<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165</id><updated>2012-03-12T17:16:53.326-07:00</updated><category term='Online Resources'/><category term='sentir'/><category term='Verb of the Day'/><category term='List of Irregular ER verbs'/><category term='Tips for Learning Spanish Verbs'/><category term='Verb ESTAR - FUTURE'/><category term='IR Spanish verbs - Past I'/><category term='verb OÍR'/><category term='ER Spanish verbs - Future'/><category term='ver'/><category term='Spanish AR Verbs - Future'/><category term='Spanish Subject Pronouns'/><category term='haber'/><category term='ER Spanish verbs - Past  I'/><category term='PRESENT TENSE'/><category term='Irregular AR verb'/><category term='SER - Present'/><category term='pedir'/><category term='decir'/><category term='poder'/><category term='Irregular IR verbs'/><category term='tener'/><category term='Past Tense of AR Verbs - Part II'/><category term='verbs ir'/><category term='Verb SER - FUTURE'/><category term='Past Tense of AR verbs'/><category term='Imperfect vs Preterit'/><category term='hacer'/><category term='saber'/><category term='IR Spanish verbs - Future'/><category term='Spanish Verbs &quot;-AR&quot;'/><category term='Useful Spanish links'/><category term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category term='OFFTOPIC'/><category term='Verbs in Spanish - ER'/><category term='Regionalism'/><category term='ER Spanish verbs - Present'/><category term='IR Spanish verbs - Present'/><category term='Spanish AR verbs'/><category term='Verb ESTAR - PRESENT'/><category term='Verb SER - PAST'/><category term='Verb ESTAR - PAST'/><category term='reflexive verbs in spanish'/><category term='conocer'/><category term='IR Spanish verbs - Past II'/><category term='Past tense of ER verbs Imperfect'/><title type='text'>Verbs in Spanish</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>84</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7174205552110906931</id><published>2012-02-07T11:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-07T01:22:43.341-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing letters and e-mails</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;ASÍ SE ESCRIBE&lt;/b&gt; - Para escribir bien&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;WRITING PERSONAL LETTERS AND E-MAIL MESSAGES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Spanish, there is a great deal of difference between the salutations andclosings in a personal letter and those in a business letter.&lt;br /&gt;Business letterstend to be formal and respectful, but personal letters are warm and caring.&lt;br /&gt;Here are some ways to begin and end a personal letter or an e-mail message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Salutations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Querido(a) Ricardo / Anita:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Dear Ricardo / Anita,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Queridos amigos / padres / tíos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Dear friends / parents /aunts and uncles,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Mi querido(a) Luis(a):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Dear Luis(a),&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Mis queridas primas:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;My dear cousins,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pre-closings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;¡Hasta pronto / la próxima semana!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;See you soon / next week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Bueno, te / los / las dejo. Prometo escribirte(les) pronto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Well, I’ve got to go. I promise to write to you soon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Bueno, es la hora de comer, así que tengo que dejarte(los/las).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Well, it’s time to eat so I have to go.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Voy a escribirte(les) de nuevo mañana / la semana próxima.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;I’m going to write you again&amp;nbsp; tomorrow / next week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Closings&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Abrazos,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Hugs,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Un saludo afectuoso de…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;A warm greeting from . . .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Cariños,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Much love,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Tu amigo(a) Juan / María. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;Your friend Juan / María.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #45818e; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;~ * ~ &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7174205552110906931?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7174205552110906931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-323049375434906775</id><published>2012-02-03T21:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T11:33:59.944-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish Lessons</title><content type='html'>&lt;hr color="#ff880e" size="1" width="100%" /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #0c343d;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Last posts:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b style="color: orange;"&gt;* &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2012/02/writing-letters-and-e-mails.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Writing letters and emails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b style="color: orange;"&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Facundo Cabral&lt;/span&gt; :&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2012/01/facundo-cabral-levantate-y-anda.html"&gt;Levántate y Anda&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#ff880e" size="1" width="100%" /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-1.html"&gt;Asking Questions - part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-2.html"&gt;Asking Questions - part 2 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verbs AR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Past (Preterit)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Past (Imperfect)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/imperfect-vs-preterit.html"&gt;Preterite &amp;amp; Imperfect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Irregular AR Verbs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verbs ER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/er-spanish-verbs-present.html"&gt;Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-verbs-part-i-preterit.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Past (Preterit)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-spanish-verbs.html"&gt;Past (Imperfect)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/preterit-vs-imperfect-of-er-verbs-in.html"&gt;Preterit vs. Imperfect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future_20.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-er-verbs.html"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;Irregular ER Verbs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verbs IR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/ir-spanish-verbs-present.html"&gt;Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-i-preterit.html"&gt;Past (Preterit)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-ii-on-this.html"&gt;Past (Imperfect)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-ir-verbs-future-hi-there-you.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-ir-verbs.html"&gt;Irregular IR Verbs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/irregular-verbs.html" style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Irregular verbs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verb SER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;Present&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/02/verb-ser-past.html"&gt;Past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-ser-in-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Verb ESTAR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html"&gt;Past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reflexive Verbs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflexive-verbs-in-spanish-i.html"&gt;Lesson One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/spanish-reflexive-verbs-part-ii.html"&gt;Lesson Two&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-323049375434906775?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/323049375434906775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/11/spanish-verbs-lessons.html#comment-form' 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type='text'>Facundo Cabral - Levántate y Anda</title><content type='html'>This is a wonderful text to learn Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the Wisdom and Poetry of Facundo Cabral.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="100" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iyXoV8KTMlw?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iyXoV8KTMlw?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="200" width="425"&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Levantate y Anda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Levantate y anda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Deja la cama donde duermes con la multitud, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Y sal a caminar por ti mismo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Es decir por lo único verdadero,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Es decir por la Vida, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Entonces, despierto, bendecirás a todos con tu alegría.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Deja la parasitaria tribuna y entra a la cancha, a jugar tu partido.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Déjate de complicarte y complicar.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Detente y comprobarás que el sentido de la vida está en ella misma.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Puedes llamar a cada cosa como quieras,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;Pero todas las cosas, principalmente las que no vemos, ni siquiera sospechamos,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;conforman este luminoso misterio que llamamos Vida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-4034121724254230217?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/4034121724254230217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2012/01/facundo-cabral-levantate-y-anda.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;QuestionsRequesting Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;cómo&lt;/b&gt;?&amp;nbsp; how?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;¿&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;cuál&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;(&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;es&lt;/b&gt;)?&amp;nbsp; which?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;cuándo&lt;/b&gt;?&amp;nbsp;when?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;cuánto&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)?&amp;nbsp;how much?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;cuántos&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;as&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)?&amp;nbsp;how many?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;"&gt;dónde&lt;/b&gt;?&amp;nbsp;where?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;¿&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;qué&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;?&amp;nbsp; what?&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;quién&lt;/b&gt;(&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;es&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)?&amp;nbsp; who?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;¿&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;por qué&lt;/b&gt;?&amp;nbsp; why?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Note thatthe question word &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;dónde&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;has the form &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;adónde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; when used with ir, viajar, and otherverbs of motion. The form &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;de dónde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is used with &lt;b&gt;ser &lt;/b&gt;to express origin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Examples: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Ana,&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;¿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;adónde vas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; Ana, where are you going?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;De dónde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;son Uds.? Where are you from?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Mostinformation questions are formed by inverting the subject and verb.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Theinterrogative word is generally the first word of the question.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;¿&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Qué&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; seponen los estudiantes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;para ir aclase?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; What do the students put on in order to go to class?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #0b5394; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Por qué&lt;/span&gt;(why) is written as two words. The word &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;porque&lt;/span&gt; means "because" and isused in answers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Por qué&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; te quitas la chaqueta? &lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Why are you taking off your jacket?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Porque&lt;/b&gt; hace calor. Because it’s hot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-8398012967994538545?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/8398012967994538545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8398012967994538545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8398012967994538545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-2.html' title='&lt;center&gt;Asking Questions - part 2&lt;/center&gt;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-258629433133883320</id><published>2011-09-10T13:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T13:04:34.004-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Asking Questions - part 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-2.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;QuestionsRequiring a Yes / No Answer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Astatement can become a question by adding the tag words &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;¿no?&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;¿verdad?&lt;/span&gt; to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;the end ofthat statement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;Pedro va al trabajo temprano, &lt;b style="color: #38761d;"&gt;¿no?&lt;/b&gt; - &amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Pedro goes to work early, &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;doesn’t he&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Martha se aburre en clase,&lt;b&gt; &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;¿verdad?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Martha gets bored at class, doesn't she?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;A statementcan also become a question by inversion, that is, placing the subject after theverb. When using inversion to form a question that contains more than just asubject and verb, the word order is generally:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;VERB &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; REMAINDER &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e69138;"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; SUBJECT&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;¿Van a trabajar temprano Uds.?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;However,when the remainder of the sentence contains more words than the subject,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;then theword order is generally:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;VERB &lt;b style="color: #e69138;"&gt;+&lt;/b&gt;SUBJECT &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e69138;"&gt;+ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;REMAINDER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;¿Van a trabajar Uds. temprano todos los días?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-2.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;Click here to jump to Asking Questions - part 2 !&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-258629433133883320?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/258629433133883320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/258629433133883320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/258629433133883320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/asking-questions-part-1.html' title='&lt;center&gt;Asking Questions - part 1&lt;/center&gt;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5857882298075710865</id><published>2011-09-09T02:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-09T02:37:38.449-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Irregular Verbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-andar.html"&gt;Andar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-confiar.html"&gt;Confiar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-conocer.html"&gt;Conocer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb-continuar.html"&gt;Continuar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/dar-verb-dar-to-give-is-most-irregular.html"&gt;Dar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/conjugation-of-verb-decir.html"&gt;Decir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-in-spanish-encontrar.html"&gt;Encontrar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html"&gt;Estar - future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html"&gt;Estar - past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;Estar - present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-haber.html"&gt;Haber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-hacer.html"&gt;Hacer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/verb-ir.html"&gt;Ir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-jugar.html"&gt;Jugar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/04/conjugation-of-verb-oir.html"&gt;Oír&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-pedir.html"&gt;Pedir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-pensar.html"&gt;Pensar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-poder.html"&gt;Poder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb_05.html"&gt;Poner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-reir.html"&gt;Reír&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html"&gt;Saber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/conjugation-of-verb-sentir.html"&gt;Sentir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-ser-in-future.html"&gt;Ser - future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/02/verb-ser-past.html"&gt;Ser - past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;Ser - present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-tener.html"&gt;Tener&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5857882298075710865?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5857882298075710865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/irregular-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5857882298075710865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5857882298075710865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/09/irregular-verbs.html' title='Irregular Verbs'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-3281679994619348145</id><published>2011-04-04T02:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:03:16.169-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='verb OÍR'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb OÍR</title><content type='html'>The verb &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;oír&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a very important irregular verb in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;It is translated into English as &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to hear&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. It´s irregular in the Present, and Preterit tenses, and it follows the  regular conjugation in the Imperfect and Future tenses (stem of the verb  + endings).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to notice the difference between "oír" and "escuchar". &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ír&lt;/span&gt; means to perceive a sound through the ear, &lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;escuchar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;instead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; the English equivalent of the verb "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;to listen&lt;/span&gt;".  Hearing (oír) is an involuntary action, but listening (escuchar) implies a deliberate willingness to understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo oigo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú oyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted oye&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras oímos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras oís&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes oyen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Futuro&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo oiré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú oirás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted oirá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras oiremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras oiréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes oirán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo oí&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú oíste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted oyó&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras oímos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras oísteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes oyeron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo o&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú o&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted o&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras o&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras o&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes o&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" width="100%"&gt;&lt;center style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;EXPRESSIONS WITH "OÍR"&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following are some expressions  with verb &lt;b&gt;oir&lt;/b&gt;, commonly used in the everyday´s life:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; oí hablar de él&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I've heard of him&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; oí decir que se va&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I've heard he's leaving&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;como quien oye llover&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;it's like water off a duck's back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;¡me va a oír!&lt;/b&gt; -&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I'm going to give him an earful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;oír misa&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;to go to mass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;no oigo nada&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I can't hear anything (or &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a thing&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" width="100%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Exercise with verb OÍR :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and the context of ‎each sentence.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;1) Creo que Mariana ya llegó, porque ______ pasos en la escalera.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Cuando llovía, _____  el ruido de la lluvia y no nos queríamos levantar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Tú no _____ el timbre del teléfono porque la música está muy alta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Nosotros ______ decir que Gabriel y Susana se casarán este año, pero no sabemos si es verdad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) ¿Ustedes ya ______ hablar de los beneficios de la “yerba mate”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Nosotras _____ claramente el sonido de la explosión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A HREF="#oír"&gt;click here to go to the Answers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a very good video presentation by &lt;a id="watch-username" class="inline-block" rel="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/senorbelles"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;senorbelles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; about the verb &lt;b&gt;oír&lt;/b&gt;. Really worth watching, hope you enjoy it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="280" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c4Ru9HpoVfY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c4Ru9HpoVfY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="280" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A NAME="oír"&gt;Answers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Creo que Mariana ya llegó, porque oigo pasos en la escalera.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Cuando llovía, oíamos  el ruido de la lluvia y no nos queríamos levantar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Tú no oyes el timbre del teléfono porque la música está muy alta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Nosotros oímos decir que Gabriel y Susana se casarán este año, pero no sabemos si es verdad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) ¿Ustedes ya oyeron hablar de los beneficios de la “yerba mate”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Nosotras oímos claramente el sonido de la explosión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-3281679994619348145?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/3281679994619348145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/04/conjugation-of-verb-oir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3281679994619348145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3281679994619348145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/04/conjugation-of-verb-oir.html' title='Conjugation of verb OÍR'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-81870697696066267</id><published>2011-03-19T09:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-19T09:38:04.100-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='saber'/><title type='text'>Verb SABER</title><content type='html'>The verb SABER is translated as &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;to know&lt;/span&gt;,or ‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;to know how&lt;/span&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;This verb is irregular in the Present, Preterit and Future, and it follows the regular ‎conjugation for the Impefect.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo sé&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sabes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted sabe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sabemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sabéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes saben&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo supe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú supiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted supo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras supimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras supisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes supieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo sabré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sabrás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted sabrá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sabremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sabréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes sabrán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;b&gt;imperfect&lt;/b&gt;, the verb &lt;b&gt;saber&lt;/b&gt; follows the regular rule: stem of the ‎verb + endings :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (yo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (tú)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, ud.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;  (nosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (vosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sab&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, uds).‎&lt;br /&gt;‎         ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Expressions with verb SABER&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;a saber&lt;/b&gt; – meaning "in other words",or "for  instance"‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;acabar de saber&lt;/b&gt; – have just found out...‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;al saber esto&lt;/b&gt; – knowing that&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;saber a ciencia cierta&lt;/b&gt; –  know for a fact&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;saber de memoria&lt;/b&gt;– know by heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;saber de buena fuente&lt;/b&gt; – to know from a good source&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb SABER:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ Cuando era pequeña, yo ______ de memoria los nombres de las         capitales de todos    ‎los países.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ Vosotros ______ la lección porque habéis estudiado.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)      Celia ______  la semana que viene el resultado de su último         examen en la Facultad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)      Yo ______ que Andrea estuvo en casa anoche.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)      Nosotros nunca _____ las últimas noticias, porque no mirábamos         televisión.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)      Cuando habléis con el abogado, ______ toda la verdad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)      Ustedes no ______ que Mariana esperaba un bebé. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)      Ella ______ ayer que su hijo recibió una oferta de trabajo en         el exterior.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎9)‎ Sara ______ cocinar mejor que su hermana&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎10)     En el futuro,‎‏ ‏tú ______ sacar el mejor provecho de la carrera         que estudias.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#saber"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Saber vs. Conocer&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;We use Saber to express or describe what we know how to do, by following it ‎with an infinitive&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ Marta &lt;b&gt;sabe&lt;/b&gt; tocar la guitarra.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎       Vosotros &lt;b&gt;sabéis&lt;/b&gt; hablar francés&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;We use Saber when we talk about information&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-       Nosotros &lt;b&gt;sabemos&lt;/b&gt; que Mariana espera un bebé.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ Mañana &lt;b&gt;sabré&lt;/b&gt; el resultado de mi examen.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We use &lt;b&gt;Conocer&lt;/b&gt; when we talk about "knowing" a person or a place.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this wonderfull video lesson, &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor ‎Jordan&lt;/a&gt; explains the different uses of verbs &lt;b&gt;saber&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;, since both of them ‎are translated as &lt;b&gt;to know&lt;/b&gt; in English.‎&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/mjcLJDIgTV8&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/mjcLJDIgTV8&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="saber"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ Cuando era pequeña, yo sabía de memoria los nombres de las capitales de todos    ‎los países.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ Vosotros sabéis la lección porque habéis estudiado.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)  Celia sabrá  la semana que viene el resultado de su último examen en la Facultad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)  Yo sé que Andrea estuvo en casa anoche.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)  Nosotros nunca sabíamos las últimas noticias, porque no mirábamos televisión.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)  Cuando habléis con el abogado, sabréis toda la verdad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes no sabían que Mariana esperaba un bebé. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Ella supo ayer que su hijo recibió una oferta de trabajo en el exterior.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎9)  Sara sabe cocinar mejor que su hermana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎10)  En el futuro, tú sabrás sacar el mejor provecho de la carrera que estudias.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-81870697696066267?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/81870697696066267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/81870697696066267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/81870697696066267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html' title='Verb SABER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-347827553395952271</id><published>2011-03-16T10:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-09T11:51:51.050-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb ANDAR</title><content type='html'>Here we have a very common, yet irregular AR verb in Spanish:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;ANDAR&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;ando&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;andas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;anda&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;andamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;andáis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;andan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;anduve&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;anduviste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;anduvo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;anduvimos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;anduvisteis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;anduvieron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some commonly used expressions with the verb ANDAR:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANDAR a caballo&lt;/b&gt;– ride a horse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR a la deriva&lt;/b&gt; – be lost‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR a pie &lt;/b&gt; – go on foot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR a toda velocidad &lt;/b&gt; – go full speed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR con cuidado &lt;/b&gt; – be careful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR con mucho cuidado&lt;/b&gt; – go with extreme care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR con prisa&lt;/b&gt; – be in a hurry‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR corto de dinero&lt;/b&gt;  – be short of money&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR de buen humor &lt;/b&gt; – be in good spirits&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR de mal en peor&lt;/b&gt;  – go worse and worse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR en aprietos&lt;/b&gt; – be in trouble&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR en boca de todos &lt;/b&gt; – be the talk of the town&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ANDAR en busca de... &lt;/b&gt; – be in search of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ANDAR en las nubes&lt;/b&gt; – be up in the clouds‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s200/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466721452671774354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Did you know...?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;ESTAR&lt;/a&gt; is one of the most irregular verbs in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-347827553395952271?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/347827553395952271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-andar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/347827553395952271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/347827553395952271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-andar.html' title='Conjugation of verb ANDAR'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1270317508420572251</id><published>2011-03-13T10:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:28:51.769-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular IR verbs'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb REÍR</title><content type='html'>The verb REÍR means &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to laugh&lt;/span&gt;.‎ Its reflexive "&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;reírse&lt;/span&gt;" has the same meaning. Dictionaries give the same definition for both, but in the everyday usage &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;reírse&lt;/span&gt; is the most common of the two. While “&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;yo reí&lt;/span&gt;” is translated as "I laughed," you will usually say “&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;yo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;me&lt;/span&gt; reí&lt;/span&gt;”.&lt;br /&gt;This verb is irregular in the Present, Preterit and Future, and it follows the regular ‎conjugation for the Imperfect Tense.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so here it goes...‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo río&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ríes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ríe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras reímos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras reís&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ríen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo reí&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú reíste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted rió&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras reímos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras reísteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes rieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo reiré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú reirás‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted reirá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras reiremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras reiréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes reirán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;b&gt;Imperfect&lt;/b&gt;, the verb &lt;b&gt;reír&lt;/b&gt; follows the regular rule: stem of the ‎verb + endings :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- re&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (yo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-  re&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (tú)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- re&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, ud.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- re&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;  (nosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- re&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (vosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- re&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, uds.)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎          ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="font-size: 3px; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Uses of verb REÍR&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you are saying what makes a person laugh, you use the verb “REÍR” on its infinitive form, using the verb HACER as an auxiliary, in this case :&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Las películas de Woody Allen siempre me &lt;b&gt;hacen reír&lt;/b&gt;  .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;  - Woody Allen's films always make me laugh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ese payaso &lt;b&gt;hizo reír&lt;/b&gt; a todos los niños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;  - That clown made all the children laugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- No me puedo enojar con Pedro, siempre me &lt;b&gt;hace reír&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;  - I cannot get angry with Pedro, he always makes me laugh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reírse de&lt;/b&gt;  -  When followed by "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt;", the reflexive form usually means "to make fun of" or "to laugh at":&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;- Mi hermana &lt;b&gt;se reía&lt;/b&gt;   de mí.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;  - My sister used to make fun of me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Todos &lt;b&gt;se rieron&lt;/b&gt;  del discurso del Director.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;  - They all laughed at the speech of the Director.