Quick Questions about Grammar

[tripke]

Hello,

My name is Taylor and I am currently trying to learn Spanish. I find it very interesting and I have always wanted to be bilingual, as it can help in the real world.

I have a few questions about conjugations to begin with.

1. How do you properly say "it" in Spanish?
-For example: I am going to it. My friends and I already saw it. What is it?
I know that there are special circumstances, and if anyone could find a chart for me to study, that would be great.

2. Where can I find charts on how to covert to past and future? The present tense is easy enough, but moving back and forth is hard.

Any advice you can pass along would be nice. Let me show you the level of my spanish:

Hola, me llamo Taylor. Tengo deiz y ocho anos y estoy ir a un universadad. Estoy muy malo con espanol, pero aprendo. Gracias.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by tripke

1. How do you properly say "it" in Spanish?
-For example: I am going to it. My friends and I already saw it. What is it?
(First you need to know what function 'it' serves in the sentence. It's a pronoun. It is taking the place of a noun. There are several types of pronouns. In one of the sentences you wrote, 'it' is a direct object pronoun. Next you need to figure out which person 'it' is. It is referencing something, so it is third person. Next, you need to know number. Is 'it' singular or plural? Obviously, 'it' is singular. There's only one thing left - gender. All Spanish nouns have a gender. So, depending on what object 'it' is standing in for, you'll choose either masculine or feminine.
Once you know all these things, there are many web sites that contain pronoun tables. Here is a site you can bookmark.)

2. Where can I find charts on how to convert to past and future? The present tense is easy enough, but moving back and forth is hard. (Verb conjugation charts can be found in several places. Here is one you can bookmark.)

Any advice you can pass along would be nice. Let me show you the level of my Spanish:

Hola, me llamo Taylor. Tengo dieciocho años y asisto a una universidad. No hablo bien el español, pero aprendo. Gracias.

There's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above where you type that you can use to insert all the special characters you'll need while typing in Spanish.

After studying the pronoun chart, let me know what direct object pronoun you would choose if what you saw was a shirt. Next, tell me what it would be if you saw a man.

After studying the verb conjugation chart, write "I see him," "I saw him" and "I will see him" in Spanish. 'Him' is a masculine third-person singular direct object pronoun, just like the one sentence you wrote above that contains the same verb. Direct object pronouns precede the conjugated verb in the present, preterit and future tenses.

[chileno]

I am going to it. - Estoy yendo a ello/eso - Lo voy a hacer

My friends and I already saw it. - Mis amigo y yo ya lo vimos.

What is it? - ¿Qué es?

Any halfway bilingual dictionary should cover those meanings, whether the show example or not.

As you can see, it can be translated as:

ello/eso
lo

Sometimes, like in your third phrase in Spanish is not shown, because the verbal form makes it clear.