tense. The Spanish verb system works quite differently than the English verb system, and Spanish does not have a direct equivalent to the auxiliary/modal verb "will".

There are 3 common ways to translate the English future tense into Spanish:

1. Often, but not always, the Spanish simple present can express future meaning.

2. The simple future tense is formed by adding future-tense endings to the future/conditional stem; for most verbs the future/conditional stem is the same as the infinitive. The endings are -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án, corresponding to yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos/ellas/ustedes.

3. Another common way to express the future tense is to use the expression "ir a + (infinitive)". This is similar to say "going to + (verb)" in English.

Thanks, i'll keep that in mind.