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-size: 3px;" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Expressions with REÍR&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;echarse a reír &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"&gt;–&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;to burst out laughing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;el que ríe último ríe mejor&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;he who laughs last laughs longest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;¿de qué te ríes? &lt;/span&gt;- &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;What are you laughing (at)?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;eso me dió risa&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;that made me laugh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;reír a carcajadas&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;to laugh excessively and loudly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;reírse por lo bajo&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;to snicker, to snigger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;¡no me hagas reír!&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Don't make me laugh!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Reír sin parar&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Non-stop laughing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:3px;"  width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other verbs who follow the same conjugation as REÍR does are :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;freír &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;(to fry) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;sonreír&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;(to smile)&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb REÍR (and REÍRSE):&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and the context of ‎each sentence.‎ In this excercise you can choose to use either REÍR or REÍRSE, remember that both forms almost always mean the same. In some cases you need to use the infinitive form.&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando yo estaba preocupado, Marina siempre me hacía ______.‎&lt;br /&gt;2) El show me gustó y _____ sin parar.&lt;br /&gt;3) No sabíamos si _____ o llorar.&lt;br /&gt;4) Ustedes disfrutarán mucho de la película y _____ mucho.&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú _____ todo el tiempo, y no podías hablar.&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellos _____ de la situación, porque era de verdad muy cómica.&lt;br /&gt;7) Elsa y Juan _____ cuando escuchen ese chiste.&lt;br /&gt;8) El Sr. Maciel _____ a carcajadas cuando le contaron la noticia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#reír"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt; Video Presentation:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;I didn´t find any video lesson about Verb REÍR, so let´s laugh all together with those babies at least ;)&lt;br /&gt;A REÍR !!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBay1HrK8WU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBay1HrK8WU?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="reír"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando yo estaba preocupado, Marina siempre me hacía reír.‎&lt;br /&gt;2) El show me gustó y me reí sin parar.&lt;br /&gt;3) No sabíamos si reír o llorar.&lt;br /&gt;4) Ustedes disfrutarán mucho de la película y se reirán mucho.&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú reías todo el tiempo, y no podías hablar.&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellos rieron de la situación, porque era de verdad muy cómica.&lt;br /&gt;7) Elsa y Juan reirán cuando escuchen ese chiste.&lt;br /&gt;8) El Sr. Maciel se rió a carcajadas cuando le contaron la noticia.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1270317508420572251?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1270317508420572251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-reir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1270317508420572251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1270317508420572251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-reir.html' title='Conjugation of verb REÍR'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-4823284240633655326</id><published>2011-02-26T07:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:34:45.338-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pedir'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular IR verbs'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb PEDIR</title><content type='html'>The verb &lt;b&gt;pedir &lt;/b&gt; is another irregular –IR verb. It means &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to ask&lt;/span&gt; for something, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;request&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;color:green;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;order&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; if you are in a restaurant,  and it´s also used for &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to beg&lt;/span&gt;. It is irregular in the Present, and Preterit tenses, ‎and it follows the regular conjugation in the Imperfect and Future tenses (stem of ‎the verb + endings).‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo pido&lt;br /&gt;Tú pides&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted pide&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pedimos&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pedís&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes piden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo pedí&lt;br /&gt;Tú pediste&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted pidió&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pedimos&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pedisteis&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes pidieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo ped&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Tú ped&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ped&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ped&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ped&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ped&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Futuro&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo ped&lt;b&gt;iré&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Tú ped&lt;b&gt;irás&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ped&lt;b&gt;irá&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ped&lt;b&gt;iremos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ped&lt;b&gt;iréis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ped&lt;b&gt;irán&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Common meanings and uses of verb PEDIR&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ una cosa – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to ask for something&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ ayuda – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to ask for help&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ prestado -  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to borrow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ disculpas/ perdón - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to apologize&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pedir&lt;/span&gt; hora - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to make an appointment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt; una bebida -‎ &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; to order a drink (in the restaurant)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ la palabra – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to ask for permission to speak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;pedir&lt;/b&gt;‎ un préstamo – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to ask for a loan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;¿Cuánto &lt;b&gt;pide&lt;/b&gt;‎ por la casa? – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;How much is he asking for the house?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pedir&lt;/span&gt; limosna - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;to beg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Exercise&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Susana ______ hora en el dentista la semana pasada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Los alumnos ______ un poco más de tiempo para prepararse para la prueba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Cada año, Marcelo le ______ a su padre un viaje como regalo de cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Yo te ______  disculpas por el malentendido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Ellas me ______ ayuda para terminar la tarea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Ustedes ______ demasiado dinero por la venta del auto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#pedir"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following  -IR verbs, have exactly the same conjugation as verb PEDIR does :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;competir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to compete&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;conseguir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to achieve, to obtain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;corregir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to correct&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;derretir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to melt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;despedir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to say goodbye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;desvestir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to undress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;elegir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to choose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;impedir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to prevent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;perseguir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;to pursue, to persecute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;repetir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to repeat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;seguir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to follow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;servir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to serve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vestir – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;to dress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:3px;"  width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A NAME="pedir"&gt;Answers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Susana pidió hora en el dentista la semana pasada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Los alumnos pedirán un poco más de tiempo para prepararse para la prueba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Cada año, Marcelo le pide a su padre un viaje como regalo de cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Yo te pido  disculpas por el malentendido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Ellas me pidieron ayuda para terminar la tarea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Ustedes piden demasiado dinero por la venta del auto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" size="03" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-4823284240633655326?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-3378085747406417276</id><published>2011-02-25T11:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T21:36:52.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>List of Irregular IR verbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/verb-ir.html"&gt;IR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/conjugation-of-verb-decir.html"&gt;DECIR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/conjugation-of-verb-sentir.html"&gt;SENTIR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-pedir.html"&gt;PEDIR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/04/conjugation-of-verb-oir.html"&gt;OÍR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-reir.html"&gt;REÍR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-3378085747406417276?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/3378085747406417276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-ir-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3378085747406417276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3378085747406417276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-ir-verbs.html' title='&lt;center&gt;List of Irregular IR verbs&lt;/center&gt;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7595104396274867152</id><published>2011-02-24T10:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T09:48:33.281-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SER - Present'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><title type='text'>Verb SER - Present</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YO &lt;b&gt;SOY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TÚ &lt;b&gt;ERES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VOS &lt;b&gt;SOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USTED/ ÉL/ ELLA &lt;b&gt;ES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOSOTROS/AS &lt;b&gt;SOMOS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VOSOTROS/AS &lt;b&gt;SOIS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;USTEDES &lt;b&gt;SON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ELLOS/ ELLAS &lt;b&gt;SON&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need, visit my intro about the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2009/09/learning-spanish-subject-pronouns.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spanish subject pronouns&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;USES OF VERB SER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                      &lt;br /&gt;IDENTIFICATION:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotros somos estudiantes.&lt;br /&gt;- Tú eres mi hermano.&lt;br /&gt;- Ella es la dueña de esta casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NATIONALITY:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo soy mexicano.&lt;br /&gt;- Bill Clinton es estadounidense.&lt;br /&gt;- Martha y su madre son brasileñas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROFESSION:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mi hermana es arquitecta.&lt;br /&gt;- El Dr. Keller y el Dr. Jensen son médicos muy famosos.&lt;br /&gt;- Tú eres un buen diseñador gráfico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ustedes son muy altas y delgadas.&lt;br /&gt;- Pedro no es elegante.&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotros sois muy románticos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MATERIALS (something is made of...):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Las cabañas de Villa Gesell son de madera.&lt;br /&gt;- Mi nuevo vestido es de seda.&lt;br /&gt;- El postre que quieres es de chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POSSESSIONS:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Este cuaderno no es de Pedro.&lt;br /&gt;- Las dos bicicletas son de mis primas.&lt;br /&gt;- La valija verde es mía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a wonderful video by the folks at &lt;a href="http://www.esaudio.net./"&gt;Esaudio&lt;/a&gt;. They will teach you how to pronounce the verbs in Spanish "ser":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2ALpg1HaYs&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v2ALpg1HaYs&amp;amp;hl=pt-br&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0xe1600f&amp;amp;color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Este _____ tu perro.&lt;br /&gt;2. Usted _____ mi gran amigo.&lt;br /&gt;3. Ellos _____ hermanos.&lt;br /&gt;4. Tú _____ el que llega tarde.&lt;br /&gt;5. Vosotros _____ los nuevos vecinos.&lt;br /&gt;5. Vosotros _____ chilenos.&lt;br /&gt;6. Pablo _____ argentino, pero su esposa _____ uruguaya.&lt;br /&gt;7. Mike Jagger _____ inglés.&lt;br /&gt;8. Nosotros _____ colombianos.&lt;br /&gt;9. Claude y Sophie _____ franceses.&lt;br /&gt;10. La hija de Juan _____ vendedora de productos cosméticos.&lt;br /&gt;11. Ustedes _____ los mejores empleados de la empresa.&lt;br /&gt;12. Madonna _____ mi cantante preferida.&lt;br /&gt;13. Marcelo y Gustavo _____ingenieros químicos.&lt;br /&gt;14. Gabriel García Márquez _____ un escritor colombiano.&lt;br /&gt;15. Celia y Marcos no _____ simpáticos con las personas que no conocen.&lt;br /&gt;16. Alicia _____ morena y de ojos castaños.&lt;br /&gt;17. Tú _____ rubio, como todos en tu familia.&lt;br /&gt;18. Las personas que viven en el campo _____  más tranquilas.&lt;br /&gt;19. Vosotros _____ honestos y emprendedores.&lt;br /&gt;20. Las copas _____ de cristal.&lt;br /&gt;21. Las joyas que venden en este comercio _____ de oro y plata.&lt;br /&gt;22. El material más cómodo para vestir _____ el algodón.&lt;br /&gt;23. Los guantes que me gustan ______ de lana.&lt;br /&gt;25. El jugo que quiero _____ de naranja.&lt;br /&gt;26. Estos ejercicios _____ de Sandra.&lt;br /&gt;27. Este _____ tu café.&lt;br /&gt;28. La casa blanca _____ de la familia Martínez.&lt;br /&gt;29. La guitarra no _____ nuestra.&lt;br /&gt;30. Los lápices de colores _____ de Cecilia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Este  es tu perro.&lt;br /&gt;2. Usted es mi gran amigo.&lt;br /&gt;3. Ellos son hermanos.&lt;br /&gt;4. Tú eres el que llega tarde.&lt;br /&gt;5. Vosotros sois los nuevos vecinos.&lt;br /&gt;5. Vosotros sois chilenos.&lt;br /&gt;6. Pablo es argentino, pero su esposa es uruguaya.&lt;br /&gt;7. Mike Jagger es inglés.&lt;br /&gt;8. Nosotros somos colombianos.&lt;br /&gt;9. Claude y Sophie son franceses.&lt;br /&gt;10. La hija de Juan es vendedora de productos cosméticos.&lt;br /&gt;11. Ustedes son los mejores empleados de la empresa.&lt;br /&gt;12. Madonna es mi cantante preferida.&lt;br /&gt;13. Marcelo y Gustavo son ingenieros químicos.&lt;br /&gt;14. Gabriel García Márquez es un escritor colombiano.&lt;br /&gt;15. Celia y Marcos no son simpáticos con las personas que no conocen.&lt;br /&gt;16. Alicia es morena y de ojos castaños.&lt;br /&gt;17. Tú eres rubio, como todos en tu familia.&lt;br /&gt;18. Las personas que viven en el campo son más tranquilas.&lt;br /&gt;19. Vosotros sois honestos y emprendedores.&lt;br /&gt;20. Las copas son de cristal.&lt;br /&gt;21. Las joyas que venden en este comercio son de oro y plata.&lt;br /&gt;22. El material más cómodo para vestir es el algodón.&lt;br /&gt;23. Los guantes que me gustan son de lana.&lt;br /&gt;25. El jugo que quiero es de naranja.&lt;br /&gt;26. Estos ejercicios son de Sandra.&lt;br /&gt;27. Este es tu café.&lt;br /&gt;28. La casa blanca es de la familia Martínez.&lt;br /&gt;29. La guitarra no es nuestra.&lt;br /&gt;30. Los lápices de colores son de Cecilia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7595104396274867152?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7595104396274867152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7595104396274867152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7595104396274867152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html' title='Verb SER - Present'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-2823424447608960688</id><published>2011-02-24T10:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T10:56:00.262-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb VER</title><content type='html'>The verb VER (to see) is one of the irregular ER verbs. Another very irregular verb of the ER group is the verb &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;SER&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish verb &lt;b&gt;VER&lt;/b&gt; is irregular in the Present, Preterit and Impefect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future_20.html"&gt;future tense&lt;/a&gt;, the verb &lt;b&gt;ver&lt;/b&gt; follows the regular rule: infinitive of the verb + endings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so here it goes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo veo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ves&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras vemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras veis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo vi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú viste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted vió&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras vimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras visteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes vieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IMPERFECT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo veía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú veías&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted veía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras veíamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras veíais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes veían&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="future"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo ver&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ver&lt;b&gt;ás&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ver&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ver&lt;b&gt;emos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ver&lt;b&gt;éis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ver&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some verbs which contain the stem VER in them. All follow the same conjugation pattern as above:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;prever (to preview)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;entrever (to glimpse)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rever (to review)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb VER&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of each sentence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) El sábado pasado, nosotras ______ la nueva película de Pedro Almodóvar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Vosotros ______ por televisión el desfile de Carnaval, que comenzará mañana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Mientras Juan ______ el partido de fútbol, su esposa preparaba la cena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Tú siempre ______ el lado bueno de las cosas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Marina no ______ ninguna posibilidad de viajar este verano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Mi madre me llamó hoy, y le dije que la ______ el domingo, ya que almorzaré en su casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Ustedes ______ claramente que el problema era serio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Tú ______ a Sandra mañana en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Yo me enamoré de mi marido cuando lo ______ por primera vez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)  Ellas ______ a su familia cada tres meses, cuando viajaban a Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some commonly used expressions with the verb VER:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ver a menudo&lt;/b&gt; – to see ofen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ver a primera vista&lt;/b&gt; – to see first sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ver con buenos ojos&lt;/b&gt; – to look with good eyes upon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ver hacia adelante&lt;/b&gt;– to look ahead&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;ver los resultados&lt;/b&gt; – to obtain results&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) El sábado pasado, nosotras vimos la nueva película de Pedro Almodóvar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Vosotros veréis por televisión el desfile de Carnaval, que comenzará mañana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) MIentras Juan veía el partido de fútbol, su esposa preparaba la cena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Tú siempre ves el lado bueno de las cosas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Marina no ve ninguna posibilidad de viajar este verano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Mi madre me llamó hoy, y le dije que la veré el domingo, ya que almorzaré en su casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Ustedes veían claramente que el problema era serio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Tú verás a Sandra mañana en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Yo me enamoré de mi marido cuando lo vi por primera vez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)  Ellas veían a su familia cada tres meses, cuando viajaban a Argentina.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-2823424447608960688?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/2823424447608960688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-ver.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2823424447608960688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2823424447608960688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-ver.html' title='Conjugation of verb VER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5814050448247015054</id><published>2011-02-24T10:12:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T10:12:41.148-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haber'/><title type='text'>Conjugation and uses of verb HABER</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb HABER is an auxiliary verb, and it's an accurate translation of the verb "to HAVE" in English, when it's used as auxiliary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the verb "to HAVE", this verb is used as auxiliary in the perfect tenses. As it happens in English, also in Spanish the perfect tenses are formed by using a form of the verb HABER (to HAVE), followed by the past participle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yo &lt;b&gt;he&lt;/b&gt; llegado : I have arrived &lt;br /&gt;yo &lt;b&gt;había&lt;/b&gt; llegado : I had arrived&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though we are not going to explain the perfect tenses here (future posts will cover this topic in more details), you will learn the complete conjugation of the verb HABER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo he&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú has&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras hemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras habéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes han&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo hube&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú hubiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted hubo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras hubimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras hubísteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes hubieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IMPERFECT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo había&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú habías&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted había&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras habíamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras habíais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes habían&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo habré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú habrás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted habrá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras habremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras habréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes habrán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;THERE IS... THERE ARE...&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another common use of the spanish verb HABER is the meaning (in English, of course_ of "there is" or "there are".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technically speaking, this the "impersonal" format, or use, of the verb HABER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - En ese disco &lt;b&gt;hay&lt;/b&gt; una canción que me gusta.&lt;br /&gt;(There is a song that I like on that disc.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - &lt;b&gt;Hay&lt;/b&gt; jugo de naranja en el refrigerador.&lt;br /&gt;(There is orange juice in the refrigerator.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - &lt;b&gt;Hay&lt;/b&gt; nubes en el cielo. &lt;br /&gt;(There are shadows in the sky.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;It is necessary...&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb HABER is also commonly used as "HAY QUE", meaning "it is necessary to".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Para aprender los verbos en español &lt;b&gt;hay que&lt;/b&gt; practicar.&lt;br /&gt;(It is necessary to practice for learning the spanish verbs.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - &lt;b&gt;Hay que&lt;/b&gt; reservar las entradas para el concierto.&lt;br /&gt;(It is necessary to book the tickets for the concert.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - &lt;b&gt;Hay que&lt;/b&gt; comprar un regalo para Sofía, porque es su cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;(It is necessary to buy a present for Sofía, because it´s her birthday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5814050448247015054?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5814050448247015054/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-haber.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5814050448247015054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5814050448247015054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-haber.html' title='Conjugation and uses of verb HABER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-155815247348886512</id><published>2011-02-24T10:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:32:34.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tener'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb TENER</title><content type='html'>The verb TENER is translated as &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;to have&lt;/span&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;This verb is irregular in the Present, Preterit and Future, and it follows the regular ‎conjugation for the Impefect.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so here it goes...‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo tengo ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú tienes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted tiene&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras tenemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras tenéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes tienen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo tuve&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú tuviste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted tuvo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras tuvimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras tuvisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes tuvieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo tendré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú tendrás‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted tendrá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras tendremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras tendréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes tendrán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;b&gt;imperfect&lt;/b&gt;, the verb &lt;b&gt;tener&lt;/b&gt; follows the regular rule: stem of the ‎verb + endings :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (yo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (tú)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, ud.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;  (nosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (vosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, uds.)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎          ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;OTHER STEM-CHAGING VERBS&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those verbs contain the stem TENER in them. They all have the same conjugation pattern ‎as above:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;abstener, contener, detener, entretener, mantener, manutener, obtener, retener, ‎sostener.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXPRESSIONS WITH TENER&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;tener&lt;/b&gt; + &lt;b&gt;que&lt;/b&gt; + infinitive    –  to express obligation (must).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example: Tengo que levantarme temprano. (I must wake up early)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener frío&lt;/b&gt; – to be cold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener hambre&lt;/b&gt; – to be hungry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener miedo&lt;/b&gt; – to be afraid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener razón&lt;/b&gt;– to be right&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener sed&lt;/b&gt; – to be thirsty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener prisa&lt;/b&gt; – to be in a hurry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener la culpa de&lt;/b&gt; – to be to blame&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener lugar&lt;/b&gt; – to take place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;tener ganas&lt;/b&gt; – to feel like&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb TENER:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Si no llevamos abrigo, más tarde ______ frío.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Vosotros ______ razón cuando me disteis ese consejo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Juan ______ que salir de prisa, ni siquera almorzó.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)  Cuando vivíamos en España, tú ______ el pelo largo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Yo ______ que ir al supermercado hoy por la tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) La semana que viene Clara y Marcelo ______ que terminar de pintar la casa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes ______ muy buena suerte al encontrar este apartamento.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Ellas casi siempre ______ hambre cuando salían del gimnasio .‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#tener"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video lesson by &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt; covers the different uses of the verb TENER.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;‎&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/J90RjIRLXgo&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/J90RjIRLXgo&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="tener"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Si no llevamos abrigo, más tarde tendremos frío.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Vosotros teníais razón cuando me disteis ese consejo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Juan tuvo que salir de prisa, ni siquera almorzó.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)  Cuando vivíamos en España, tú tenías el pelo largo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Yo tendré que ir al supermercado hoy por la tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) La semana que viene Clara y Marcelo tendrán que terminar de pintar la casa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes tuvieron muy buena suerte al encontrar este apartamento.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Ellas casi siempre tenían hambre cuando salían del gimnasio .‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-155815247348886512?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/155815247348886512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-tener.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/155815247348886512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/155815247348886512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-tener.html' title='Conjugation of verb TENER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1111215388338861966</id><published>2011-02-24T10:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T10:06:32.830-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poder'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb PODER</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish verb PODER is translated as &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;to be able&lt;/font&gt; and &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;can&lt;/font&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As it happens in English with &lt;b&gt;can&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;could&lt;/b&gt;, also in Spanish the verb ‎PODER is used as an auxiliary verb followed by an infinitive, meaning the power or ‎hability to do things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;Puedo&lt;/b&gt; cambiar de planes - (I can change my plans)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;Pudimos&lt;/b&gt; viajar -  (We could travel)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Nosotros &lt;b&gt;podremos&lt;/b&gt; tomar una desición – (We will be able to take a ‎desicion)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb PODER is one of the stem-changing verbs, that means that they change a ‎vowel in the stem. The stem changes, as you will see, occur in all forms, except the ‎plural forms &lt;b&gt;nosotros&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;vosotros&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stem-changing verbs as PODER do not follow the regular verb patterns of conjugation.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo puedo&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;Tú puedes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted puede&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras podemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras podéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes pueden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo pude&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú pudiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted pudo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pudimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pudisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes pudieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IMPERFECT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo podía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú podías&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted podía&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras podíamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras podíais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes podían&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo podré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú podrás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted podrá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras podremos‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras podréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes podrán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb PODER:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of ‎each sentence :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Ella por fin ______ viajar al Caribe, como siempre soñó.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)  Hoy yo ______ pasar por tu casa a buscarte.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros ______ lograr todo lo que queríais.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)  Usted ______ entender la lección, porque el profesor dio una explicación muy clara. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Nosotras ______ ir a la playa todos los días, porque vivimos cerca del mar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) El año que viene tú ______ ingresar a la Facultad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Susana ______ cantar en el coro del colegio, porque tenía muy buena voz.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Ellos, en general, ______ resolver sus problemas, porque tenían buena ‎comunicación.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#poder"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video explains the conjugation and uses of the verb PODER. I hope you enjoy it as ‎I did !‎ Just another excellent lesson by &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Oq4VW8Ax4Sg&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Oq4VW8Ax4Sg&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="poder"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Ella por fin puede viajar al Caribe, como siempre soñó.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)  Hoy yo puedo pasar por tu casa a buscarte.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros podíais lograr todo lo que queríais.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)  Usted pudo entender la lección, porque el profesor dio una explicación muy clara. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Nosotras podemos ir a la playa todos los días, porque vivimos cerca del mar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) El año que viene tú podrás ingresar a la Facultad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Susana podía cantar en el coro del colegio, porque tenía muy buena voz.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Ellos, en general, podían resolver sus problemas, porque tenían buena ‎comunicación.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1111215388338861966?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1111215388338861966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-poder.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1111215388338861966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1111215388338861966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-poder.html' title='Conjugation of verb PODER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-8514405642702482543</id><published>2011-02-24T10:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T10:03:15.322-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hacer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><title type='text'>Conjugation and uses of verb HACER</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb HACER is translated as &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;to do&lt;/font&gt;, &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;to make&lt;/font&gt;. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish verb &lt;b&gt;HACER&lt;/b&gt; is irregular in the Present (only in the first person ‎singular), Preterit and Future.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the Imperfect, the verb &lt;b&gt;hacer&lt;/b&gt; follows the ‎regular rule: stem of the verb + endings.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;hago&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú haces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted hace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras hacemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras hacéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes hacen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo hice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú hiciste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted hizo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras hicimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras hicísteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes hicieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IMPERFECT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo hac&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú hac&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted hac&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras hac&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras hac&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes hac&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(Remember that this verb is regular in the Imperfect.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo haré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú harás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted hará&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras haremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras haréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes harán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Those verbs follow the same conjugation pattern as above:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- deshacer (to undo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- rehacer (to redo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- satisfacer (to satisfy)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎‎&lt;br /&gt;The verb HACER is frequently used in those daily expressions :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;weather expressions&lt;/b&gt; :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-      &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; mucho calor. (It is too hot.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-      &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; frío.  (It's cold.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-      &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; un hermoso día. (It´s a beautiful day.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;time expressions&lt;/b&gt; :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎ -  &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; tiempo que no veo a Carlos. (It has been some time since I don´t see ‎Carlos.) ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎ -  &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; dos meses que dejé de fumar. (Two months ago I stopped smoking.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ ‎  &lt;b&gt;Hace&lt;/b&gt; una semana encontré a Marina en el club. (A week ago I met Marina ‎in the club.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Other expressions with HACER‎&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer la cama&lt;/b&gt; – to make the bed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer la casa&lt;/b&gt; – to do the housework&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer chistes&lt;/b&gt; – to make jokes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer cola&lt;/b&gt; – to stand in line&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer comentarios&lt;/b&gt; –  to make comments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer compras&lt;/b&gt; – to shop&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer correr la voz&lt;/b&gt; – to spread the word&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer dormir&lt;/b&gt; – put to sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer el amor&lt;/b&gt; – make love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hacer lo posible&lt;/b&gt; – do everything possible&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb HACER&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs or context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Graciela y yo ______ lo posible por terminar el trabajo a tiempo, pero no lo logramos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Miriam ______ el desayuno para los niños todos los días.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros siempre ______  nuevos amigos con facilidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Ellos ______muchos chistes en la reunión, y todos nos alegramos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)  Mañana ______ una cita con el médico porque me duele mucho la espalda.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cuando Juan viajaba, tú siempre ______ su trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes mañana ______  las compras para toda la semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú y Sandra ______ una buena pareja en aquella época.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#hacer"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video explains the conjugation and uses of the verb HACER, another excelent ‎lesson of &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/jpQUzXUdPZ4&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/jpQUzXUdPZ4&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="hacer"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Graciela y yo hicimos lo posible por terminar el trabajo a tiempo, pero no lo logramos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Miriam hacía el desayuno para los niños todos los días.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros siempre hacéis  nuevos amigos con facilidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Ellos hicieron muchos chistes en la reunión, y todos nos alegramos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)  Mañana haré una cita con el médico porque me duele mucho la espalda.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cuando Juan viajaba, tú siempre hacías su trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes mañana harán las compras para toda la semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú y Sandra hacían una buena pareja en aquella época.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-8514405642702482543?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/8514405642702482543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-hacer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8514405642702482543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8514405642702482543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-hacer.html' title='Conjugation and uses of verb HACER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7455485364573600187</id><published>2011-02-24T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T10:36:50.273-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conocer'/><title type='text'>Verb CONOCER</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Conjugation of verb &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;conocer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is translated as ‎‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to know&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, meaning to know something, a person, or a ‎place. In other cases it can be translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to meet&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,  and ‎‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;be familiar with&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt; is irregular only in the first person singular (&lt;b&gt;Yo&lt;/b&gt;) of the ‎Present Tense and it follows the regular conjugation for -ER verbs for the Preterit, ‎Imperfect and Future Tenses. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Yo cono&lt;b&gt;zco&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú conoces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Él, ella, usted conoce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Nosotros, nosotras conocemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Vosotros, vosotras conocéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Ellos, ellas, ustedes conocen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Meanings of the verb Conocer&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two Spanish verbs, &lt;b&gt;Saber&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Conocer&lt;/b&gt; are translated into English as ‎the verb "to Know". They represent two different types of "knowing", and they are used in ‎completely different situations. We have already studied the conjugation of verb &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb_09.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;saber&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and explained the difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this post you will learn when and how to ‎use the verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We use Conocer when :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ we talk about places we are familiar with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conocí Barcelona por primera vez el año pasado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I met Barcelona for the first time last year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabriela conoce Perú muy bien, porque vivió allí.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Gabriela knows Peru very well, because she lived there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ talking about someone we know. In this case we must use the spanish ‎&lt;br /&gt;preposition "a" after the verb :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conocimos a la hermana de Juan en el casamiento.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;We met Juan's sister at the wedding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conoces a Juan?‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Do you know Juan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)‎ talking about general concepts or subjects : ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No conozco las leyes de inmigración de Francia.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I'm not familiar with the immigration laws of France.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conozco la obra de J.L. Borges, la estudié en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I´m familiar with J.L.Borges work, I studied it at the University.&lt;/span&gt;  ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Expressions with verb CONOCER&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer a fondo&lt;/b&gt; – know like a book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer como la "palma de mi mano"&lt;/b&gt; – know as the back of one´s hand‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer de vista&lt;/b&gt; – know by sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer el tema a fondo&lt;/b&gt; –  we well versed on the subject&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer sus limitaciones&lt;/b&gt;– know one's limitations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;The following is a list of verbs that conjugate exactly in the same way as the verb ‎‎&lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;. All have the same stem change in the first person singular, in the ‎Present Tense, and conjugate as all regular –ER verbs in the other tenses.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;abastecer, agradecer, aparecer, apetecer, arborecer, aridecer, atardecer, compadecer, ‎comparecer, complacer, desaparecer, desconocer, desfallecer, deshumedecer, ‎desmerecer, desobedecer, desvanecer, embellecer, empequeñecer, empobrecer, ‎enaltecer, endurecer, enflaquecer, enfurecer, engrandecer, enloquecerenmudecer, ‎enorgullecer, enriquecer, enrojecer, enternecer, entorpecer, entristecer envanecer, ‎envejecer, establecer, estremecer, fallecer, favorecer florecer, fortalecer, humedecer, ‎languidecer, merecer, nacer, obedecer, obscurecer, ofrecer, palidecer, ‎parecerpermanecer, pertenecer, reaparecer reconocer, rejuvenecer, renacer, ‎resplandecer, restablecer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb CONOCER:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎    Todavía no conozco al novio de Clara, pero lo ______ mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)    Vosotros ______ a Sara en la fiesta de Navidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)    Ellas ______  Madrid, y les gustó mucho.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)    Yo ______ un restaurante excelente donde podemos ir ahora mismo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)    Ustedes _____ a fondo el tema de inversiones inmobiliarias.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)    Martha y Juan se  ______ en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)    Tú ______ bien los gustos de tu esposa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)    Miguel ______ ayer a los padres de Claudia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#conocer"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this video lesson, &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt; explains ‎the different uses of verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YOhxkEO7eBY&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YOhxkEO7eBY&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="conocer"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      1)    Todavía no conozco al novio de Clara, pero lo conoceré mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      2)    Vosotros conocisteis a Sara en la fiesta de Navidad, el año pasado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎3)    Ellas conocieron Madrid, y les gustó mucho.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎4)    Yo conozco un restaurante excelente donde podemos ir ahora mismo.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎5)    Ustedes conocen a fondo el tema de inversiones inmobiliarias.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎6)    Martha y Juan se  conocieron en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎7)    Tú conoces bien los gustos de tu esposa.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎8)    Miguel conoció ayer a los padres de Claudia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7455485364573600187?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7455485364573600187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-conocer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7455485364573600187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7455485364573600187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-conocer.html' title='Verb CONOCER'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6281385975846552949</id><published>2011-02-24T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-29T21:25:37.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='List of Irregular ER verbs'/><title type='text'>List of Irregular ER verbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;SER - Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/02/verb-ser-past.html"&gt;SER - Past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-ser-in-future.html"&gt;SER - Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-ver.html"&gt;VER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-haber.html"&gt;HABER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-tener.html"&gt;TENER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-of-verb-poder.html"&gt;PODER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/conjugation-and-uses-of-verb-hacer.html"&gt;HACER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb_05.html"&gt;PONER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html"&gt;SABER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/verb-conocer.html"&gt;CONOCER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6281385975846552949?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6281385975846552949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-er-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6281385975846552949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6281385975846552949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-er-verbs.html' title='&lt;center&gt;List of Irregular ER verbs&lt;/center&gt;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1275978289205271111</id><published>2011-02-24T08:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T21:33:47.215-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>List of Irregular AR verbs</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/03/conjugation-of-verb-andar.html"&gt;ANDAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-confiar.html"&gt;CONFIAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb-continuar.html"&gt;CONTINUAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/dar-verb-dar-to-give-is-most-irregular.html"&gt;DAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-in-spanish-encontrar.html"&gt;ENCONTRAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;ESTAR Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html"&gt;ESTAR Past&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html"&gt;ESTAR Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-jugar.html"&gt;JUGAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-pensar.html"&gt;PENSAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1275978289205271111?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1275978289205271111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/list-of-irregular-ar-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1275978289205271111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SwpPHIOxgf4/TmvLfpUl5DI/AAAAAAAAAOY/FaBG8EBzlKM/s1600/candombe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="182" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SwpPHIOxgf4/TmvLfpUl5DI/AAAAAAAAAOY/FaBG8EBzlKM/s320/candombe.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"&gt;La Música&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"&gt;La Magia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"&gt;El "Toque"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;Before you&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;learn&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;about&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;subject&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;this&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Haz clic para obtener traducciones alternativas"&gt;article&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,  the two fundamental verbs in Spanish you need to know to be introduced in the world of the &lt;span style="color: #000066; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Candombe&lt;/span&gt; are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"&gt;bailar&lt;/span&gt; candombe - to dance candombe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;"&gt;tocar&lt;/span&gt; tambores - to play drums&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Candombe is an African derived rhythm that has been an important part of Uruguayan culture for over two hundred years. It was recognized by Unesco recently as a unique form of folklore native from Uruguay and stemming from roots in the African continent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This rhythm traveled to Uruguay from Africa with black slaves, it was their way of communication then, and is still going strong in the streets. The candombe rhythm is created when the three tambores (drums) are played together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frequently, many drummers assemble onto the streets of Montevideo (from 3 to 80 drums), playing their drums under the moon lit sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The candombe rhythm is created by the use of three drums (tambores), tambor piano, tambor chico and tambor repique. When these three drums heat up, it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Lptado7zjo?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0Lptado7zjo?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" size="03" width="95%" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7142485452906920988?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7142485452906920988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/candombe-fuego-y-tambor.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7142485452906920988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7142485452906920988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2011/02/candombe-fuego-y-tambor.html' title='Candombe : Fuego y Tambor'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SwpPHIOxgf4/TmvLfpUl5DI/AAAAAAAAAOY/FaBG8EBzlKM/s72-c/candombe.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-4119954880256315523</id><published>2011-01-21T01:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T09:44:02.001-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Regionalism'/><title type='text'>Mexicanismos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TTlYdmkH2mI/AAAAAAAAAK0/kFSBSCI4G98/s1600/logo%2Bmexico.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TTlYdmkH2mI/AAAAAAAAAK0/kFSBSCI4G98/s320/logo%2Bmexico.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564576080184466018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Much can be said about the diversity of Mexico, its ancient culture, tastes, music, colors ...&lt;br /&gt;Now let's talk about the "mejicanismos" (or "mexicanismos"), expressions that may surprise and confuse those who are learning Spanish. Like everything in Mexico, these popular and common words are also colorful, and mostly humorous and full of double meanings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Chido&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Padre&lt;/span&gt;,  &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Guay&lt;/span&gt; - those three expressions mean the same !! : &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;beautiful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qué &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;padre&lt;/span&gt; tu carro nuevo !&lt;br /&gt;              La &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fiesta&lt;/span&gt; estuvo muy guay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Apachurrar&lt;/b&gt; - Aplastar - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to Crush&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Apenado&lt;/b&gt; - Avergonzado - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Embarrased&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Babosear&lt;/b&gt; - Estar distraído - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Being distracted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;¡Bueno!&lt;/b&gt; - Una de las maneras de atender el teléfono - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;One of the ways to answer the phone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Cabrón&lt;/b&gt; - la palabra por sì sola se refiere admirativamente a alguien inteligente - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;The word itself refers admiringly to someone intelligent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Coraje&lt;/b&gt; - Enojo - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Anger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;¡Chinga tu madre!&lt;/b&gt; - Interjección para expresar a alguien enojo - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Interjection to express anger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Checar&lt;/b&gt; - Comprobar - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Check&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Chingada, irse a la&lt;/b&gt; - Arruinarse -&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Go bankrupt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Chingar&lt;/b&gt; - Importunar, molestar a alguien - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to Bother somebody&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Desmadre&lt;/b&gt; - Desorden, desorganización, lío - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Big disorder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Fregado&lt;/b&gt; - Dañado - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Damaged&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Gringo&lt;/b&gt; - Todo lo relacionado con USA - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Everything related with USA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Güero&lt;/b&gt; - Rubio - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Blond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;¡Híjole!&lt;/b&gt; - Interjección de sorpresa o desilusión - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Exclamation of surprise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Me vale madre&lt;/b&gt; - No me importa - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;I don´t care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;No manches&lt;/b&gt; - ¡No jodas! - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Do not fuck with!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;¡Órale!&lt;/b&gt; - Interjección que denota ánimo, acuerdo - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Interjection denoting mood agreement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Regadera&lt;/b&gt; - Ducha - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Shower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;¿Sale?&lt;/b&gt; - De acuerdo? - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Okay?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Vacilón&lt;/b&gt; - Juerga - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Spree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="03"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"&gt;Look how many misunderstandings can arise because they are not speaking the same Spanish ! 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Count all subject pronouns in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2 - &lt;/b&gt;On one side of the card write the Spanish conjugation; On the other side, the equivalent in English.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3 - &lt;/b&gt;Everyday, twice a day for about a week, read one side of the card and try to remember what the translation on the other side is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4 - &lt;/b&gt;The translation you get right, place it on the side; the ones you get wrong, place it in the back of the pile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5 - &lt;/b&gt;Do it from Spanish to English &lt;u&gt;first&lt;/u&gt;. Alternate, on the week of practice, between the two directions: Spanish to English, then English to Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From my experience, one can get absolute fluency in remembering the right conjugation instantly within a week of practice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6114913986245726200?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6114913986245726200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/11/tips-for-learning-spanish-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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It is a country proud of its Inca heritage, as well as its European culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've listed here a number of Peruanismos (expressions and words used by Peruvians) which can come in handy in next trip to this magical South American country. As Verbs in Spanish deals mainly (well, solely :-) with verbs, I've limited my list to a number of typical Peruvian expressions which contain verbs in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of this post you can find a list of other online resources for you to expand your vocabulary and knowledge of Peruanismos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &lt;b&gt;Apanar&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;Fry meat after putting it in eggs, flour and bread crumbs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &lt;b&gt;Jalar&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To fail someone in an exam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - &lt;b&gt;Botar&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To expel someone from a place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 - &lt;b&gt;Hacer barra&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to cheer (a team, an actor, etc.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 - &lt;b&gt;Timbear&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To play or bet in casinos, card games or the like. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 - &lt;b&gt;Achicar&lt;/b&gt; (la bomba) = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To urinate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 - &lt;b&gt;Caer gordo&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To pass as unpleasant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 - &lt;b&gt;Atracar&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To accept a condition or circumstance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 - &lt;b&gt;Apayar&lt;/b&gt; = &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;To meet or see somebody in a situation in which he or she doesn't want to be seen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here are other sites with more Peruanismos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - &lt;a href="http://academiaperuanadelalengua.org/peruanismos/principal"&gt;La Academia Peruana de la Lengua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - &lt;a href="http://www.wikilengua.org/index.php/Peruanismos"&gt;Wikilengua&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - &lt;a href="http://www3.unileon.es/dp/dfh/jmr/dicci/009.htm"&gt;Diccionario de Variantes del Español&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 - &lt;a href="http://www.americanismos.com/ejemplos-de-peruanismos"&gt;Ejemplos de Peruanismos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy this beautiful presentation showing what Peru has the best to offer:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ic6O8H2t2iY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ic6O8H2t2iY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6567004243982650414?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6567004243982650414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/peruanismos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6567004243982650414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6567004243982650414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/peruanismos.html' title='Peruanismos'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TKBiMXx3gLI/AAAAAAAAAKU/8SenNvMEmZA/s72-c/peruanismos.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7247594079600487405</id><published>2010-09-01T10:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:30:41.789-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sentir'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular IR verbs'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb sentir</title><content type='html'>The verb &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is another very important irregular –IR verb. It is ‎translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel&lt;/span&gt;, and, ‎depending on the context it can also be translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to hear&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to smell&lt;/span&gt;. It is irregular in the Present, and Preterit tenses, ‎and it follows the regular conjugation in the Imperfect and Future tenses (stem of ‎the verb + endings).‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo siento&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sientes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted siente&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sentimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sentís&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes sienten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo sentí&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sentiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted sintió&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sentimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sentisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes sintieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo sent&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sent&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted sent&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sent&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sent&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes sent&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Futuro&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo sent&lt;b&gt;iré&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sent&lt;b&gt;irás&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted sent&lt;b&gt;irá&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras sent&lt;b&gt;iremos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras sent&lt;b&gt;iréis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes sent&lt;b&gt;irán&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meanings and uses of the verb SENTIR&lt;/b&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt; (and its &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflexive-verbs-in-spanish-i.html"&gt;reflexive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;sentirse&lt;/b&gt;) usually means "to feel ‎an emotion".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Me siento bien.  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;I feel good.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Rosa dijo que siente una gran alegría con la llegada de su primer nieto. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Rosa said she feels a great joy with the arrival of her first ‎grandson.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Juan se siente preparado para el examen. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Juan feels ‎ready for the test.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Sandra se siente satisfecha de vivir en la casa nueva. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Sandra feels satisfied of living in the new house.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt; can also be used to express physical conditions :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Siento mucho dolor en el hombro izquierdo. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;I feel a big ‎pain in my left shoulder.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Marta siente mareos porque está es su tercer mes de embarazo. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Marta feels dizzy because she´s in the third month of her ‎pregnancy. &lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎- Juan siente mucho cansancio cuando conduce por muchas horas. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;Juan feels very tired when he drives too many hours.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt; is commonly used as "escuchar" or "oir" (listen or hear)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Mi vecina sintió un ruido y creyó que eran ladrones. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;My ‎neighbor heard a noise and she thought there were thieves.&lt;/span&gt; ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Nosotros sentimos el timbre, y abrimos la puerta. &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;We ‎heard the bell, and opened the door.&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXPRESSIONS WITH "SENTIR"&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir hambre&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel hungry&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir frío&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel cold&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir sed&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel thirsty&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir alegría&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel joy&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir olor&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to smell&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;lo siento mucho&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;I´m very sorry&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentirse mal&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel bad&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir celos&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to be jealous&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir el gusto&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to taste&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir curiosidad&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to be curious&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sentir confianza&lt;/b&gt; – &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to feel confidence, to ‎trust&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation of verb sentir and its reflexive sentirse, ‎according to the time adverbs and context of each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)   Desde su infancia, Marisa y su hermana ______ mucho respeto por sus ‎abuelos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)    Cuando vivíamos en Madrir, nosotros nos ______ muy cómodos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)    Ellos pronto viajarán a Ecuador, y allí ______  la diferencia del clima.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)    Yo  siempre ______ hambre cuando paseo por el mercado.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)    Ustedes ______ desconfianza hacia los vendedores en general. ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎6)    Tú ______ muchos celos, por eso te divorciaste.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)    Yo me ______ muy feliz esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)    Nosotras ______ que nos ocultaban la verdad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#sentir"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;The following list of verbs conjugate in the same way as the verb &lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt; ‎does :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;adherir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to stick&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;arrepentir(se)&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to be sorry&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;asentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to assent&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;consentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to consent&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;convertir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to convert&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;desmentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to deny&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;diferir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to differ&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;digerir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to digest&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;divertir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to amuse&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;disentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to dissent&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;herir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to wound&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;hervir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to boil&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ingerir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to ingest&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;interferir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to interfere&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;invertir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to invest&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;mentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to lie&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;preferir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to prefer&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;presentir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to have a premonition&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;referir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to refer&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;requerir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to request&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;resentir(se)&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to get upset&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;sugerir&lt;/b&gt; - &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"&gt;to suggest&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this video lesson, &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor ‎Jordan&lt;/a&gt; explains the uses of verb &lt;b&gt;sentir&lt;/b&gt; in the past. Hope you enjoy it !&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBLXgEmEVBY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBLXgEmEVBY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;A NAME="sentir"&gt;Answers&lt;/A&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)   Desde su infancia, Marisa y su hermana sentían mucho respeto por sus ‎abuelos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)    Cuando vivíamos en Madrir, nosotros nos sentíamos muy cómodos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)    Ellos pronto viajarán a Ecuador, y allí sentirán la diferencia del clima.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)    Yo  siempre siento hambre cuando paseo por el mercado.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)    Ustedes sienten desconfianza hacia los vendedores en general. ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎6)    Tú sentías muchos celos, por eso te divorciaste.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)    Yo me siento muy feliz esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)    Nosotras sentimos que nos ocultaban la verdad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="03" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7247594079600487405?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7247594079600487405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/conjugation-of-verb-sentir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7247594079600487405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7247594079600487405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/09/conjugation-of-verb-sentir.html' title='Conjugation of verb sentir'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6347057438011799876</id><published>2010-08-23T09:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T02:14:43.189-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chilenismos</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/THIbbOmFoOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/B_pGpQHvxqs/s1600/chile_flag.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/THIbbOmFoOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/B_pGpQHvxqs/s200/chile_flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508495448815804642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In South America almost all the countries speak Castilian Spanish. There are some differences between European Spanish and South American. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most notably, in Spain the pronoun ‎‎"vosotros" is used while in South American spanish "ustedes" (Uds., when abbreviated) is more common.  ‎The second big difference with the original Spanish from Spain, is the ‎pronunciation of the letter "z", which in South America, is pronounced as "s".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there are significant differences as well, between the countries, in the way ‎they speak Spanish. As it happens in all the world, each region has its own way ‎to express their every day language, mixed from the street´s culture, and foreign ‎languages as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word to call those regional differences is, in spanish, ‎‎"modismos".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chile has their own "modismos",called "chilenismos". Most of them are very ‎funny and have double meaning, and a sense of humor.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of Chilenismos, but we are going to focus specially in their particular use ‎of some verbs, and their meanings.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is a list of 35 "chilenismos", we have translated it first to the ‎common Spanish and after to English.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;achacarse&lt;/b&gt; – entristecerse - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be sad&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;aforrar&lt;/b&gt; - pegarle a alguien - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to beat somebody&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;agarrar pa'l leseo&lt;/b&gt; – burlarse de ‎alguien - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;make fun of&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;apechugar&lt;/b&gt; – hacer frente - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;face up to&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;atracar&lt;/b&gt; - besarse y acariciarse - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to kiss and caress&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;bolsear&lt;/b&gt; – pedir - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to ask&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;cachar&lt;/b&gt; – entender, comprender ‎‎- &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to understand&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;catetear&lt;/b&gt; – insistir - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to insist&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;chupar&lt;/b&gt;  – beber alcohol - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to drink alcohol&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;copuchar&lt;/b&gt; – chismorrear - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to gossip&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;darle a alguien&lt;/b&gt;  – intimar en el ‎sentido sexual - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to keep close relation in a sexual ‎sense&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;dar boleta&lt;/b&gt; - ganar mucho - ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to earn a lot&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;dar julepe&lt;/b&gt; – tener miedo -  ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;be afraid&lt;/font&gt; ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;echar pinta&lt;/b&gt;  - Lucirse, mostrarse ‎‎- &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;show off&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar agarrado de alguien&lt;/b&gt; – ‎estar enamorado o querer mucho a la pareja - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be ‎in love or very attached with the couple&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar apestao /á&lt;/b&gt;  – estar ‎aburrido o cansado de hacer algo - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt; to be bored or ‎very tired of doing something&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar cagado&lt;/b&gt;  – estar en ‎problemas - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be in trouble&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar pato&lt;/b&gt;  – no tener dinero - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;be penniless&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;hablar cabezas de pescado&lt;/b&gt;  – ‎decir tonterías - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to talk nosense&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; - &lt;b&gt;hacerse el loco&lt;/b&gt; –  fingir - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to pretend&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;hacer una vaca&lt;/b&gt; - hacer una ‎colecta - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to collect money&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;Ir rajado&lt;/b&gt; - ir muy rápido -  ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to go very fast&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;meter cuco&lt;/b&gt; - asustar - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to scare&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;pasarlo chancho&lt;/b&gt; - pasarlo muy ‎bien - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to have a good time&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;patear&lt;/b&gt; - terminar un romance o ‎relación - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to finish a relationship&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;pintar el mono&lt;/b&gt;  -  hacer el ‎ridículo para llamar la atención - &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to make a fool of ‎oneself to be noticed&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;poner el gorro&lt;/b&gt;  - ser infiel -  ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be unfaithful&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;rajar&lt;/b&gt;  – reprobar un examen - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;fail a test&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;rajarse&lt;/b&gt;  - invitar y pagar - ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to invite and pay&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;sapear&lt;/b&gt; – mirar - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to look, observe&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;tener cue(v)a&lt;/b&gt; - tener suerte - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be lucky&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;tener tuto&lt;/b&gt; -  tener sueño -  ‎‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to be sleepy&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;tirar pa' arriba&lt;/b&gt; - subir el ánimo - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;cheer up&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;toyear&lt;/b&gt; - mentir. contar cuentos - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to lie, to tell stories&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;b&gt;tupirse&lt;/b&gt; - confundirse - ‎‎&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;to mix up&lt;/font&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;data:post.body/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a short and funny video presentation, giving us a glimpse of some Chilenismos. Don't worry if you can't understand much, Chilenos are famous for speaking very fast, even for the standards of other Spanish speaking countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YSVdrIi9oJI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YSVdrIi9oJI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6347057438011799876?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6347057438011799876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/chilenismos_23.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6347057438011799876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6347057438011799876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/chilenismos_23.html' title='Chilenismos'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/THIbbOmFoOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/B_pGpQHvxqs/s72-c/chile_flag.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-3453510786892478625</id><published>2010-08-23T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T22:40:22.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Regionalisms</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TTnETa5msoI/AAAAAAAAALM/Z2TS4eD4cdk/s1600/preco1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; 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cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In South America almost all the countries speak Castilian Spanish. There are some differences between European Spanish and South American.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most notedably, in Spain the pronoun ‎‎"vosotros" is used while in South American spanish "ustedes" (Uds., when abbreviated) is more common.  ‎The second big difference with the original Spanish from Spain, is the ‎pronunciation of the letter "z", which in South America, pronounced as "s".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there are significant differences as well, between the countries, in the way ‎they speak Spanish. As it happens in all the world, each region has its own way ‎to express their everyday language, mixed from the street´s culture, and foreign ‎languages as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word to call those regional differences is, in spanish, ‎‎"modismos".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chile has their own "modismos",called "chilenismos". Most of them are very ‎funny and have double meaning, and a sense of humor.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of Chilesnismos, but we are going to focus specially in their particular use ‎of some verbs, and their meanings.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is a list of 35 "chilenismos", we have translated it first to the ‎common Spanish and after to English.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;achacarse&lt;/b&gt; – entristecerse - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be sad&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;aforrar&lt;/b&gt; - pegarle a alguien - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to beat somebody&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;agarrar pa'l leseo&lt;/b&gt; – burlarse de ‎alguien - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;make fun of&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;apechugar&lt;/b&gt; – hacer frente - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;face up to&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;atracar&lt;/b&gt; - besarse y acariciarse - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to kiss and caress&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;bolsear&lt;/b&gt; – pedir - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to ask&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;cachar&lt;/b&gt; – entender, comprender ‎‎- &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to understand&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;catetear&lt;/b&gt; – insistir - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to insist&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;chupar&lt;/b&gt;  – beber alcohol - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to drink alcohol&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;copuchar&lt;/b&gt; – chismorrear - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to gossip&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;darle a alguien&lt;/b&gt;  – intimar en el ‎sentido sexual - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to keep close relation in a sexual ‎sense&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;dar boleta&lt;/b&gt; - ganar mucho - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to earn a lot&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;dar julepe&lt;/b&gt; – tener miedo - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;be afraid&lt;/span&gt; ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;echar pinta&lt;/b&gt;  - Lucirse, mostrarse ‎‎- &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;show off&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar agarrado de alguien&lt;/b&gt; – ‎estar enamorado o querer mucho a la pareja - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be ‎in love or very attached with the couple&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar apestao /á&lt;/b&gt;  – estar ‎aburrido o cansado de hacer algo - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt; to be bored or ‎very tired of doing something&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar cagado&lt;/b&gt;  – estar en ‎problemas - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be in trouble&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;estar pato&lt;/b&gt;  – no tener dinero - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;be penniless&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;hablar cabezas de pescado&lt;/b&gt;  – ‎decir tonterías - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to talk nosense&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;hacerse el loco&lt;/b&gt; –  fingir - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to pretend&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;hacer una vaca&lt;/b&gt; - hacer una ‎colecta - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to collect money&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;Ir rajado&lt;/b&gt; - ir muy rápido - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to go very fast&amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;meter cuco&lt;/b&gt; - asustar - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to scare&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;pasarlo chancho&lt;/b&gt; - pasarlo muy ‎bien - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to have a good time&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;patear&lt;/b&gt; - terminar un romance o ‎relación - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to finish a relationship&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;pintar el mono&lt;/b&gt;  -  hacer el ‎ridículo para llamar la atención - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to make a fool of ‎oneself to be noticed&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;poner el gorro&lt;/b&gt;  - ser infiel - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be to unfaithful&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;rajar&lt;/b&gt;  – reprobar un examen - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;fail a test&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;rajarse&lt;/b&gt;  - invitar y pagar - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to invite and pay&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;sapear&lt;/b&gt; – mirar - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to look, observe&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;tener cue(v)a&lt;/b&gt; - tener suerte -‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be lucky&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;tener tuto&lt;/b&gt; -  tener sueño - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to be sleepy&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;tirar pa' arriba&lt;/b&gt; - subir el ánimo - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;cheer up&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;toyear&lt;/b&gt; - mentir. contar cuentos - ‎‎&lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to lie, to tell stories&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;*&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;tupirse&lt;/b&gt; - confundirse - &lt;span style="color: green;"&gt;to mix up&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a short and funny video presentation, giving us a glimpse of some Chilesnismos. Don't worry if you can't understand much, Chilenos are famous for speaking very fast, even for the standards of other Spanish speaking countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YSVdrIi9oJI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YSVdrIi9oJI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-9114410786480293640?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/9114410786480293640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/chilenismos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9114410786480293640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9114410786480293640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/chilenismos.html' title='Chilenismos'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/THIbbOmFoOI/AAAAAAAAAIU/B_pGpQHvxqs/s72-c/chile_flag.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7994866203321811067</id><published>2010-08-12T00:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T11:37:57.592-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decir'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular IR verbs'/><title type='text'>Conjugation and uses of verb DECIR</title><content type='html'>The verb &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a very important verb used in everyday's spanish language. It is translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to say&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to tell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. It is irregular in the Present, Future and Preterit tenses, and it follows the regular conjugation in the Imperfect tense (stem of the verb + endings).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Teresa &lt;b&gt;dice&lt;/b&gt; que nos espera para la cena (Teresa says she waits us for dinner)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ella me &lt;b&gt;dijo&lt;/b&gt; que está buscando un nuevo trabajo. (She told me she´s looking for a new job)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le &lt;b&gt;dije&lt;/b&gt; a Sara mi opinión sobre su problema. (I told Sara my opinion about her problem)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ellos &lt;b&gt;dicen&lt;/b&gt; que no irán a clase hoy. (They say they will not go to class today)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo digo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú dices&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras decimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras decís&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dicen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Futuro&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo diré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú dirás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dirá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras diremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras diréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dirán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo dije&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú dijiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dijo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras dijimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras dijisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dijeron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo dec&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú dec&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dec&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras dec&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras dec&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dec&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only verb that conjugate exactly in the same way as the verb &lt;b&gt;decir&lt;/b&gt; is the verb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;contradecir&lt;/b&gt; - contradict, controvert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following ones also derivate from &lt;b&gt;decir&lt;/b&gt; and conjugate in the same way except in the Future Tense, when they follow the regular pattern of conjugation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;bendecir&lt;/b&gt; - bless&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;predecir&lt;/b&gt; - predict, foretell, bode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXPRESSIONS WITH "DECIR"&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir a todo el mundo&lt;/b&gt; – tell the whole world about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir adiós&lt;/b&gt; – say goodbye&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir algo con doble sentido&lt;/b&gt; – to say something with a double meaning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir disparates&lt;/b&gt; – to talk rubbish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir en voz alta&lt;/b&gt; – speak out loud&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir la verdad&lt;/b&gt; – tell the truth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir mentiras&lt;/b&gt; – tell lies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;decir piropos&lt;/b&gt; – pay compliments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;querer decir&lt;/b&gt; – to mean&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;por así decir&lt;/b&gt; – so to speak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;es decir.. &lt;/b&gt;. – that is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of each sentence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)   Mañana tú le ______ a tus padres que viajarás en setiembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)    Vosotros ______ que la película no era buena, pero a mí me gustó.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)    Ellos ______  que están muy felices con el nacimiento de su nieta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)    Yo  siempre ______ la verdad pero mis hermanas no me creían.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)    LLegaremos a Madrid el viernes y nuestros amigos nos ______ dónde encontrar un buen hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6)    Marcela y su compañero ______ que el examen fue muy difícil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7)    Tú ______ que estás a dieta, por eso cociné especialmente una comida de bajas calorías.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)    Ustedes ______ que es fácil encontrar trabajo, pero a mí me resulta difícil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#decir"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this video lesson, &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;explains the uses of verb&lt;b&gt;decir&lt;/b&gt; in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBLXgEmEVBY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TBLXgEmEVBY?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="decir"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)   Mañana tú le dirás a tus padres que viajarás en setiembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)    Vosotros dijisteis que la película no era buena, pero a mí me gustó.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)    Ellos dicen que están muy felices con el nacimiento de su nieta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)    Yo  siempre decía la verdad pero mis hermanas no me creían.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)    LLegaremos a Madrid el viernes y nuestros amigos nos dirán dónde encontrar un buen hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6)    Marcela y su compañero dijeron que el examen fue muy difícil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7)    Tú dijiste que estás a dieta, por eso cociné especialmente una comida de bajas calorías.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)    Ustedes dicen que es fácil encontrar trabajo, pero a mí me resulta difícil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7994866203321811067?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/7994866203321811067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/conjugation-of-verb-decir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7994866203321811067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/7994866203321811067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/conjugation-of-verb-decir.html' title='Conjugation and uses of verb DECIR'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-92032423599833781</id><published>2010-08-05T00:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-22T23:57:20.222-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Regionalism'/><title type='text'>Do you know what "tomar mate" means ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TFpnr9qNrZI/AAAAAAAAAIM/kco_JFrBmK8/s1600/mate1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 234px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TFpnr9qNrZI/AAAAAAAAAIM/kco_JFrBmK8/s320/mate1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501823899770138002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;b&gt;Tomar mate&lt;/b&gt;" is a very common expression if you go to the "Rio de la Plata" area, in South America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But "mate" is not only drunk in Uruguay and Argentina, also Paraguay, Bolivia and South of Brasil enjoy this drink.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is "MATE"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mate is an infusion of the "yerba mate" (mate herb), made from leaves and stems of a powerful rainforest tree. Yerba mate was discovered centuries ago by the indigenous people in South America and has been revered as the “drink of the gods” and consumed to enhance, vitality, clarity, and well-being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mate has many healthy benefits including beeing a tonic, diuretic and reducer of fatigue, stimulates nervous and muscular systems, and  helps the elimination and the digestive problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of all, &lt;b&gt;tomar mate&lt;/b&gt; is a common social practice, an invitation to sit, talk, and share with family and friends, that visitors find very attractive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The spanish verbs related with this practice are : &lt;b&gt;tomar&lt;/b&gt; mate, meaning to drink it, and &lt;b&gt;cebar&lt;/b&gt; mate, refering to the action of putting the water in the recipient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now that you know what it is, are you ready ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to share with you this video about how to prepair and drink mate in the "uruguayan way ".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKNM0GqpzYA&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sKNM0GqpzYA&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomamos un mate :) ?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-92032423599833781?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/92032423599833781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/tomar-mate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/92032423599833781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/92032423599833781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/08/tomar-mate.html' title='Do you know what &quot;tomar mate&quot; means ?'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TFpnr9qNrZI/AAAAAAAAAIM/kco_JFrBmK8/s72-c/mate1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-2958688770743074267</id><published>2010-07-19T12:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T00:07:03.156-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflexive verbs in spanish'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/spanish-reflexive-verbs-part-ii.html"&gt;here to jump to Reflexive verbs Part II&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, a reflexive verb is one that needs to have a reflexive pronoun attached to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are Reflexive Pronouns?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In English, reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves and themselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reflexive verbs  - also called reflexive constructions – are very popular in Spanish (more so than in English). These verbs indicate that the “doer” of the action receives the action back to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, when you say in English “I look at myself in the mirror”, the doer “I” receives back the action “look in the mirror”. This, of course, is indicated by the use of the reflexive pronoun “myself”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reflexive pronouns in Spanish may also indicate who the doer is. In the sentence,  “Nos duchamos por la mañana” the word “nos” (ourselves) indicates that “we” are the doer. There is no need, albeit it’s not wrong to say it, to use the word “nosotros”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A reflexive construction always has two (sometimes three) main elements:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The subject (not always needed) + a reflexive pronoun + verb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See these examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-  &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nos duchamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; por la mañana. (We shower in the morning.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Siempre &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;te miras&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; al espejo. (You always look at yourself in the mirror.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me afeito&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; todos los días. (I shave (myself) every day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TDHQb8zNW6I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VCENb0ipzTM/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TDHQb8zNW6I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VCENb0ipzTM/s200/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490398599337302946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As said before, Reflexive verbs in English are not quite as common as in Spanish. However, the use of reflexive pronouns in English is indeed equivalent to the reflexive pronouns in Spanish. Example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;Leo &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;se defendió&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. (Leo &lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;defended himself&lt;/span&gt;.)&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;SPANISH REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me  (myself)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Te  (yourself)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se  (yourself/ himself/ herself)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nos  (ourselves)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os  (yourselves)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se  (yourselves/ themselves)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TDHQb8zNW6I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VCENb0ipzTM/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TDHQb8zNW6I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VCENb0ipzTM/s200/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490398599337302946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notice that the persons Ud., Uds., él/ ella, and ellos/ ellas have the same reflexive pronoun : se.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To conjugate a reflexive verb, use the corresponding reflexive pronoun.&lt;br /&gt;Use the following model to form reflexive verbs :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bañar (se) (to bathe, to take a bath)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Yo) me baño&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Tú) te bañas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Él, Ella, Ud.)  se baña&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Nosotros/as) nos bañamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Vosotros/as) os bañáis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Ellos/as, Uds.) se bañan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;List of reflexive verbs in Spanish&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spanish has numerous reflexive verbs. Because they are used with their corresponding reflexive pronouns, textbooks and dictionaries usually list them with the pronoun se attached to the infinitive lavar (se), afeitar (se), vestir (se), etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember that their English equivalents may not necessarly be used in a reflexive way (with –self, -selves).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here there is a list of 22 reflexive verbs of common use. Remember that practically any verb that takes a direct object may be used with a reflexive pronoun:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;afeitarse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to shave)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cepillarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to brush)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mirarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to look)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quitarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to take off)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vestirse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to dress)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ducharse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to take a shower)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maquillarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to put on make up)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;levantarse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to get up)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sentarse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to sit down)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quedarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to stay and to remain)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enojarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to get angry)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aburrirse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to get bored)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cansarse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to get tired)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;preocuparse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to worry, get worried)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cortarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to cut)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;caerse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to fall)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dormirse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to fall asleep)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lastimarse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt; (to hurt oneself)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;curarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to heal, to recover)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enfermarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to get sick)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;olvidarse  &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to forget)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;defenderse &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"&gt;(to defend oneself)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks conjugating the reflexive verb in brackets, including the corresponding pronouns, in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella (&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;bañarse&lt;/span&gt;) ______ todas las mañanas, después de tomar su desayuno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ella &lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;se baña&lt;/span&gt; todas las mañanas, después de tomar su desayuno.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)  Ud. (enojarse) ______ con facilidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Los niños (dormirse) ______ temprano todas las noches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Gabriel nunca (olvidarse) ______ de llamarme en mi cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Yo siempre (aburrirse) ______ en la clase de Historia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)  En mi opinión, Martha (maquillarse) ______ demasiado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Tú no (afeitarse) ______ todos los días.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Hoy los empleados (quedarse) ______ hasta más tarde en la oficina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Vosotros (preocuparse) ______ excesivamente por hacer bien el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#refl1"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.professorjason.com/"&gt;Profesor Jason&lt;/a&gt; gives us an amazing and detailed explanation of what Spanish reflexive verbs are and how to use them in the everyday life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zln5sxVp-D0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zln5sxVp-D0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="405" width="500"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="refl1"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Ud. se enoja con facilidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Los niños se duermen temprano todas las noches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Gabriel nunca se olvida de llamarme en mi cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Yo siempre me aburro en la clase de Historia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)  En mi opinión, Martha se maquilla demasiado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Tú no te afeitas todos los días.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Hoy los empleados se quedan hasta más tarde en la oficina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Vosotros os preocupáis excesivamente por hacer bien el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;****************************************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-2958688770743074267?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/2958688770743074267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflexive-verbs-in-spanish-i.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2958688770743074267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2958688770743074267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/reflexive-verbs-in-spanish-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TDHQb8zNW6I/AAAAAAAAAIE/VCENb0ipzTM/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1280739881032883579</id><published>2010-07-19T03:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:12:21.194-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='verbs ir'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular IR verbs'/><title type='text'>Conjugation and Uses of "IR" (to go)</title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt; Learn how to conjugate Spanish verb IR&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish verb IR is translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to go&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ‎verb is one of the most important irregular –IR verbs in the Spanish language.‎ Much like  the spanish verb "ser", it is so short, that it can't follow the regular patterns of ‎conjugation.‎ The only way to learn it is to memorize it by heart. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish verb &lt;b&gt;IR&lt;/b&gt; is irregular in the Present, Preterit and  Imperfect Tenses of ‎the Indicative.‎ Only in the Future, this verb conjugates as a regular verb (stem of the verb + endings).‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;voy&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;vas&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;va&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;vamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;vais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;van&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;fui&lt;/b&gt; ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;fuiste&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;fue&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;fuimos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;fuisteis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;fueron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;iba&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;ibas&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;iba&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;íbamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;ibais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;iban&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Future&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;iré&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;irás&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;irá&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;iremos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;iréis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;irán&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(Remember that this verb is regular in the Future.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ &lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Uses of verb IR&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most common use of verb IR  is &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"ir a" &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (in the present) followed ‎by an infinitive. This use is the equivalent of the English "going to", and it's so common, ‎that in the spoken language it's the way to express the Future.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ Tú &lt;b&gt;vas a&lt;/b&gt; estudiar esta tarde. ( You are going to study in the afternoon/ ‎You will study in the afternoon.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ Nosotros &lt;b&gt;vamos a&lt;/b&gt; comprar un coche. ( We are going to buy a car./ We ‎will buy a car.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-‎ Juan &lt;b&gt;va a&lt;/b&gt; venir a las cinco. ( Juan is going to come at five./ Juan will ‎come at five. )‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;IR&lt;/b&gt; is frequently used in those common daily expressions :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a algún lado&lt;/b&gt; - go somewhere‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a almorzar&lt;/b&gt; –  go to lunch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a bailar&lt;/b&gt; - go dancing‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a bañarse&lt;/b&gt; - go to take a bath‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a caballo&lt;/b&gt; - ride a horse‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a casa&lt;/b&gt; - go home‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a la quiebra&lt;/b&gt; - go bankruptcy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a la raíz de&lt;/b&gt; - get to the root of‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a pie&lt;/b&gt; - go on foot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR a toda velocidad&lt;/b&gt; - go full speed‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR contra la corriente&lt;/b&gt; - go against current&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR de camping&lt;/b&gt; - go camping‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR de compras&lt;/b&gt; - go shopping‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR de la mano&lt;/b&gt; - hold hands‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR de mal en peor&lt;/b&gt; - go from bad to worse‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR hasta el final de&lt;/b&gt; - get to the bottom of‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR volando&lt;/b&gt; - fly along‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;IR viento en popa&lt;/b&gt; - be going well‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs or context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Nosotras ______ anoche a la casa de Celia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Miriam y su hermana ______ a Sevilla en las próximas vacaciones.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros siempre ______  a comer al mismo restaurante.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Ellos ______‎‏ ‏de camping todos los años, cuando eran chicos.‎‏ ‏&lt;br /&gt;‏ ‏&lt;br /&gt;‎5)  Mañana tú ______ al cine conmigo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cuando mi madre ______ de compras, yo siempre la acompañaba.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes ______  a conocer el Museo de Bellas Artes la semana que viene.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Los niños ______  más temprano a escuela ayer, y hoy terminarán más tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#ir"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;This video lesson explains in a very clear way, the use of the verb IR as the English ‎‎"going to". Hope you enjoy it as I did :) !‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-vGFzvg7uZg&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-vGFzvg7uZg&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="ir"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Nosotras fuimos anoche a la casa de Celia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Miriam y su hermana irán a Sevilla en las próximas vacaciones.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Vosotros siempre vais a comer al mismo restaurante.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Ellos iban ‎‏ ‏de camping todos los años, cuando eran chicos.‎‏ ‏&lt;br /&gt;‏ ‏&lt;br /&gt;‎5)  Mañana tú irás al cine conmigo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cuando mi madre iba de compras, yo siempre la acompañaba.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Ustedes irán a conocer el Museo de Bellas Artes la semana que viene.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Los niños fueron más temprano a escuela ayer, y hoy terminarán más tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1280739881032883579?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1280739881032883579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/verb-ir.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1280739881032883579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1280739881032883579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/verb-ir.html' title='Conjugation and Uses of &quot;IR&quot; (to go)'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-8247810869143313724</id><published>2010-07-16T23:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-20T10:28:06.094-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflexive verbs in spanish'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Reflexive verbs and pronouns are used:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - to describe actions related with personal care and habitual routines:&lt;br /&gt;Example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Ellos &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;se lavan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; los dientes.  (They ‎‎&lt;b&gt;wash/ brush&lt;/b&gt; their teeth.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- De noche &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;me siento&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; a mirar televisión.  (At night, I &lt;b&gt;sit (down)&lt;/b&gt; to watch television.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 -  to express feelings, emotions or changes in conditions, moods and emotional ‎states. In English, the verbs &lt;b&gt;to get&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;to become&lt;/b&gt;, or a non-reflexive construction communicate these ideas:&lt;br /&gt;Examples:                     ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎ - Cuando vi la película &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;me enamoré&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ‎del actor.  (When I saw the movie, I &lt;b&gt;fell&lt;/b&gt; in love         with the actor.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Alberto &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;se enferma&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; cada vez que ‎se moja.    (Alberto &lt;b&gt;gets&lt;/b&gt; sick every time he gets wet.‎)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IRREGULAR REFLEXIVE VERBS&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Many irregular verbs are used in reflexive constructions. A lot of them are compounds of ‎irregular verbs like &lt;b&gt;traer&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;tener&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;saber&lt;/b&gt;, etc, and are conjugated like the basic verbs.‎&lt;br /&gt;The folowing examples are given in the first person of the Present Tense :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ir&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;se&lt;/span&gt;   (to leave)      &lt;b&gt;me voy&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;poner&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;se&lt;/span&gt;     (to put on )      &lt;b&gt;me pongo&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sentar&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;se&lt;/span&gt;     (to sit down)     &lt;b&gt;me siento&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;despertar&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;se&lt;/span&gt;     ( to wake up)     &lt;b&gt;me despierto&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;distraer&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;se&lt;/span&gt;      (to distract oneself)      &lt;b&gt;me distraigo&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks conjugating the reflexive irregular verb in brackets, including the ‎corresponding pronouns, in the Present Tense.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ Esteban (ponerse) ______ un abrigo, porque hace mucho frío afuera.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ Nosotros (despertarse) ______ temprano todos los días de semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)‎ Ustedes no aprenden lo suficiente porque siempre (distraerse) ______ en la ‎clase.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)‎ Tú (sentarse) ______ en la primera fila.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)‎ Ellas (irse) ______ temprano porque ya terminaron el trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#reflexive2"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;Verbs that change meaning when used as reflexive verbs&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many verbs can be used as reflexive or non-reflexive, and in some cases the meaning of ‎the verbs changes in the reflexive form.‎&lt;br /&gt;Compare the change in meaning of the following verbs, sometimes the changes are very ‎slight, and other times the meaning of the verbs change in a more significant way.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;acercar&lt;/span&gt;           to bring near&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;acercar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      to get closer‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;acordar&lt;/span&gt;           to agree                                                      &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acordar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;      to remember‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;enfermar&lt;/span&gt;        to  make ill, sick                         &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enfermar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    to become ill, get sick&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;dormir&lt;/span&gt;            to put to sleep                                   &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dormir&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;        to fall asleep‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;negar&lt;/span&gt;             to deny                                                            &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;negar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to refuse‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;quitar&lt;/span&gt;             to take away                                         &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quitar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;         to take off‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;volver&lt;/span&gt;            to return                          &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;volver&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;         to become‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;engañar&lt;/span&gt;         to deceive&lt;br /&gt;                                            &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;engañar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;     to deceive onself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;llamar&lt;/span&gt;            to call                                                                &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;llamar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;        to be called, named&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;llevar&lt;/span&gt;             to take                              &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;llevar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt; con&lt;/span&gt;   to get along with ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;preparar&lt;/span&gt;        to prepare                                            &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;preparar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;     to get ready&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;probar&lt;/span&gt;           to try, test; to taste      &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;probar&lt;b&gt;se&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;        to try on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎‎&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;Reflexive&lt;/b&gt; or not ? Choose the verb with the reflexive or the basic meaning that ‎fits the sentence. Then write the appropriate form of the verb in the Present Tense.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotras (&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;acostar/ acostarse&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) ______ tarde los fines ‎de semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;Nosotras &lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;nos acostamos&lt;/span&gt; tarde los fines de semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elisa (&lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;acostar/ acostarse &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) ______ a los niños a las ‎nueve.‎&lt;br /&gt;Elisa &lt;span style="color:blue;"&gt;acuesta&lt;/span&gt; a los niños a las nueve.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ Ahora, Miguel ______ (preparar/ prepararse) la cena para nosotros.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ Ellas también ______ (preparar/ prepararse) para la fiesta.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)‎ Elisa ______ (probar/ probarse) un vestido nuevo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)‎ Miriam siempre ______ (probar/ probarse) la sopa para ver si tiene suficiente sal.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)‎ Luisa y José ______ (quitar/ quitarse) los platos de la mesa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)‎ Yo ______ (quitar/ quitarse) los zapatos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)‎ Los abuelos ______ (llevar/ llevarse) regalos para todos los nietos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)‎ Tú ______ (llevar/ llevarse) bien con todos tus parientes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#reflexive22"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="reflexive2"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)    Esteban  se pone un abrigo, porque hace mucho frío afuera.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)    Nosotros nos despertamos temprano todos los días de semana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)    Ustedes no aprenden lo suficiente porque siempre se distraen en la clase.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)   Tú te sientas en la primera fila.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)‎ Ellas se van temprano porque ya terminaron el trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="reflexive22"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ Ahora, Miguel prepara la cena para nosotros.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ ‎ Ellas también  se preparara para la fiesta.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)‎ Elisa se prueba un vestido nuevo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)‎ Miriam siempre prueba la sopa para ver si tiene suficiente sal.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)‎ Luisa y José quitan los platos de la mesa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)‎ Yo  me quito los zapatos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)‎ Los abuelos llevan regalos para todos los nietos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)‎ Tú te llevas bien con todos tus parientes.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-8247810869143313724?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/8247810869143313724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/spanish-reflexive-verbs-part-ii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8247810869143313724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8247810869143313724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/spanish-reflexive-verbs-part-ii.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5658050623687756407</id><published>2010-07-02T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T12:48:09.865-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conocer'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "CONOCER"</title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is translated as ‎‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to know&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, meaning to know something, a person, or a ‎place. In other cases it can be translated as &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;to meet&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;,  and ‎‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;be familiar with&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt; is irregular only in the first person singular (&lt;b&gt;Yo&lt;/b&gt;) of the ‎Present Tense and it follows the regular conjugation for -ER verbs for the Preterit, ‎Imperfect and Future Tenses. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Yo cono&lt;b&gt;zco&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú conoces&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Él, ella, usted conoce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Nosotros, nosotras conocemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Vosotros, vosotras conocéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Ellos, ellas, ustedes conocen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Meanings of the verb Conocer&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two Spanish verbs, &lt;b&gt;Saber&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Conocer&lt;/b&gt; are translated into English as ‎the verb "to Know". They represent two different types of "knowing", and they are used in ‎completely different situations. We have already studied the conjugation of verb &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html"&gt;saber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2011/02/verb-saber.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and explained the difference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this post you will learn when and how to ‎use the verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We use Conocer when :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ we talk about places we are familiar with&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conocí Barcelona por primera vez el año pasado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I met Barcelona for the first time last year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabriela conoce Perú muy bien, porque vivió allí.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Gabriela knows Peru very well, because she lived there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ talking about someone we know. In this case we must use the spanish ‎&lt;br /&gt;preposition "a" after the verb :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conocimos a la hermana de Juan en el casamiento.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;We met Juan's sister at the wedding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conoces a Juan?‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Do you know Juan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)‎ talking about general concepts or subjects : ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No conozco las leyes de inmigración de Francia.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I'm not familiar with the immigration laws of France.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conozco la obra de J.L. Borges, la estudié en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;I´m familiar with J.L.Borges work, I studied it at the University.&lt;/span&gt;  ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Expressions with verb CONOCER&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer a fondo&lt;/b&gt; – know like a book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer como la "palma de mi mano"&lt;/b&gt; – know as the back of one´s hand‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer de vista&lt;/b&gt; – know by sight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer el tema a fondo&lt;/b&gt; –  we well versed on the subject&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;conocer sus limitaciones&lt;/b&gt;– know one's limitations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;The following is a list of verbs that conjugate exactly in the same way as the verb ‎‎&lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;. All have the same stem change in the first person singular, in the ‎Present Tense, and conjugate as all regular –ER verbs in the other tenses.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;abastecer, agradecer, aparecer, apetecer, arborecer, aridecer, atardecer, compadecer, ‎comparecer, complacer, desaparecer, desconocer, desfallecer, deshumedecer, ‎desmerecer, desobedecer, desvanecer, embellecer, empequeñecer, empobrecer, ‎enaltecer, endurecer, enflaquecer, enfurecer, engrandecer, enloquecerenmudecer, ‎enorgullecer, enriquecer, enrojecer, enternecer, entorpecer, entristecer envanecer, ‎envejecer, establecer, estremecer, fallecer, favorecer florecer, fortalecer, humedecer, ‎languidecer, merecer, nacer, obedecer, obscurecer, ofrecer, palidecer, ‎parecerpermanecer, pertenecer, reaparecer reconocer, rejuvenecer, renacer, ‎resplandecer, restablecer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb CONOCER:&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎    Todavía no conozco al novio de Clara, pero lo ______ mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2)    Vosotros ______ a Sara en la fiesta de Navidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3)    Ellas ______  Madrid, y les gustó mucho.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4)    Yo ______ un restaurante excelente donde podemos ir ahora mismo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5)    Ustedes _____ a fondo el tema de inversiones inmobiliarias.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6)    Martha y Juan se  ______ en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7)    Tú ______ bien los gustos de tu esposa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8)    Miguel ______ ayer a los padres de Claudia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#conocer"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this video lesson, &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt; explains ‎the different uses of verb &lt;b&gt;conocer&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy it !!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YOhxkEO7eBY&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YOhxkEO7eBY&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1?color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="conocer"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      1)    Todavía no conozco al novio de Clara, pero lo conoceré mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      2)    Vosotros conocisteis a Sara en la fiesta de Navidad, el año pasado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎3)    Ellas conocieron Madrid, y les gustó mucho.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎4)    Yo conozco un restaurante excelente donde podemos ir ahora mismo.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎5)    Ustedes conocen a fondo el tema de inversiones inmobiliarias.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎6)    Martha y Juan se  conocieron en la Universidad.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎7)    Tú conoces bien los gustos de tu esposa.‎&lt;br /&gt;‏      ‏‎8)    Miguel conoció ayer a los padres de Claudia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5658050623687756407?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5658050623687756407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5658050623687756407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5658050623687756407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb.html' title='Conjugation of verb &quot;CONOCER&quot;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5970332414318297103</id><published>2010-06-23T07:13:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-21T02:12:55.833-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Useful Spanish links'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c00000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;SPANISH BLOGS&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan Video Blogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've used his videos a couple of times throughout the different posts and I just love his lessons. 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As they say on their site: "We are a friendly organization of native Spanish teachers dedicated to providing Spanish Lessons all over London."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ilee.com.ar//"&gt;Argentina I.L.E.E.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spanish language school in Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c00000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c00000;"&gt;OTHER RESOURCES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thedegreeexperts.com/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Online Education&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earn a degree online while working from top Universities and Colleges in US - Contact The Degree Experts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5970332414318297103?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5970332414318297103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/useful-spanish-links.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5970332414318297103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5970332414318297103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/useful-spanish-links.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-9197760046342256865</id><published>2010-06-20T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T00:00:33.775-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ER Spanish verbs - Future'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Spanish ER Verbs - Future&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Hi there!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are going to learn here how to conjugate &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;ER&lt;/span&gt; Spanish verbs in the future.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we have already seen with AR verbs, the future is one of the simplest forms of ‎conjugation in Spanish because the "endings" for each subject pronoun is exactly the ‎same for all Spanish verb forms "ar", "er" and "ir".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The future tense is used to indicate actions that will take place at some point later on, ‎viewed from the present. In Spanish, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;b&gt;el futuro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  is the equivalent of English &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;will&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;shall&lt;/span&gt;, or &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;going to&lt;/span&gt;, followed by a verb.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use the following conjugation as model for all regular –ER verbs in the future tense :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;verb APRENDER - &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;to learn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo aprender&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú aprender&lt;b&gt;ás&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted aprender&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él aprender&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella aprender&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) aprender&lt;b&gt;emos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) aprender&lt;b&gt;éis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes aprender&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos (as) aprender&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;As you probably noticed, the future tense in Spanish is formed by attaching the ‎appropriate future endings to the (entire) infinitive of a verb. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Tú &lt;b&gt;aprenderás&lt;/b&gt; con mucha facilidad el futuro de los verbos terminados en ER.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Esta tarde &lt;b&gt;sorprenderé&lt;/b&gt; a mi madre con una visita.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Andrea y su hermano &lt;b&gt;comerán&lt;/b&gt; en casa esta noche.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Antes de viajar a Chile, vosotros &lt;b&gt;deberéis&lt;/b&gt; practicar mucho el español.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;venderemos&lt;/b&gt; nuestro apartamento para comprar uno mayor.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE FUTURE&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hoy (today)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mañana (tomorrow)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mañana de noche (tomorrow night)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;más tarde (later)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dentro de poco (shortly, soon)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;la semana que viene (next week)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;el mes que viene (next month)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;el año que viene (next year)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;algún día (someday)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;proximamente (soon)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy this very instructive video presentationof &lt;a href="http://www.losnessgroup.com/Spanish_lessons.html"&gt;Aaron Losness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;explaining ‎the conjugation in the Future of all regular and irregular –ER verbs.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/oPBd120FBFM&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/oPBd120FBFM&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) -  Mi hermana dijo que ______ (acceder) al nuevo puesto que le ofrecieron en el ‎trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) - Miguel no me invitó a su casamiento, pero yo no me ______ (ofender) por eso. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) - Vosotros ______ (comprender) muy bien la conjugación del futuro, porque es muy ‎simple.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) - Los invitados se ______ (esconder) detrás del sofá para sorprender a Laura con ‎una fiesta de cumpleaños. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) - Tú ______ (comer) el postre de chocolate y yo el de fresas.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) - Ustedes ______ (deber) cambiar la fecha de su viaje.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) - Nosotras ______ (tejer) toda la ropa para el bebé de Sara.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) - Ellos ______ (beber) mucho vino en la celebración de esta noche.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#erfuture"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;El Canto de las Ballenas&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El futuro de la Naturaleza dependerá de nuestra capacidad de integrarnos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aprenderemos a comunicarnos con estos seres maravillosos ? Hay muchas personas ‎que ya lo hacen.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aunque los sistemas ambientales en todo el planeta están colapsando, las Ballenas ‎Jorobadas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;de Australia nos sorprenderán con su asombrosa recuperación.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LjE4u5co2bE&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/LjE4u5co2bE&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="erfuture"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) -  Mi hermana dijo que accederá al nuevo puesto que le ofrecieron en el trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) - Miguel no me invitó a su casamiento, pero yo no me ofenderé por eso. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) - Vosotros comprenderéis muy bien la conjugación del futuro, porque es muy simple.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) - Los invitados se esconderán detrás del sofá para sorprender a Laura con una fiesta ‎de cumpleaños. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) - Tú comerás el postre de chocolate y yo el de fresas.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) - Ustedes deberán cambiar la fecha de su viaje.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) - Nosotras tejeremos toda la ropa para el bebé de Sara.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) - Ellos beberán mucho vino en la celebración de esta noche.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-9197760046342256865?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/9197760046342256865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future_20.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9197760046342256865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9197760046342256865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future_20.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6339248429569603948</id><published>2010-06-18T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T00:02:59.325-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IR Spanish verbs - Future'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;IR verbs - FUTURE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;As you have already seen with &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html"&gt;AR&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future_20.html"&gt;ER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-er-verbs-future-hi-there-you.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, the infinitive is the basic form of the ‎verb, and to conjugate in the future, all you have to do is attach the ‎corresponding endings.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The endings for each subject pronoun is exactly the same for all Spanish verb ‎forms "ar", "er" and "ir".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Conjugation&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PERMITIR - &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;to allow&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;permit&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo permitir&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú permitir&lt;b&gt;ás&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted permitir&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él permitir&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella permitir&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) permitir&lt;b&gt;emos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) permitir&lt;b&gt;éis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes permitir&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos (as) permitir&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Examples&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- La madre de Claudia le &lt;b&gt;permitirá&lt;/b&gt; salir con sus amigos esta noche.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Los empleados &lt;b&gt;recibirán&lt;/b&gt; un aumento de sueldo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Vosotros &lt;b&gt;decidiréis&lt;/b&gt; cuándo viajar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Tú &lt;b&gt;asistirás&lt;/b&gt; a la trasmisión del partido de fútbol mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Practice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) -  En París, nosotros ______ (subir) a lo alto de la Torre Eiffel. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) -  Yo ______  (interrumpir) mi trabajo para ir a buscar a los niños.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎3) -  Vosotros ______ (partir) para Francia el próximo mes de agosto.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) -  Mariela ______ (escribir) una carta al foro de estudiantes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) -  Tú ______ (asistir) al Festival de la Canción, en Viñadelmar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) - Ustedes ______ (descubrir) pronto que Sevilla es una ciudad maravillosa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) – Mamá ______ (añadir) un plato a la mesa, porque tú cenarás con nosotros.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) – Ellas nunca  ______ (admitir) que cometieron un error.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#irfuture"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Video Presentation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again &lt;a href="http://www.losnessgroup.com/Spanish_lessons.html"&gt;Aaron Losness&lt;/a&gt; provides us with the best explanation about  the &lt;b&gt;future ‎of -IR verbs&lt;/b&gt; in this video presentation.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/vTuIIdUy2T4&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/vTuIIdUy2T4&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Some reading practice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;&lt;center&gt;Se decidirá en Marruecos el futuro de las ballenas&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre el 21 y 25 de junio de 2010 existe la posibilidad de que la Comisión ‎Ballen&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBxZdkfZw7I/AAAAAAAAAE0/Q_EmXKzjkeU/s1600/Snap6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBxZdkfZw7I/AAAAAAAAAE0/Q_EmXKzjkeU/s200/Snap6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484356810776888242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;era Internacional apruebe un acuerdo que pondrá fin a 24 años de ‎protección a las poblaciones de ballenas y legitimará la denominada “caza ‎científica” de ballenas que realiza Japón en las aguas del Santuario de Ballenas ‎del Océano Austral, entre otros aspectos negativos para la conservación de ‎estos mamíferos marinos.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Súmate a la Campaña firmando la petición, necesitamos ser muchos para ‎asegurar que CERO serán las ballenas cazadas.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a href="http://www.cerocazadeballenas.cl/"&gt;CERO caza de Ballenas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="irfuture"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) -  En París, nosotros subiremos a lo alto de la Torre Eiffel. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) -  Yo interrumpiré mi trabajo para ir a buscar a los niños.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎3) -  Vosotros partiréis para Francia el próximo mes de agosto.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) -  Mariela escribirá una carta al foro de estudiantes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) -  Tú asistirás al Festival de la Canción, en Viñadelmar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) - Ustedes descubrirán pronto que Sevilla es una ciudad maravillosa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) – Mamá añadirá un plato a la mesa, porque tú cenarás con nosotros.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) – Ellas nunca  admitirán que cometieron un error.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6339248429569603948?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6339248429569603948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-ir-verbs-future-hi-there-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6339248429569603948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6339248429569603948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/spanish-ir-verbs-future-hi-there-you.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBxZdkfZw7I/AAAAAAAAAE0/Q_EmXKzjkeU/s72-c/Snap6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-8857504274009874310</id><published>2010-06-16T03:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:27:36.238-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IR Spanish verbs - Past II'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Past Tense of -IR Verbs - Part II&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this post you will learn how to conjugate and use the &lt;b&gt;Imperfect for -IR ‎Spanish verbs&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-i-preterit.html"&gt;here to learn about the Spanish IR Preterite&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;imperfect&lt;/b&gt; is used to talk about a past action without specifying when ‎it began or ended. We use the imperfect when we want to describe what used to ‎happen or what happened regularly in the past.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In English, this verb form can be translated into &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used ‎to&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.‎ (&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2849651305080094165&amp;amp;postID=8857504274009874310#translationir"&gt;see translations  below&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding to the Conjugation, the good news are that almost ALL the verbs in ‎spanish are regular in the Imperfect Tense. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The conjugation for -IR verbs is the same as for &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-spanish-verbs.html"&gt;-ER verbs in the Imperfect&lt;/a&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish imperfect for IR verbs is formed by dropping the -ir ending of the infinitive and adding the following ‎endings :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h4&gt;SUBIR&lt;/h4&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo sub&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú sub&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted sub&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él sub&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella deb&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) sub&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) sub&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes sub&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos sub&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas sub&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a name="translationir"&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Mi hermana nunca &lt;b&gt;discutía&lt;/b&gt; conmigo, cuando éramos pequeñas.‎&lt;br /&gt;(My sister never &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to argue&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; with me when we were little.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Cuando estábamos de vacaciones, &lt;b&gt;permitíamos&lt;/b&gt;  a nuestros hijos mirar ‎televisión hasta tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;(When we were in vacation, we &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to allow&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; our children to watch TV until late.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Los niños &lt;b&gt;subían&lt;/b&gt; corriendo las escaleras de la escuela.‎&lt;br /&gt;(The children &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to run up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; the stairs at school.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Cada vez que yo hablaba, tú me &lt;b&gt;interrumpías&lt;/b&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;(Each time I &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would speak&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; you &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would interrupt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; me.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Delia por lo general ______ viajar a último momento.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(decidir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Ellas ______ cada año a la cena de homenaje a los graduados.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(asistir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Nosotros nunca ______, casi siempre estábamos de acuerdo en todo.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(discutir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) En Navidad, vosotros ______ en vuestra casa a toda la famila.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(recibir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Al regresar de sus viajes, Marina nos ______ todos los pormenores.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(describir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Ustedes ______  las ventanas de par en par, cuando el día estaba soleado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(abrir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Sara y Manuel ______ en Méjico cuando se conocieron.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(vivir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Cada semana, tú  le ______ una carta de amor a tu novia.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(escribir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="irimperfect"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Delia por lo general decidía viajar a último momento.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(decidir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Ellas asistían cada año a la cena de homenaje a los graduados.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(asistir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Nosotros nunca discutíamos, casi siempre estábamos de acuerdo en todo.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(discutir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) En Navidad, vosotros recibíais en vuestra casa a toda la famila.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(recibir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Al regresar de sus viajes, Marina nos describía todos los pormenores.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(describir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Ustedes abrían las ventanas de par en par, cuando el día estaba soleado.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(abrir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Sara y Manuel vivían en Méjico cuando se conocieron.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(vivir)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Cada semana, tú  le escribías una carta de amor a tu novia.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎(escribir)‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-8857504274009874310?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/8857504274009874310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-ii-on-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8857504274009874310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8857504274009874310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-ii-on-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-478358209951026810</id><published>2010-06-11T02:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:26:52.117-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IR Spanish verbs - Past I'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The Preterite of -IR Verbs - Part I&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;Preterite&lt;/b&gt; is one of several past tenses used in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Spanish preterit is often equivalent to the Past simple in English and you use it to ‎narrate actions that started and ended in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post teaches you how to conjugate Spanish verbs that end in "-ir" (abr&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;, part&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;, dorm&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;, etc. - I've posted a &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/ir-spanish-verbs-present.html"&gt;list of 21 Spanish ir Spanish verbs&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is simple to conjugate all regular &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;IR&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;verbs&lt;/span&gt; in the past tense: Drop the "ir" and place the following endins:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abrir - to open&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo abr&lt;b&gt;í&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú abr&lt;b&gt;iste&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted abr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él abr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella abr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) abr&lt;b&gt;imos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) abr&lt;b&gt;isteis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes abr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos abr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas abr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Los empleados &lt;b&gt;abrieron&lt;/b&gt; las puertas de la oficina a las ocho y media.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Vosotras &lt;b&gt;decidisteis&lt;/b&gt; viajar a fin de año.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Martha &lt;b&gt;escribió&lt;/b&gt; un resumen de su nuevo proyecto.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;recibimos&lt;/b&gt; una invitación para la fiesta.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Andrea y Raúl &lt;b&gt;discutieron&lt;/b&gt; con el jefe en el trabajo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Usted &lt;b&gt;interrumpió&lt;/b&gt; la reunión sin pedir permiso.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(decidir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Ellos ______  casarse a fin de año.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(recibir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Yo ______ un correo electrónico de Marta esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(sufrir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Los niños ______ un poco con el cambio de colegio.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(vivir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Vosotros ______ muchos años en Venezuela.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(admitir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Los alumnos ______ que no estudiaron lo suficiente para la prueba.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(omitir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Nosotros ______ contar una parte de la historia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(discutir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Esta mañana  Laura ______ con su hija.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎(abrir)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú ______ una carta que no era para ti, por error.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#IR"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Wow. This is another excellent presentation by &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;. Use it as a listening exercise to get your mind used to hear the endings of ir verbs conjugation patterns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="400" height="305"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8kMZSFBrWI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8kMZSFBrWI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="305"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="IR"&gt;ANSWERS:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Ellos decidieron casarse a fin de año.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Yo recibí un correo electrónico de Marta esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Los niños sufrieron un poco con el cambio de colegio.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Vosotros vivisteis muchos años en Venezuela.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Los alumnos admitieron que no estudiaron lo suficiente para la prueba.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Nosotros omitimos contar una parte de la historia.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Esta mañana  Laura discutió con su hija.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú abriste una carta que no era para ti, por error.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;CERO caza de Ballenas&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hace 25 años, la Comisión Ballenera Internacional decidió y aprobó el mayor logro en la historia del derecho ambiental al adoptar la moratoria sobre la caza comercial de todas las especies de ballenas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBJeLh5oDGI/AAAAAAAAAEI/KCJa1FIH0fk/s1600/Snap6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBJeLh5oDGI/AAAAAAAAAEI/KCJa1FIH0fk/s200/Snap6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481547248634956898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gracias a eso, las cuotas de caza comercial de ballenas se han mantenido en CERO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin embargo, una propuesta liderada por el comisionado de Chile y actual presidente de la comisión, busca eliminar la moratoria sobre la caza de ballenas y permitir su caza en áreas designadas como Santuarios de Ballenas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu voz es la única voz de las ballenas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La participación de todos es fundamental para exigir al Gobierno de Chile y a los gobiernos de América Latina reunidos en el Grupo de Buenos Aires que rechacen enérgicamente la propuesta.&lt;br /&gt;Participa firmando la carta que se entregará oficialmente en Marruecos entre el 21 y 25 de junio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cerocazadeballenas.cl/"&gt;CERO caza de Ballenas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vangelis - Voices - Come To Me - tribute to the Whales&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/kky7jqNq5RU&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/kky7jqNq5RU&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x2b405b&amp;amp;color2=0x6b8ab6&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-478358209951026810?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/478358209951026810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-i-preterit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/478358209951026810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/478358209951026810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/past-tense-of-ir-verbs-part-i-preterit.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TBJeLh5oDGI/AAAAAAAAAEI/KCJa1FIH0fk/s72-c/Snap6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1352991839578704512</id><published>2010-06-07T02:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T00:05:37.270-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IR Spanish verbs - Present'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IR Spanish verbs - Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you've been following this blog through the beginning, you have  already learned the basic ways Spanish verbs follow their respective ‎conjugations.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post now is the first of a new series presenting the conjugation of &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;IR&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;verbs&lt;/span&gt;, ‎the third biggest category of verbs in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;All infinitives are, in spanish, formed by the stem of the verb + endings, and the same happens with the &lt;b&gt;-IR verbs&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;exist&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;recib&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;descubr&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;  ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The endings for all regular -IR Spanish verbs in the Present are:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-o&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-es&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-e&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-imos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-ís&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;-en&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example with the verb ESCRIB&lt;b&gt;IR&lt;/b&gt; (to write):‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo  escrib&lt;b&gt;o&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú escrib&lt;b&gt;es&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted escrib&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él escrib&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella escrib&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) escrib&lt;b&gt;imos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) escrib&lt;b&gt;ís&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes escrib&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos escrib&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas escrib&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;When dealing with the conjugation of Spanish verbs, the only way you will ever feel ‎confident in using them is when you can instantly recall how to conjugate the verb; and ‎for that, you need to practice the basics...‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've listed here 21 regular ER verbs in Spanish for you to practice:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1)‎ abrir (to open)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2)‎ admitir (to admit)‎&lt;br /&gt;3)   añadir (to add)‎&lt;br /&gt;4)   asistir (to attend)‎&lt;br /&gt;5)   cubrir (to cover)&lt;br /&gt;‎6)   decidir (to decide)‎&lt;br /&gt;7)   descubrir (to discover)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎8)   describir (to describe)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎9)   discutir (to discuss)‎&lt;br /&gt;10)  escribir (to write)‎&lt;br /&gt;11)  existir (to exist)‎&lt;br /&gt;12)  interrumpir (to interrupt)&lt;br /&gt;13)  ocurrir (to occur)&lt;br /&gt;14)  omitir (to omit)&lt;br /&gt;‎15)  partir (to leave)‎&lt;br /&gt;16)  permitir (to allow)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎17)  recibir (to receive)‎&lt;br /&gt;18)  subir (to go up, climb) ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎19)  sufrir (to suffer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎20)  unir (to join, unite)&lt;br /&gt;‎21)  vivir (to live)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;EXERCISE&lt;/b&gt; :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation of the verb in brackets:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Nosotros no ______ (discutir), sólo intercambiamos nuestras opiniones.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Martina  _____ (escribir) todas las semanas un artículo para la revista "Cultura".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Ustedes ______ (vivir) en una casa con un gran jardín.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Tú ______ (interrumpir) tu tarea cada vez que suena el teléfono. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Vosotros ______ (decidir) qué partido tomar, y luego nos lo comunicais.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cada día yo ______ (descubrir) las propiedades que tienen la frutas para la salud.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Los padres de mi esposa ______ (asistir) a la Opera todos los viernes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Yo ______ (admitir) que cometí un error en el cálculo de los gastos del mes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#irpresent"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;This video lesson by &lt;a href="http://www.losnessgroup.com/Spanish_lessons.html"&gt;Aaron Losness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;teaches how to conjugate all IR verbs in Spanish.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-) (I did!)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3KNLoWvFww8&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3KNLoWvFww8&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎ &lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎ ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="irpresent"&gt;ANSWERS:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎1) Nosotros no discutimos, sólo intercambiamos nuestras opiniones.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Martina  escribe todas las semanas un artículo para la revista "Cultura".‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Ustedes viven en una casa con un gran jardín.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Tú interrumpes tu tarea cada vez que suena el teléfono. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Vosotros decidís qué partido tomar, y luego nos lo comunicais.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Cada día yo descubro las propiedades que tienen la frutas para la salud.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎7) Los padres de mi esposa asisten a la Opera todos los viernes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Yo admito que cometí un error en el cálculo de los gastos del mes.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TA0m9kS9YyI/AAAAAAAAADw/9aPiQX5jDus/s1600/Snap3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TA0m9kS9YyI/AAAAAAAAADw/9aPiQX5jDus/s200/Snap3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480079160736834338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Buenas noticias para los Orangutanes&lt;/b&gt; -‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nestlé, la compañía más grande del mundo en alimentos y bebidas, decidió que ‎interrumpirá el uso  de materias primas que procedan de la destrucción de los bosques ‎tropicales. La medida ocurre dos meses después de que Greenpeace lanzara una ‎campaña para denunciar que esta  corporación usa aceite de palma en sus productos.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;La expansión de las plantaciones de palma para producir aceite y pasta para papel, es ‎la principal causa de la destrucción de los bosques tropicales de Indonesia, hábitat de ‎muchas especies amenazadas como el orangután. ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenpeace felicitó a Nestlé por darle un respiro a los orangutanes e hizo un llamado a ‎los demás distribuidores internacionales, a hacer lo mismo. &lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Greenpeace seguirá de cerca que el compromiso de Nestlé se lleve a cabo.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1352991839578704512?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1352991839578704512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/ir-spanish-verbs-present.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1352991839578704512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1352991839578704512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/ir-spanish-verbs-present.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TA0m9kS9YyI/AAAAAAAAADw/9aPiQX5jDus/s72-c/Snap3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-3181246065693478055</id><published>2010-06-05T03:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T10:40:27.944-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "PONER"</title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb PONER is translated as &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;to PUT&lt;/span&gt;.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This verb is irregular in the Present (first person singular), Preterit ‎and Future, and it follows the regular conjugation for the Impefect.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here it goes...‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo pongo ‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú pones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted pone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ponemos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ponéis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ponen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo puse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú pusiste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted puso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pusimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pusisteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes pusieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo pondré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú pondrás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted pondrá&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pondremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pondréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes pondrán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the &lt;b&gt;imperfect&lt;/b&gt;, the verb &lt;b&gt;poner&lt;/b&gt; follows the regular rule: stem of the ‎verb + endings :‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (yo)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (tú)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, ud.)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;  (nosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;  (vosotros/as)‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;  (él, ella, uds.)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎         ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Other verbs conjugated this way&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Those verbs contain the stem PONER in them. They all have the same conjugation ‎pattern as above:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anteponer, componer, contraponer, deponer, descomponer, disponer, exponer, imponer, ‎indisponer, interponer, oponer, posponer, predisponer, presuponer, proponer, ‎recomponer, reponer, sobreponer, suponer, trasponer.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXPRESSIONS WITH PONER&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner atención&lt;/b&gt; – to pay attention&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en ridículo&lt;/b&gt; - to make someone look ridiculous‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner buena cara&lt;/b&gt; – to take something well&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner por las nubes&lt;/b&gt; – to praise to the skies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner la mesa&lt;/b&gt; – to lay the table&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en marcha&lt;/b&gt;– to start&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner a dieta&lt;/b&gt; – put on a diet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner a salvo&lt;/b&gt; –bring to safety&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner de buen humor&lt;/b&gt; – put in a good mood&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en duda&lt;/b&gt; – to call into question&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner el acento en&lt;/b&gt; – to emphasize&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en claro&lt;/b&gt; – make clear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en contacto&lt;/b&gt; – put in touch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en movimiento&lt;/b&gt; – to set in motion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en orden&lt;/b&gt; – set in order&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner en venta&lt;/b&gt; –put up for sale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner fin&lt;/b&gt; –put an end&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;poner las cosas en su lugar&lt;/b&gt; – straighten things out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb PONER&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs or context of ‎each sentence.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      1)‎  Mi hermana siempre se ______ de buen humor cuando la invitábamos al cine.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      2)  Yo prepararé la cena, y tú ______ la mesa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      3)  A pesar de que ellas ______ mucha atención en clase, no aprendían lo  suficente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      4)  Nosotras ______ la casa en orden esta tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      5)  En este momento yo _____ fin a esta discusión.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      6)  Ayer en la reunión, vosotras ______ en claro vuestra opinión.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      7)  Ustedes ______ en venta su coche el mes pasado, pero todavía no lo vendieron.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      8)  Alberto siempre ______ por las nubes a la familia de su                esposa.‎&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#poner"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;Another great video lesson ‎by &lt;a href="http://www.senorjordan.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt; explains the conjugation of ‎verb PONER.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/PBglyva4kxA&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/PBglyva4kxA&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="poner"&gt;Answers:&lt;/a&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      1)‎  Mi hermana siempre se ponía de buen humor cuando la                    invitábamos al cine.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      2)  Yo prepararé la cena, y tú pondrás la mesa.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      3)  A pesar de que ellas ponían mucha atención en clase, no                aprendían lo suficiente.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      4)  Nosotras pondremos la casa en orden esta tarde.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      5)  En este momento yo pongo fin a esta discusión.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      6)  Ayer en la reunión, vosotras pusisteis en claro vuestra                opinión.‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      ‎&lt;br /&gt;‎      7)  Ustedes pusieron en venta su coche el mes pasado, pero                 todavía no lo ‎vendieron.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎      8)  Alberto siempre ponía por las nubes a la familia de su                 esposa.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-3181246065693478055?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/3181246065693478055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb_05.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3181246065693478055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/3181246065693478055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/06/learn-how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb_05.html' title='Conjugation of verb &quot;PONER&quot;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-9186859134201953619</id><published>2010-05-31T09:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-07T06:20:32.616-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imperfect vs Preterit'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Spanish Imperfect versus Spanish Preterit for ER verbs&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will continue to review and contrast the uses of the preterit and the imperfect, practicing them with the –ER verbs this time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to start with AR verbs first, and learn the basic differences between the Preterit and the Imperfect verb forms, click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/imperfect-vs-preterit.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or, if you would rather study them separately, visit my post on the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-verbs-part-i-preterit.html"&gt;Preterit ER Spanish verbs&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-spanish-verbs.html"&gt;Imperfect ER verbs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post deals with the differences between the two different past tenses in Spanish. Here you will learn and practice both tenses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the list of Spanish conjugation verb endings for the preterit of ER verbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Remember, to conjugate any ER verb using these endings, drop off the -er ending of the verb and add these.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;-í&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu &lt;b&gt;-iste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted, él, ella &lt;b&gt;-ió&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-imos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-isteis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes, ellos, ellas &lt;b&gt;-ieron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use the preterit when you wish to indicate an action that was totally completed in the past. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;EXAMPLES:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Tú com&lt;b&gt;iste&lt;/b&gt; demasiado anoche, en la cena. &lt;br /&gt;(You ate too much last night at dinner)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; -  Nosotros vend&lt;b&gt;imos&lt;/b&gt; nuestro coche el mes pasado. &lt;br /&gt;(We sold our car last month)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPwi3YUdeI/AAAAAAAAADg/n9ivKi5E7Ro/s1600/alarmclock.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 151px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPwi3YUdeI/AAAAAAAAADg/n9ivKi5E7Ro/s200/alarmclock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477486053584827874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;B&gt;TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PRETERIT:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer  (yesterday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anteayer  (day before yesterday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anoche  (last night)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De pronto (suddenly)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El otro día  (the other day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ese momento (at that moment)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entonces  (then)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta mañana  (this morning)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta tarde  (this afternoon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalmente (finally)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La semana pasada  (last week)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El mes pasado  (last month)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El año pasado  (last year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More examples...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Mi hermana &lt;b&gt;cosió&lt;/b&gt; las nuevas cortinas para el salón de su casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Nosotras &lt;b&gt;bebimos&lt;/b&gt; vino blanco en el almuerzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Los niños &lt;b&gt;rompieron&lt;/b&gt; el vidrio de la ventana, jugando a la pelota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr width="100%" size=06 color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is the list of Spanish conjugation verb endings for the Imperfect of ER verbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;-ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu &lt;b&gt;-ías&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted, él, ella &lt;b&gt;-ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-íamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-íais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes, ellos, ellas &lt;b&gt;-ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The imperfect is used for actions in the past that did not have a definite beginning or a definite end. It also refers to actions that took place repeatedly in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Ellas eran buenas alumnas y aprendían con facillidad.&lt;br /&gt;(They were good students and used to learn easily)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; -  Muchas veces mi hijo me sorprendía con sus respuestas .&lt;br /&gt;(My son would surprise me many times with his answers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPwi3YUdeI/AAAAAAAAADg/n9ivKi5E7Ro/s1600/alarmclock.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 121px; height: 151px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPwi3YUdeI/AAAAAAAAADg/n9ivKi5E7Ro/s200/alarmclock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477486053584827874" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;TIME EXPRESSIONS FOR THE IMPERFECT:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A veces  (sometimes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A menudo (often)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada día  (every day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada mes  (every month)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada año  (every year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Casi siempre (almost always)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Casi nunca (hardly ever)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con frecuencia  (frequently)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De vez en cuando  (from time to time)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frecuentemente  (frequently)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Generalmente  (usually)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nunca  (never)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mientras (while)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siempre (always)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;B&gt;EXAMPLES:&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Cuando estudiábamos, casi nunca comíamos en casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Tú siempre accedías a ayudar a tus hermanas con las tareas de la escuela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Yo temía llegar tarde al trabajo, por eso me levantaba tan temprano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr width="100%" size=06 color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation of the verbs, choosing the right tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando vivía en Barcelona, yo ______ (correr) 5 kilómetros todas las mañanas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Esta mañana nosotras ______ (comer) sólo frutas en el desayuno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Susana ______ (barrer) la vereda de vez en cuando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) La secretaria se ______ (ofender) porque su jefe le habló de forma irrespetuosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Cada invierno, la abuela ______ (tejer) la ropa de abrigo para rodos sus nietos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Ustedes ______ (beber) mucho café mientras estudiaban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Cuando tu hermana viajaba, tú _____ (deber) cuidar a su perro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Vosotros ______ (suspender) la reunion de trabajo planeada para esta semana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#imp-pret"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;hr width="100%" size=06 color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Julio Foppoli from &lt;a href="http://www.esaudio.net"&gt;Esaudio&lt;/a&gt; does a brilliant job at explaining the difference between the imperfect and the preterit in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="470" height="285"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ow2JaPzk_9w&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ow2JaPzk_9w&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="470" height="285"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr width="100%" size=06 color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt; READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Merecido premio a la película "The Cove"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPs4lghPUI/AAAAAAAAADY/auNIr3Xxs94/s1600/delfines1+(1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPs4lghPUI/AAAAAAAAADY/auNIr3Xxs94/s200/delfines1+(1).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477482028697992514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"The Cove" era el favorito en la categoría,  para el Óscar, pero la mención se esperaba con cierto recelo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sin embargo, por fortuna el criterio del jurado favoreció a “The Cove”, un extraordinario trabajo de investigación y seguimiento cinematográfico que, además, desde &lt;a href=" http://www.thecovemovie.com"&gt;su sitio oficial&lt;/a&gt; ha dado pie a una asociación para denuncias y trabajo voluntario.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El premio ciertamente le correspondía, y sorprendió a la opinión internacional. El criterio que empujó al estadounidense Louie Psihoyos fue denunciar la sangrienta matanza de delfines en Taiji, una localidad costera de unos 3.500 habitantes donde los pescadores alegan que la caza de estos cetáceos es una tradición centenaria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La concesión del Oscar a "The Cove" fue aplaudida por grupos ecologistas de todo el mundo que afirman en sus páginas de internet y en sus blogs que el premio contribuirá a apoyar la lucha internacional por la conservación de las especies marinas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr width="100%" size=06 color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="imp-pret"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando vivía en Barcelona, yo corría  5 kilómetros todas las mañanas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Esta mañana nosotras comimos sólo frutas en el desayuno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Susana barría la vereda de vez en cuando.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) La secretaria se ofendió porque su jefe le habló de forma irrespetuosa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Cada invierno, la abuela tejía la ropa de abrigo para rodos sus nietos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Ustedes bebían mucho café mientras estudiaban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Cuando tu hermana viajaba, tú debías cuidar a su perro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)  Vosotros suspendisteis la reunion de trabajo planeada para esta semana.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-9186859134201953619?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/9186859134201953619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/preterit-vs-imperfect-of-er-verbs-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9186859134201953619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/9186859134201953619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/preterit-vs-imperfect-of-er-verbs-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/TAPwi3YUdeI/AAAAAAAAADg/n9ivKi5E7Ro/s72-c/alarmclock.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6759637151432307806</id><published>2010-05-26T11:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:19:33.160-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Past tense of ER verbs Imperfect'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Past Tense of ER Verbs - Part II&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi there ! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this post you will learn how to conjugate and use the &lt;b&gt;Imperfect for ER Spanish verbs&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-verbs-part-i-preterit.html"&gt;here to learn about the Spanish ER Preterite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;b&gt;imperfect&lt;/b&gt; is used to talk about a past action without specifying when it began or ended. We use the imperfect when we want to describe what used to happen or what happened regularly in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In English, this verb form can be translated into &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; or &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The imperfect is formed by dropping the endings of the infinitive and adding the following endings :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;DEBER&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo deb&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú deb&lt;b&gt;ías&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted deb&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él deb&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella deb&lt;b&gt;ía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) deb&lt;b&gt;íamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) deb&lt;b&gt;íais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes deb&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos deb&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas deb&lt;b&gt;ían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mi abuela &lt;b&gt;tejía&lt;/b&gt; toda la ropa para sus nietos.&lt;br /&gt;(My grandmother &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to sew&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; the clothes for her grandchildren.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo &lt;b&gt;debía&lt;/b&gt; correr todas las mañanas, para llegar a tiempo a clase.&lt;br /&gt;(I &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;had to&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; run every morning in order not to be late to school.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Tú &lt;b&gt;bebías&lt;/b&gt; mucha agua en verano.&lt;br /&gt;(You &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;used to drink&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; a lot of water in summer.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Sofía amaba a su esposo, y el &lt;b&gt;correspondía&lt;/b&gt; a sus sentimientos.&lt;br /&gt;(Sofia loved her husband and he &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would correspond&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; to her feelings.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ellos era buenos alumnos y &lt;b&gt;aprendían&lt;/b&gt; muy rapidamente.&lt;br /&gt;(They were good pupils and &lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;&lt;b&gt;would learn&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt; very fast.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) David ______ hacer un esfuerzo para levantarse temprano.&lt;br /&gt;(deber)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Martha ______ sólo frutas y verduras cada vez que empezaba una dieta. &lt;br /&gt;(comer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Usted siempre le ______ la razón al jefe, en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;(conceder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Cuando era pequeña, yo me ______ para no ir a la escuela .&lt;br /&gt;(esconder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Mi perro ______ y saltaba de alegría, cuando yo llegaba.&lt;br /&gt;(correr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) La profesora de química ______ a todas nuestras preguntas, pero nosotros no aprendíamos.&lt;br /&gt;(reponder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Sara siempre ______ la ropa de toda la familia.&lt;br /&gt;(coser)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Los empleados de la fábrica ______ quedarse sin trabajo .&lt;br /&gt;(temer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Mi hermano ______ demasiada cerveza cuando salía con sus amigos.&lt;br /&gt;(beber)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Cada invierno, ellas ______ bufandas para todos los niños del barrio.&lt;br /&gt;(tejer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#erimperfect"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always on this blog, we bring you a very instructive video presentation of this topic. Here is a lesson prepared by &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nbeheler"&gt;Sra. Beheler&lt;/a&gt; who does a brilliant job in explaining the uses of the imperfect tense in Spanish. She does go all the way to giving great examples on how to conjugate the Er imperfect verbs, also &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Ar imperfect tense conjugation&lt;/a&gt; and even the -ir verbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="385" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/csivGCA5s7Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/csivGCA5s7Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="385" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="erimperfect"&gt;ANSWER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) David debía hacer un esfuerzo para levantarse temprano.&lt;br /&gt;(deber)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Martha comía sólo frutas y verduras cada vez que empezaba una dieta. &lt;br /&gt;(comer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Usted siempre le concedía la razón al jefe, en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;(conceder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Cuando era pequeña, yo me escondía para no ir a la escuela .&lt;br /&gt;(esconder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Mi perro corría y saltaba de alegría, cuando yo llegaba.&lt;br /&gt;(correr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) La profesora de química respondía a todas nuestras preguntas, pero nosotros no aprendíamos.&lt;br /&gt;(reponder)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Sara siempre cosía la ropa de toda la familia.&lt;br /&gt;(coser)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Los empleados de la fábrica temían quedarse sin trabajo .&lt;br /&gt;(temer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Mi hermano bebía demasiada cerveza cuando salía con sus amigos.&lt;br /&gt;(beber)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Cada invierno, ellas tejían bufandas para todos los niños del barrio.&lt;br /&gt;(tejer)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6759637151432307806?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6759637151432307806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-spanish-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6759637151432307806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6759637151432307806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-spanish-verbs.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-2883545132900584912</id><published>2010-05-21T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:18:39.847-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ER Spanish verbs - Past  I'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Past Tense of ER Verbs - Part I&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the name says it, the "Preterit" denotes an action or situation that started and ended in the past, ‎without relation with the present.‎ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news is that all regular verbs in Spanish that end in &lt;b&gt;er&lt;/b&gt; will follow the same conjugation, which makes things a little easier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But of course life could not be that simple, could it? :-) So here I've started a &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/search/label/Irregular%20ER%20verbs%20in%20Spanish"&gt;section (a long one) where all irregular &lt;b&gt;er&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; verbs will be listed containing their conjugation, rules, examples and exercises. It will help you to learn each one by heart as you go along with your studies of Spanish verbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And on this post, you can &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/er-spanish-verbs-present.html"&gt;find a list of commonly used er verbs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;For the conjugation of all regular ER verbs, of which &lt;b&gt;correr&lt;/b&gt; is an example, the -er ‎ending is dropped and the following endings are placed&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo corr&lt;b&gt;í&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú corr&lt;b&gt;iste&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted corr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él corr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella corr&lt;b&gt;ió&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) corr&lt;b&gt;imos&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) corr&lt;b&gt;isteis&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes corr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos corr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas corr&lt;b&gt;ieron&lt;/b&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Mi hermana &lt;b&gt;sorprendió&lt;/b&gt; a toda la familia con la noticia de su compromiso.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Vosotras &lt;b&gt;debisteis&lt;/b&gt; llegar más temprano para la cena.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Sara &lt;b&gt;cosió&lt;/b&gt; la blusa de su hija.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;escondimos&lt;/b&gt; la llave del coche, para gastarle una broma a papá.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Patricia y su esposo &lt;b&gt;vendieron&lt;/b&gt; su casa de veraneo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎- Usted &lt;b&gt;respondió&lt;/b&gt; correctamente todas las preguntas del examen.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎-  Yo ya &lt;b&gt;metí&lt;/b&gt; toda mi ropa en la valija y ahora la voy a cerrar.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(correr)‎&lt;br /&gt;1) Nosotros ______  seis kilómetros esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(barrer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Yo _____ la vereda ayer, pero otra vez está llena de hojas.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(prometer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Virginia _____ estudiar seriamente para el examen de física.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(exceder)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Vosotros _____ el límite de velocidad permitida en esta carretera.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(romper)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Tú _____ esta copa de cristal, pero yo sé que lo hiciste sin querer.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(aprender)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Usted _____ a manejar hace poco tiempo.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(comer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎7) A pesar de su dieta, Carlos _____ dos porciones de torta de chocolate.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(vender)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú _____ tu coche a un precio muy bueno.‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#er1"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you enjoy this wonderful explanation of -ER Regular Verbs in the Preterit as I did !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/2i2GrTjDKFc&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/2i2GrTjDKFc&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well done &lt;a href="http://srjordan.wordpress.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="er1"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;(correr)‎&lt;br /&gt;1) Nosotros corrimos  seis kilómetros esta mañana.‎&lt;br /&gt;(barrer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎2) Yo barrí la vereda ayer, pero otra vez está llena de hojas.‎&lt;br /&gt;(prometer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎3) Virginia prometió estudiar seriamente para el examen de física.‎&lt;br /&gt;(exceder)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎4) Vosotros excedisteis el límite de velocidad permitida en esta carretera.‎&lt;br /&gt;(romper)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎5) Tú rompiste esta copa de cristal, pero yo sé que lo hiciste sin querer.‎&lt;br /&gt;(aprender)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎6) Usted aprendió a manejar hace poco tiempo..‎&lt;br /&gt;(comer)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎7) A pesar de su dieta, Carlos comió dos porciones de torta de chocolate.‎&lt;br /&gt;(vender)‎&lt;br /&gt;‎8) Tú vendiste tu coche a un precio muy bueno.‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-2883545132900584912?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/2883545132900584912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-verbs-part-i-preterit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2883545132900584912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2883545132900584912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/past-tense-of-er-verbs-part-i-preterit.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1137784091786070831</id><published>2010-05-15T04:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:39:14.465-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ER Spanish verbs - Present'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;ER Spanish verbs - Present&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you've been following this blog through its very beginning&lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you should be already accustomed to the basic ways Spanish verbs follow their respective conjugations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post now is the beginning of a new series presenting the conjugation of ER verbs in Spanish, starting, of course, with the regular ER verbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the name says it, all regular verbs follow the same pattern of conjugation, which means that all you need to do is memorize the appropriate ending for the infinitive of each verb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The endings for all regular ER Spanish verbs in the Present are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-o&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-es&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-e&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-emos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-éis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;-en&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example with the verb APREND&lt;b&gt;ER&lt;/b&gt; (to learn):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo  aprend&lt;b&gt;o&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú aprend&lt;b&gt;es&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted aprend&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él aprend&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella aprend&lt;b&gt;e&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) aprend&lt;b&gt;emos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) aprend&lt;b&gt;éis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes aprend&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos aprend&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas aprend&lt;b&gt;en&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wonderful, well presented and very illustrative, this video lesson by &lt;a href="http://srjordan.wordpress.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt; carries us through the conjugation of this important group of Spanish verbs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-) (I did!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="540"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5k6KQ-OO2uU&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5k6KQ-OO2uU&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="540"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill in the blank with the correct conjugation of the verb in brackets:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) David ______ (beber) un vaso de jugo de pomelo todas las mañanas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Mariana _____ (creer) en todo lo que le cuentan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Ustedes ______ (aprender) idiomas con mucha facilidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Tú ______ (comprender) muy bien todo lo que la profesora explica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Mi vecina ______ (barrer) todos los días la vereda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Los niños juegan y ______ (correr) en el parque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Nosotros ______ (comer) pastas todos los domingos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Yo ______ (deber) volver temprano a mi casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Mi hermana ______ (tejer) la ropa para su bebé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)  Vosotros ______ (acceder) a todos los caprichos de vuestros hijos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#erpresent"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know I might sound like your high school teacher saying practice makes perfect, but hey, it does. When dealing with the conjugation of Spanish verbs, the only way you will ever feel confident in using them is when you can instantly recall how to conjugate the verb; and for that, you need to practice the basics...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've listed here 24 common ER verbs in Spanish for you to practice:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) acceder (to consent)&lt;br /&gt;2) aprender (to learn)&lt;br /&gt;3) arder (to burn)&lt;br /&gt;4) barrer (to sweep)&lt;br /&gt;5) beber (to drink)&lt;br /&gt;6) comer (to eat)&lt;br /&gt;7) comprender (to understand)&lt;br /&gt;8) correr (to run)&lt;br /&gt;9) corresponder (to correspond)&lt;br /&gt;10) coser (to sew)&lt;br /&gt;11) conceder ( to give, to grant)&lt;br /&gt;12) deber (have to)&lt;br /&gt;13) depender (to depend)&lt;br /&gt;14) esconder (to hide)&lt;br /&gt;15) meter (to introduce)&lt;br /&gt;16) ofender (to offend)&lt;br /&gt;17) poseer (to have)&lt;br /&gt;18) responder (to respond)&lt;br /&gt;19) romper (to brake)&lt;br /&gt;20) sorprender (to surprise)&lt;br /&gt;21) suspender (to suspend)&lt;br /&gt;22) tejer (to weave)&lt;br /&gt;23) temer (to fear)&lt;br /&gt;24) vender (to sell)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;SANKY:  Fruta Andina Desintoxicante y Rehidratante&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-6HGLt7v5I/AAAAAAAAADA/cnPWVqMyxG0/s1600/Sanky.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-6HGLt7v5I/AAAAAAAAADA/cnPWVqMyxG0/s320/Sanky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471459137596145554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;El Perú es una tierra misteriosa, única y maravillosa, que ahora le ofrece al mundo el Sanky, un exótico fruto que hace miles de años crece de manera silvestre en las alturas de los Andes, a 3 mil metros sobre el nivel del mar, al sur del Perú.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El sanky es el fruto de un cactus de dos metros y medio. Bosques naturales de sanky crecen junto a ruinas incaicas y pre-incaicas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se  conoce como un poderoso antioxidante natural. Fruto jugoso, ácido, de baja cantidad de dulce, proteínas y carbohidratos. Es abundante en fósforo y calcio. Su pulpa es rica en Vitamina C. Es llamado el QUITAHAMBRE porque permite a los campesinos caminar por montes y serranías durante más de 8 horas seguidas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="erpresent"&gt;ANSWERS:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) David bebe un vaso de jugo de pomelo todas las mañanas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Mariana cree en todo lo que le cuentan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Ustedes aprenden idiomas con mucha facilidad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Tú comprendes muy bien todo lo que la profesora explica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Mi vecina barre todos los días la vereda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Los niños juegan y corren en el parque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Nosotros comemos pastas todos los domingos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Yo debo volver temprano a mi casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Mi hermana teje la ropa para su bebé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)  Vosotros accedéis a todos los caprichos de vuestros hijos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1137784091786070831?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1137784091786070831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/er-spanish-verbs-present.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1137784091786070831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1137784091786070831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/er-spanish-verbs-present.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-6HGLt7v5I/AAAAAAAAADA/cnPWVqMyxG0/s72-c/Sanky.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6600394250982154974</id><published>2010-05-09T23:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:17:03.635-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "JUGAR"</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As most of the irregular AR verbs, JUGAR is irregular only in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;juego&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;juegas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;juega&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;jugamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;jugáis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes  &lt;b&gt;juegan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr   width="100%" style="font-size:06;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-lMQdixn-I/AAAAAAAAAC4/1QxeyakLyic/s1600/animated-gifs-exclamation-points-014.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 32px; height: 32px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-lMQdixn-I/AAAAAAAAAC4/1QxeyakLyic/s320/animated-gifs-exclamation-points-014.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469987068110282722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT RULE:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;verbs that end in &lt;b&gt;–gar&lt;/b&gt; change the &lt;b&gt;g&lt;/b&gt; to &lt;b&gt;gu&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;jugar&lt;/b&gt;, jug&lt;b&gt;ué&lt;/b&gt; (in the preterit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - Let's practice the complete conjugation of the verb JUGAR, starting with the Preterit as JUGAR is irregular only in the present, for the conjugation in &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Preterit&lt;/a&gt;, all you have to do is follow the rule of all Regular AR verbs for Preterit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo jug&lt;b&gt;ué&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 -  Now we'll exercise verb JUGAR in the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Imperfect&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Again in this case, all we have to do is to just follow the rule of Regular AR verbs for Imperfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo jug&lt;b&gt;aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - This time we´ll practice the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo jugar&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes ______&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#jugar"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="jurar"&gt;Here are some expressions commonly used with the verb JUGAR :&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUGAR a la bolsa&lt;/b&gt;– play the market&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUGAR a las cartas&lt;/b&gt;– play cards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUGAR al escondite&lt;/b&gt; – play hide-and-seek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUGAR com fuego&lt;/b&gt;– play with fire&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUGAR el juego&lt;/b&gt;– play the game&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;A NAME="jugar"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;‎&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;Answers:&lt;/span&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo jugué&lt;br /&gt;Tú jugaste&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted jugó&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras jugamos&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras jugasteis&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes jugaron&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Imperfect&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo jugaba&lt;br /&gt;Tú jugabas&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted jugaba&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras jugábamos&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras jugabais&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes jugaban&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Future&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;Yo jugaré&lt;br /&gt;Tú jugarás&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted jugará&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras jugaremos&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras jugaréis&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes jugarán&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6600394250982154974?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6600394250982154974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-jugar.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6600394250982154974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6600394250982154974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-jugar.html' title='Conjugation of verb &quot;JUGAR&quot;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S-lMQdixn-I/AAAAAAAAAC4/1QxeyakLyic/s72-c/animated-gifs-exclamation-points-014.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6166036894263323649</id><published>2010-05-09T23:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:35:12.686-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "CONTINUAR"</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As most of the irregular AR verbs, CONTINUAR is irregular only in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;continúo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;continúas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;continúa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;continuamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;continuáis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes  &lt;b&gt;continúan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a great list of other verbs in Spanish conjugated this way:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acentuar, actuar, atenuar, avaluar, conceptuar, continuar, desconceptuar, desvirtuar, devaluar, discontinuar, efectuar, evaluar, exceptuar, extenuar, fluctuar, graduar, habituar, insinuar, licuar, menstruar, perpetuar, puntuar, redituar, revaluar, situar, tatuar, usufructuar, valuar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation of each verb. The verbs are in Present, &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Preterit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Imperfect&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember that this verb is irregular only in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) La profesora de matemáticas ______ (evaluar) mañana las pruebas de los alumnos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Bernardo ______ (continuar) enamorado de su ex novia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotros ______ (actuar) en el teatro de la escuela todos los años.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Nosotros generalmente ______ (licuar) las verduras cuando cocinamos sopa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Yo me ______ (graduar) en el año 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Usted aun no se ______ (habituar) al clima de Venezuela.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Mi sobrina se ______ (tatuar) una mariposa en el hombro, y a mí me gustó mucho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Yo ______ (efectuar) personalmente los pagos a los empleados de mi empresa, cada mes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) El tono de tu blusa ______ (acentuar) el color de tus ojos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) La vecina de Flora ______ (insinuar) que le molestan los animales en el edificio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answers:&lt;br /&gt;1) La profesora de matemáticas evaluará mañana las pruebas de los alumnos.&lt;br /&gt;2) Bernardo continúa enamorado de su ex novia.&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotros actuábais en el teatro de la escuela todos los años.&lt;br /&gt;4) Nosotros generalmente licuamos las verduras cuando cocinamos sopa.&lt;br /&gt;5) Yo me gradué en el año 2004.&lt;br /&gt;6) Usted aun no se habituó al clima de Venezuela.&lt;br /&gt;7) Mi sobrina se tatuó una mariposa en el hombro, y a mí me gustó mucho.&lt;br /&gt;8) Yo efectúo personalmente los pagos a los empleados de mi empresa, cada mes.&lt;br /&gt;9) El tono de tu blusa acentúa el color de tus ojos.&lt;br /&gt;10) La vecina de Flora insinuó que le molestan los animales en el edificio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6166036894263323649?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6166036894263323649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-conjugate-spanish-verb-continuar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6166036894263323649'/><link rel='self' 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type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This verb is irregular ONLY in the Present Tense:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;confío&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;confías&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;confía&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;confiamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;confiáis &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;confían&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other AR verbs in Spanish that follow the same conjugation as the verb CONFIAR:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;amnistiar, ampliar, ataviar, averiar, biografiar, cablegrafiar, cinematografiar, confiar, contrariar, criar, chirriar, dactilografiar, desafiar, desaviar, descarriar, desconfiar, desvariar, desviar, enfriar, enriar, enviar, espiar, esquiar, expiar, extasiar(se), extraviar, fiar, fotografiar, guiar, hastiar, liar, litografiar, malcriar, mecanografiar, mimeografiar, piar, porfiar, radiografiar, reenviar, resfriar, rociar, taquigrafiar, telegrafiar, vaciar, variar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt; EXERCISE &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation of each verb. The verbs are in Present, &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Preterit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Imperfect&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html"&gt;Future&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember that this verb is irregular only in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Yo me ______ (desviar) de la ruta principal y tomaré un atajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Miriam ______ (malcriar) a sus hijos, pero no se daba cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Yo ______ (confiar) completamente en la honestidad de mis empleados.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Mi esposa y yo ______ (criar) a nuestros hijos en un ambiente de libertad y confianza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú ______ (fotografiar) todos las esculturas de Miguel Ángel, cuando viajaste a Italia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) El té se ______ (enfriar), espera, que lo calentaré otra vez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Ellos ______ (enviar) las invitaciones para su boda la semana próxima.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Todos los inviernos vosotros ______ (esquiar) en los Alpes Suizos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) No es la primera vez que usted ______ (extraviar) las llaves de su coche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Ella ______ (desconfiar) de la fidelidad de su novio, porque él la engañó una vez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Answers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Yo me desviaré de la ruta principal y tomaré un atajo.&lt;br /&gt;2) Miriam malcriaba a sus hijos, pero no se daba cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;3) Yo confío completamente en la honestidad de mis empleados.&lt;br /&gt;4) Mi esposa y yo criamos a nuestros hijos en un ambiente de libertad y confianza.&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú fotografiaste todos las esculturas de Miguel Ángel, cuando viajaste a Italia.&lt;br /&gt;6) El té se enfrió, espera, que lo calentaré otra vez.&lt;br /&gt;7) Ellos enviarán las invitaciones para su boda la semana próxima.&lt;br /&gt;8) Todos los inviernos vosotros esquiabais en los Alpes Suizos.&lt;br /&gt;9) No es la primera vez que usted extravía las llaves de su coche.&lt;br /&gt;10) Ella desconfía de la fidelidad de su novio, porque él la engañó&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-4031599435750473341?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/4031599435750473341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-confiar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/4031599435750473341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/4031599435750473341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-conjugate-spanish-verb-confiar.html' title='Conjugation of the verb &quot;CONFIAR&quot;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7430506485111793936</id><published>2010-05-05T02:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:36:33.410-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "ENCONTRAR"</title><content type='html'>In this series of posts, you will learn about all the irregular ar verbs in Spanish, their conjugation in the main indicative format. Today, we see the verb encontrar which is a commonly used, yet irregular ar spanish verb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy and leave your comments! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb ENCONTRAR is irregular &lt;b&gt;ONLY in the Present Tense&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;encuentro&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;encuentras&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;encuentra&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;encontramos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;encontrais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;encuentran&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s400/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457810198396976066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember: in the Past and in the Future, the conjugation of this verb follows the same rule of all &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs.html"&gt;regular AR verbs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;Here is a list of other verbs that conjugate exactly in the same way as ENCONTRAR :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acordar, acostar, almorzar, apostar, aprobar, atorar, avergonzar, colar, colgar comprobar, concordar, consolar, contar, costar, demostrar, desacordar, desaprobar, descolgar, desconsolar, despoblar, esforzar, follar, forzar, holgar, poblar, probar, recontar, recordar, recostar, reforzar, renovar, repoblar, reprobar, resonar, revolcar, rodar, rogar, soldar, soltar, sonar, soñar, tostar, trocar, volar, volcar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;IMPORTANT RULES:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - When the letter "g" is, in Spanish, followed by an "e" or an "i", it changes to "gu", but the sound remains the same. ( it is for preserving the sound)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example: verb &lt;b&gt;COLGAR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo colg-&lt;b&gt;u &lt;/b&gt;é (in the preterit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notice that this happens only in the first person of singular: YO, because it's the only one that needs to take an "e" in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Second important remark: The letter "z", when it's followed by an "e", changes to "c".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example: verb &lt;b&gt;FORZAR&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo forcé  ( in the preterit)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again in this case, the change will be only in the preterit, and only in the person YO, because it's then that it needs to take an "é".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time expressions or context of each sentence.(Remember they are only irregular in the Present.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Tú ______ (encontrar) una buena oportunidad de trabajo, porque la buscaste mucho.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Cada vez que yo  ______ (volar) en un avión, tomo fotografías del paisaje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotros ______ (demostrar) a todos que tomasteis la desición correcta,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Miguel ______ (almorzar) en la casa de sus padres todos los domingos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Los alumnos se ______ (esforzar) cada día por aprender español.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellos ______ (contar) todos sus problemas en la última reunión que  tuvimos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo me ______ (esforzar) mucho por aumentar mis ingresos, por eso lo logré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Diana nunca ______ (desaprobar) la conducta de su hija, aunque ella se portaba mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Yo ______ (comprobar) mañana las facturas pagadas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Me alegro porque usted ______ (concordar) con mi opinión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#encontrar"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some expressions commonly used with the verb ENCONTRAR:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ENCONTRAR difícil&lt;/b&gt;  – find it difficult to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ENCONTRAR eco&lt;/b&gt; – find response&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ENCONTRAR la pista&lt;/b&gt; – pick up the trail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ENCONTRAR una aguja en un pajar&lt;/b&gt; – find a needle in a haystack&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ENCONTRAR su rumbo&lt;/b&gt; – find one's way‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="encontrar"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)    Tú encontraste una buena oportunidad de trabajo, porque la buscaste mucho.&lt;br /&gt;2) Cada vez que yo  vuelo en un avión, tomo fotografías del paisaje.&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotros demostrasteis a todos que tomasteis la desición correcta,&lt;br /&gt;4) Miguel almuerza en la casa de sus padres todos los domingos.&lt;br /&gt;5) Los alumnos se esfuerzan cada día por aprender español.&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellos contaron todos sus problemas en la última reunión que  tuvimos.&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo me esfrocé mucho por aumentar mis ingresos, por eso lo logré.&lt;br /&gt;8) Diana nunca desaprobaba la conducta de su hija, aunque ella se portaba mal.&lt;br /&gt;9) Yo comprobaré mañana las facturas pagadas.&lt;br /&gt;10) Me alegro porque usted concuerda con mi opinión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-7430506485111793936?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-3168141644364816392</id><published>2010-05-02T10:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:35:50.024-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "DAR"</title><content type='html'>The verb DAR ( to give) is the most irregular of all AR verbs, and the best way to learn it is to study it by heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRESENT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo doy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú das&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted da&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras damos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras dais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRETERIT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo di&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú diste&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras dimos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras disteis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes dieron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;IMPERFECT&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo daba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú dabas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted daba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras dábamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras dabais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes daban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;FUTURE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo daré&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú darás&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted dará&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras daremos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras daréis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes darán&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Exercise with verb DAR&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time adverbs and context of each sentence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Un grupo de jóvenes actores ______ una función gratuita para los niños del Hospital, el sábado que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Cada mañana, los ancianos se sentaban en el parque y ______ de comer a las palomas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotras en general ______  demasiada importancia a las habladurías de la gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Conservo el regalo que tú me ______ cuando me casé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Casi todas las tardes, yo ______ un paseo con mi perro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Nosotras visitaremos a Marcos y le ______ una sorpresa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Los niños llegaron con mucha sed y Andrea les ______ algo de beber.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) El empleado del banco me ______  ayer un reporte detallado de las actvidades de mi cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Mis tíos generalmente me ______ alojamiento, cuando yo viajaba a Perú.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Mis compañeros de trabajo me ______ apoyo cuando hablé con nuestro jefe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#dar"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some commonly used expressions with the verb DAR:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR una mano&lt;/b&gt; – means to help somebody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR las gracias&lt;/b&gt; – to thank somebody&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR la bienvenida&lt;/b&gt; – to welcome&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR en el blanco&lt;/b&gt; – to hit the target&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR a luz&lt;/b&gt; – to give birth&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR celos&lt;/b&gt; – to make jealous&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR confianza&lt;/b&gt; – to reassure&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR derecho&lt;/b&gt; – to entitle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR el brazo a torcer&lt;/b&gt; – to desist from one's point of view&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR el visto bueno&lt;/b&gt; – to express one's approval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR exactamente lo mismo&lt;/b&gt; – make not difference at all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Qué más DA !&lt;/b&gt; – what does it matter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DA lo mismo&lt;/b&gt; – it doesn't matter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR fe&lt;/b&gt; – testify&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR inicio&lt;/b&gt; – to begin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR la cara&lt;/b&gt; – take responsibility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR la espalda&lt;/b&gt; – to turn one's back&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR la impresión&lt;/b&gt; – to seem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR la razón&lt;/b&gt; – to agree&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR pena&lt;/b&gt; – to feel bad about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR un examen&lt;/b&gt;  – take an examination&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR un paseo&lt;/b&gt; – to take a walk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR un susto&lt;/b&gt; – to scare&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;DAR buena/ mala suerte&lt;/b&gt; – to bring good or bad luck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="dar"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Un grupo de jóvenes actores dará una función gratuita para los niños del Hospital, el sábado que viene.&lt;br /&gt;2) Cada mañana, los ancianos se sentaban en el parque y daban de comer a las palomas.&lt;br /&gt;3) Vosotras en general dais demasiada importancia a las habladurías de la gente.&lt;br /&gt;4) Conservo el regalo que tú me diste cuando me casé.&lt;br /&gt;5) Casi todas las tardes, yo doy un paseo con mi perro.&lt;br /&gt;6) Nosotras visitaremos a Marcos y le daremos una sorpresa.&lt;br /&gt;7) Los niños llegaron con mucha sed y Andrea les dio algo de beber.&lt;br /&gt;8) El empleado del banco me dará mañana un reporte detallado de las actvidades de mi cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;9) Mis tíos generalmente me daban alojamiento, cuando yo viajaba a Perú.&lt;br /&gt;10) Mis compañeros de trabajo me dieron apoyo cuando hablé con nuestro jefe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-3168141644364816392?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5951772946947414791</id><published>2010-05-02T10:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:40:45.095-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular AR verb'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb "PENSAR"</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AR verbs in Spanish have many irregularities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let´s take a look to other AR irregular verbs, and we will use the verb PENSAR (to think) as a model of this kind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb PENSAR ( to think), is only irregular in the Present Tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo pienso&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú piensas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted piensa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras pensamos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras pensáis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes piensan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s200/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466721452671774354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As you can see here, the stem changes for some pronouns, from "pens" (of the infinitive ) to "piens".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:6px;"  width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are other AR verbs that follow the same rule as the verb PENSAR:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acrecentar, apretar, arrendar, asentar, atestar, atravesar, calentar, cegar ,cerrar, cimentar, comenzar concertar, confesar, denegar , desalentar, desatentar, desconcertar, desempedrar, desencerrar, desenterrar, despertar, desplegar desterrar, empedrar, empezar , encerrar, encomendar, enmendar, enterrar, escarmentar, ,fregar gobernar, helar, herrar, manifestar, merendar, negar, pensar , plegar quebrar, recalentar, recomendar, recomenzar, refregar, regar, remendar, renegar reventar, sembrar, sentar, serrar, sosegar, temblar, tentar, travesar, tropezar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:6px;"  width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some important things about irregular verbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - When the letter "g" is, in Spanish, followed by an "e" or an "i", it changes to "gu", but the sound remains the same. ( it is for preserving the sound)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verb desplegar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the present the "g" doesn't change (Yo despliego, Tú despliegas, etc) but in the Preterite, see what happens:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo desplegué&lt;br /&gt;Tú desplegaste&lt;br /&gt;Él desplegó, etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notice that this happens only in the first person of singular: YO, because it's the only one that needs to take an "e" in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - Second important remark:  The letter "z", when it's followed by an "e", changes to "c".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verb comenzar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again in this case, the change will be only in the preterit, and only in the person YO, because it's then that it needs to take an "é":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo comencé&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s200/kria.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466721452671774354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Did you know...?&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;ESTAR&lt;/a&gt; is one of the most irregular of verbs in Spanish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now, let's do some exercises with this type of irregular AR verbs. Remember they are only irregular in the present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill the blanks with the correct conjugation according to the time expressions or according to the logic of the sentences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)Mi hemana ______ (tropezar) con una piedra y se lastimó en el pie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)Cada mañana yo me ______ (despertar) a las 7.00, sin necesidad de despertador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)Este libro es muy bueno, yo te lo ______ (recomendar).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)Yo ______ (empezar) mis estudios universitarios en el año 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)Martha _____ (regar) las plantas y yo la ayudaba cortando el césped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6)Yo dejo la puerta de mi casa abierta para todos, nunca la ______ con llave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7)Yo ______ (comenzar) a inquietarme por tu demora, pero al fin llegaste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)Alguien arrojó una piedra y ______ (quebrar) el vidrio de la ventana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9)Yo _____ (pensar) en tu propuesta y más tarde te daré una respuesta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)Tú llegaste justo en el momento que la película ______ (empezaba).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎Click &lt;a href="#pensar"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some commonly used expressions with the verb PENSAR:‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;PENSAR dos veces antes de....&lt;/b&gt; – think twice before&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;PENSAR en voz alta&lt;/b&gt; – think aloud‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;PENSAR para sus adentros&lt;/b&gt; – think to oneself&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;después de mucho PENSAR...&lt;/b&gt; –after much thought&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;actuar sin PENSAR&lt;/b&gt; – to do it without  thinking&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;ni lo PIENSES !&lt;/b&gt; – no way !‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;‎&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;a name="pensar"&gt;Answers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)Mi hemana tropezó con una piedra y se lastimó en el pie.&lt;br /&gt;2)Cada mañana yo me despierto a las 7.00, sin necesidad de despertador.&lt;br /&gt;3)Este libro es muy bueno, yo te lo recomiendo.&lt;br /&gt;4)Yo empecé mis estudios universitarios en el año 2006.&lt;br /&gt;5)Martha regaba las plantas y yo la ayudaba cortando el césped.&lt;br /&gt;6)Yo dejo la puerta de mi casa abierta para todos, nunca la cierro con llave.&lt;br /&gt;7)Yo comenzaba a inquietarme por tu demora, pero al fin llegaste.&lt;br /&gt;8)Alguien arrojó una piedra y quebró el vidrio de la ventana&lt;br /&gt;9)Yo pensaré en tu propuesta y más tarde te daré una respuesta.&lt;br /&gt;10) Tú llegaste justo en el momento que la película empezaba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More irregular Ar verbs in Spanish will come in the next posts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep tuned! :-)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5951772946947414791?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5951772946947414791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-pensar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5951772946947414791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5951772946947414791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/irregular-ar-verb-pensar.html' title='Conjugation of verb &quot;PENSAR&quot;'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S92yMoCCLpI/AAAAAAAAACw/wmBUjbO-FjI/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-511498556533205839</id><published>2010-05-01T02:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T10:28:45.307-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imperfect vs Preterit'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Spanish Imperfect and Spanish Preterit&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;Comparison&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post deals with the differences between the two different past tenses in Spanish: the imperfect and the preterit. Here you will learn and practice both tenses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this is your first time learning this, I highly recommend you to start at my other posts that deals with the &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Spanish preterit&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Spanish Imperfect&lt;/a&gt; separately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the list of Spanish conjugation verb endings for the preterit of AR verbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;-é&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu &lt;b&gt;-aste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted, él, ella &lt;b&gt;-ó&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-amos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-asteis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes, ellos, ellas &lt;b&gt;-aron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The preterite tense implies that the past action had a beginning and an end, even if sometimes that beginning and end are not specifically mentioned in the sentence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Miriam cantó una hermosa canción anoche, en el cumpleaños de su hijo menor.&lt;br /&gt;(This action clearly happened and finished in the past : at Miriam youngest son's birthday.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Miriam cantó una hermosa canción.&lt;br /&gt;(In this second sentence, the beginning and the end are not established.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following expressions of past, are used for the preterite:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer  (yesterday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anteayer  (day before yesterday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anoche  (last night)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El otro día  (the other day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entonces  (then)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta mañana  (this morning)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esta tarde  (this afternoon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La semana pasada  (last week)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El mes pasado  (last month)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El año pasado  (last year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More examples...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Susana y Martín &lt;b&gt;compraron&lt;/b&gt; un coche nuevo la semana pasada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotras &lt;b&gt;esperamos&lt;/b&gt; el autobús durante dos horas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo &lt;b&gt;aprecié&lt;/b&gt; mucho el consejo que me dio mi padre ayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotros &lt;b&gt;disfrutasteis&lt;/b&gt; de unas largas vacaciones este año.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here is the list of Spanish conjugation verb endings for the Imperfect of AR verbs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;-aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tu &lt;b&gt;-abas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted, él, ella &lt;b&gt;-aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-ábamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) &lt;b&gt;-abais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes, ellos, ellas &lt;b&gt;-aban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The imperfect is used for actions in the past that did not have a definite beginning or a definite end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Miriam cantaba muy bien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ella cantaba en las fiestas frecuentemente.&lt;br /&gt;( As you can see, in this cases the expressions of time are non-specific. )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following expressions are used for the imperfect:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A veces  (sometimes)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada día  (every day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada mes  (every month)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cada año  (every year)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con frecuencia  (frequently)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De vez en cuando  (from time to time)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frecuentemente  (frequently)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Generalmente  (usually)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nunca  (never)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siempre (always)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Susana y Martín compraban un coche nuevo cada año.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotras esperábamos el autobús todas las tardes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo apreciaba mucho los consejos de mi padre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotros disfrutábais de unas largas vacaciones todos los años.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is an excellent video presentation by Profesor Jason at &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/languagenow"&gt;languagenow&lt;/a&gt; explaining the intricacies of the two past forms in Spanish. Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="460" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3O36Eh4cg4?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y3O36Eh4cg4?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="360"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabriel García Márquez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S9wENOJ16CI/AAAAAAAAACo/kUbKIAiPXKI/s1600/gabrielgarciamarques.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 173px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S9wENOJ16CI/AAAAAAAAACo/kUbKIAiPXKI/s320/gabrielgarciamarques.jpg" alt="Gabriel Garcia Marques" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466248672905127970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Gabriel García Márquez nació en Aracataca, Colombia, en 1928.  Desde su juventud vivió en la capital de Colombia, donde ______  (estudiar) derecho y periodismo en la universidad Nacional e ______ (iniciar) sus primeras colaboraciones periodísticas en el diario El Espectador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vivió en Europa, y en ese tiempo, mientras ______ (trabajar) como corresponsal de guerra, ______ (elaborar) su novela "El Coronel no tiene quién le escriba".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A los veintisiete años ______ (publicar) su primera novela, "La hojarasca", en la que ya ______ (asomar) los rasgos más característicos de su obra de ficción, llena de desbordante fantasía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1967, García Márquez ______ (lograr) que una editorial argentina le publicase  la que hoy se considera su obra maestra y una de las novelas más importantes de la literatura universal del siglo XX, Cien años de soledad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1982 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura, y eso le dio autoridad para hacer oír su voz sobre la vida política y social en América Latina, y especialmente en Colombia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANSWERS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabriel García Márquez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gabriel García Márquez nació en Aracataca, Colombia, en 1928.  Desde su juventud vivió en la capital de Colombia, donde estudió derecho y periodismo en la universidad Nacional e inició sus primeras colaboraciones periodísticas en el diario El Espectador.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vivió en Europa, y en ese tiempo, mientras trabajaba como corresponsal de guerra, elaboraba su novela "El Coronel no tiene quién le escriba".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A los veintisiete años publicó su primera novela, "La hojarasca", en la que ya asomaban los rasgos más característicos de su obra de ficción, llena de desbordante fantasía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1967, García Márquez logró que una editorial argentina le publicase  la que hoy se considera su obra maestra y una de las novelas más importantes de la literatura universal del siglo XX, Cien años de soledad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En 1982 recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura, y eso le dio autoridad para hacer oír su voz sobre la vida política y social en América Latina, y especialmente en Colombia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-511498556533205839?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/511498556533205839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/imperfect-vs-preterit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/511498556533205839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/511498556533205839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/05/imperfect-vs-preterit.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S9wENOJ16CI/AAAAAAAAACo/kUbKIAiPXKI/s72-c/gabrielgarciamarques.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6888169385506296036</id><published>2010-04-18T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T04:25:44.147-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spanish AR Verbs - Future'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Spanish AR Verbs - Future&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, you're going to learn how to conjugate AR Spanish verbs in the future tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of the simplest forms of conjugation in Spanish because the "endings" for each subject pronoun is exactly the same for all Spanish verb forms "ar", "er" and "ir".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In many ways, the conjugation of AR verbs in the future is the easiest to memorize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at the conjugation of the Spanish verb &lt;b&gt;VIAJAR&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo viajar&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú viajar&lt;b&gt;ás&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted viajar&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él viajar&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella viajar&lt;b&gt;á&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) viajar&lt;b&gt;emos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) viajar&lt;b&gt;éis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes viajar&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos (as) viajar&lt;b&gt;án&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noticed something? The verb remains intact. You add the appropriate ending to each subject pronoun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estudiaremos&lt;/b&gt; hoy el futuro de los verbos en español.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mañana &lt;b&gt;llamaré&lt;/b&gt; a Olga para saludarla por su cumpleaños.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mi hermana y su amiga &lt;b&gt;viajarán&lt;/b&gt; a Perú la semana que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- El próximo tren &lt;b&gt;pasará&lt;/b&gt; a las cuatro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Tú me &lt;b&gt;esperarás&lt;/b&gt; en la entrada del teatro esta noche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mañana yo &lt;b&gt;cuidaré&lt;/b&gt; a los niños y tú &lt;b&gt;prepararás&lt;/b&gt; la cena.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.losnessgroup.com/Spanish_lessons.html"&gt;Aaron Losness&lt;/a&gt; has prepared a very detailed lesson on AR verbs in Spanish conjugated in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also covers the future conjugation for "er" and "ir" verbs. (But the rule is basically the same for all! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pGdUjDLFDKE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pGdUjDLFDKE&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - Silvio está decidido, y ______  ese coche que tanto le gusta.&lt;br /&gt;(comprar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - Mi socio y yo ______ con precisión las próximas etapas de nuestra empresa. (planear)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - Vosotros ______ en mi propuesta, y la semana que viene me ______.&lt;br /&gt;(pensar, llamar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 - Mis amigos ______ sus vacaciones en Brasil.&lt;br /&gt;(pasar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 - Tú me ______ tu respuesta a través de un correo electrónico.&lt;br /&gt;(confirmar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 - Ustedes ______ un buen hotel, y luego ______ del viaje.&lt;br /&gt;(buscar, descansar )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 - Usted ______ con facilidad el restaurante que le recomiendo.&lt;br /&gt;(encontrar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 - Yo ______ la fecha de mi viaje, porque tengo mucho trabajo pendiente.&lt;br /&gt;(cambiar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 - Nosotros ______ localizar a todos nuestros compañeros de escuela. (intentar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10- Estoy seguro de que tú  ______ encontrar un trabajo mucho mejor. (lograr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#answer"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Proyecto para la protección de la Selva Amazónica.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El último proyecto del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente brasileño consiste en dividir la Amazonía en 10 regiones, en cada una de las cuales se adoptará una estrategia diferente para evitar la degradación ambiental.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El proyecto se llamará Macrozoneamento Ecológico Económico y establecerá una regulación de tipo económico destinada a la protección ambiental, distinta para cada una de las divisiones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sólo con el concurso de todos los habitantes del planeta se logrará mantener con vida este pulmón de la tierra, la maravillosa Amazonia, la selva tropical más extensa del planeta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8tZ1bL6aJI/AAAAAAAAACc/QTc53Dam9xc/s1600/Amazonas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8tZ1bL6aJI/AAAAAAAAACc/QTc53Dam9xc/s400/Amazonas.jpg" alt="Spanish AR Verbs Future" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461557747482519698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;GRACIAS MADRE NATURALEZA.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="answer"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 - Silvio está decidido, y comprará  ese coche que tanto le gusta.&lt;br /&gt;(comprar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 - Mi socio y yo planearemos con precisión las próximas etapas de nuestra empresa. (planear)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 - Vosotros pensaréis en mi propuesta, y la semana que viene me llamaréis.&lt;br /&gt;(pensar, llamar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 - Mis amigos pasarán sus vacaciones en Brasil.&lt;br /&gt;(pasar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 - Tú me confirmarás tu respuesta a través de un correo electrónico.&lt;br /&gt;(confirmar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6 - Ustedes buscarán un buen hotel, y luego descansarán del viaje.&lt;br /&gt;(buscar, descansar )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7 - Usted encontrará con facilidad el restaurante que le recomiendo.&lt;br /&gt;(encontrar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 - Yo cambiaré la fecha de mi viaje, porque tengo mucho trabajo pendiente.&lt;br /&gt;(cambiar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9 - Nosotros intentaremos localizar a todos nuestros compañeros de escuela. (intentar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10- Estoy seguro de que tú lograrás encontrar un trabajo mucho mejor. (lograr)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6888169385506296036?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6888169385506296036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6888169385506296036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6888169385506296036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs-future.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8tZ1bL6aJI/AAAAAAAAACc/QTc53Dam9xc/s72-c/Amazonas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-8761357100779375111</id><published>2010-04-16T04:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:11:34.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Past Tense of AR Verbs - Part II'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Past Tense of AR Verbs - Part II&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi there! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this post you will learn how to conjugate and use the &lt;b&gt;Spanish Imperfect for AR verbs used to describe a past action&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below you'll find examples and explanations on this topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html"&gt;here to learn about the Spanish Preterite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;BAILAR&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo bail&lt;b&gt;aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú bail&lt;b&gt;abas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted bail&lt;b&gt;aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él bail&lt;b&gt;aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella bail&lt;b&gt;aba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) bail&lt;b&gt;ábamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) bail&lt;b&gt;abais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes bail&lt;b&gt;aban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos bail&lt;b&gt;aban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas bail&lt;b&gt;aban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8hYVCsAxeI/AAAAAAAAACM/RdRlS0tMa-c/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8hYVCsAxeI/AAAAAAAAACM/RdRlS0tMa-c/s200/kria.gif" alt="Spanish imperfect for AR verbs" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460711666708694498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Note the different translations of the Spanish Imperfect to &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;English&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;Tomaba&lt;/b&gt; sol en la playa cuando lo vi pasar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;was sunbathing&lt;/span&gt; by the sea when I saw him pass.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Cuando &lt;b&gt;viajábamos&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;llevábamos&lt;/b&gt; siempre a los niños con nosotros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(When we &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;would travel&lt;/span&gt;, we &lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;would always take&lt;/span&gt; the kids with us)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Aunque Marina &lt;b&gt;estudiaba&lt;/b&gt; mucho, no &lt;b&gt;avanzaba&lt;/b&gt; en la clase de matemáticas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Although Marina &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;would study&lt;/span&gt; a lot, she &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;would not advance&lt;/span&gt; in the class of mathematics)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- La salud de mi padre &lt;b&gt;mejoraba&lt;/b&gt; aquel verano.&lt;br /&gt;(My father's health &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;was improving&lt;/span&gt; that summer)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Pedro &lt;b&gt;llevaba&lt;/b&gt; a su hija al colegio todos los días.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Pedro &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;used to take&lt;/span&gt; his daughter to school every day)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ustedes &lt;b&gt;esperaban&lt;/b&gt; a Marcos en la estación de trenes de Madrid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(You &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;were waiting&lt;/span&gt; for Marcos at the train station, in Madrid)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotros &lt;b&gt;paseabais&lt;/b&gt; por la ciudad cuando empezó a llover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(You &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;were walking&lt;/span&gt; through the city, when it started to rain)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;preparábamos&lt;/b&gt; la cena cuando ustedes llegaron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(We &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;were preparing&lt;/span&gt; dinner when you came)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo &lt;b&gt;empezaba&lt;/b&gt; a tener frío cuando por fin llegué a casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(I &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;was starting to feel cold&lt;/span&gt; when I finally got home)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- El problema con Fernando, era que él &lt;b&gt;hablaba&lt;/b&gt; demasiado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(The problem with Fernando was that he &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;used to talk&lt;/span&gt; too much)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)Hoy hablé con mi jefe y le dije todo lo que ______.&lt;br /&gt;( pensar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)Cuando el profesor ______, todos nosotros ______.&lt;br /&gt;(hablar, escuchar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)Mi madre ______ cuando el teléfono sonó.&lt;br /&gt;(entrar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)Cuando era niño, yo ______ en el coro de la escuela.&lt;br /&gt;(cantar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)El sol ______ ayer, pero hoy llueve otra vez.&lt;br /&gt;(brillar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6)Tú ______ el piano, y a nosotros nos _____ mucho.&lt;br /&gt;(tocar, gustar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7)María Clara ______ la ropa y su hija la ______.&lt;br /&gt;(lavar, planchar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)Las personas se ______ unas a otras cuando sucedió el terremoto en Chile.&lt;br /&gt;(ayudar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9)Mi hermana ______ la televisión hasta tarde todas las noches, pero ya no la mira.&lt;br /&gt;(mirar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)Cada vez que Mercedes Sosa ______, el público ______.&lt;br /&gt;(cantar,celebrar )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#answer"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This another wonderful lesson by Professor Jason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this video, he concentrates on the differences between the Preterit Spanish verbs and the Imperfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Y3O36Eh4cg4&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Y3O36Eh4cg4&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8hb3UKaQ_I/AAAAAAAAACU/7HhCcrZoqE4/s1600/mercedes-sosa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8hb3UKaQ_I/AAAAAAAAACU/7HhCcrZoqE4/s200/mercedes-sosa.jpg" alt="Spanish imperfect for AR verbs" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460715554050032626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Mercedes cantaba canciones de grandes poetas y autores como Joan Manuel Serrat, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Violeta Parra, y tantos otros compositores.&lt;br /&gt;Cuando ella empezaba a cantar, el Universo entero temblaba con su voz y su gran expresividad de interpretación . La llamaban "La Voz de América".&lt;br /&gt;En sus canciones expresaba sus ideales, y por eso el título de sus álbumes, como "Canciones con fundamento" y "Yo no canto por cantar".&lt;br /&gt;Cultivó un gran amor y comunicación con el público en su trayectoria de más de cuarenta años. Entre los cantantes en idioma español, es considerada una cantante única, con una voz de riqueza excepcional, reconocida unánimemente como una de las voces más importantes del mundo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WyOJ-A5iv5I&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WyOJ-A5iv5I&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gracias Mercedes.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="answer"&gt;ANSWER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1)Hoy hablé con mi jefe y le dije todo lo que pensaba.&lt;br /&gt;( pensar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2)Cuando el profesor hablaba, todos nosotros escuchábamos.&lt;br /&gt;(hablar, escuchar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3)Mi madre entraba cuando el teléfono sonó.&lt;br /&gt;(entrar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4)Cuando era niño, yo cantaba en el coro de la escuela.&lt;br /&gt;(cantar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5)El sol brillaba ayer, pero hoy llueve otra vez.&lt;br /&gt;(brillar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6)Tú tocabas el piano, y a nosotros nos gustaba mucho.&lt;br /&gt;(tocar, gustar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7)María Clara lavaba la ropa y su hija la planchaba.&lt;br /&gt;(lavar, planchar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8)Las personas se ayudaban unas a otras cuando sucedió el terremoto en Chile.&lt;br /&gt;(ayudar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9)Mi hermana miraba la televisión hasta tarde todas las noches, pero ya no la mira.&lt;br /&gt;(mirar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10)Cada vez que Mercedes Sosa cantaba, el público celebraba.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-8761357100779375111?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/8761357100779375111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8761357100779375111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/8761357100779375111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-imperfect-for-ar-verbs.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8hYVCsAxeI/AAAAAAAAACM/RdRlS0tMa-c/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-2123472091445712607</id><published>2010-04-12T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:10:47.374-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Past Tense of AR verbs'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Past Tense of AR Verbs - Part I&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post will teach you about the Spanish Preterit tense. (Tiempo Pretérito)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "Pretérito" always denotes an action or situation that started and ended in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below you'll find explanations, uses and the conjugation of AR verbs in Spanish used in the Preterit tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click here if you want to learn &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs.html"&gt;Spanish AR verbs in the Present&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo cant&lt;b&gt;é&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú cant&lt;b&gt;aste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted cant&lt;b&gt;ó&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él cant&lt;b&gt;ó&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella cant&lt;b&gt;ó&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) cant&lt;b&gt;amos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros (as) cant&lt;b&gt;asteis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes cant&lt;b&gt;aron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos cant&lt;b&gt;aron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellas cant&lt;b&gt;aron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Examples:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Jorge Drexler &lt;b&gt;cantó&lt;/b&gt; en el Festival de Compositores Sudamericanos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotras &lt;b&gt;llegasteis&lt;/b&gt; el sábado pasado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mirtha &lt;b&gt;bailó&lt;/b&gt; toda la noche sin parar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Cuando &lt;b&gt;viajamos&lt;/b&gt; a India, &lt;b&gt;alquilamos&lt;/b&gt; una casa por un mes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- El perro de Juan &lt;b&gt;ladró&lt;/b&gt; toda la noche pasada y no lo &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dejó&lt;/span&gt; dormir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Fernando y Susana &lt;b&gt;prepararon&lt;/b&gt; una cena de Fin de Año.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Quién &lt;b&gt;ganó&lt;/b&gt; el partido de fútbol, el Barcelona o el Real de Madrid ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- El año pasado &lt;b&gt;estudiaste&lt;/b&gt; con dedicación, y ya &lt;b&gt;terminaste&lt;/b&gt; tu carrera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Usted no &lt;b&gt;escuchó&lt;/b&gt; las últimas noticias por la radio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;Hablé&lt;/b&gt; con mi socio, y le &lt;b&gt;conté&lt;/b&gt; sobre mi nuevo proyecto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feeling funky today? :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This video teaches you the conjugation of AR verbs in the Past tense. It is very cool and will definitely help you memorize the correct conjugation of this important group of Spanish verbs. Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/95heLa1taQA&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/95heLa1taQA&amp;hl=es_ES&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as I know, this video was prepared by the YouTube user &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/maddie811"&gt;Maddie881&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(estudiar)&lt;br /&gt;1) Nosotros ______  la conjugación del verbo "estar", la semana pasada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(faltar, despertar)&lt;br /&gt;2) Ayer _____ al trabajo, porque mi hijo más pequeño _____ con fiebre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(empezar, participar)&lt;br /&gt;3) Ustedes _____ a discutir sobre política, y yo no _____ en la discusión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(cambiar)&lt;br /&gt;4) El profesor de física _____ los horarios de las clases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(nadar)&lt;br /&gt;5) Los niños _____ en la playa toda la tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(dejar)&lt;br /&gt;6) Miguel _____ de fumar el mes pasado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(mejorar)&lt;br /&gt;7) Mi situación financiera _____ mucho en los últimos meses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(esperar)&lt;br /&gt;8) Nosotros _____ que nuestra solicitud sea tomada en cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(cocinar)&lt;br /&gt;9) Diana  _____ pastas para el almuerzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(comprar)&lt;br /&gt;10) David y Pablo ya  _____ el regalo de cumpleaños para Sofía.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#answer"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;READING PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8OA5xb8TjI/AAAAAAAAACE/F33rMEbLrAw/s1600/Jorge-Dexler.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8OA5xb8TjI/AAAAAAAAACE/F33rMEbLrAw/s200/Jorge-Dexler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459348903314607666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Jorge Drexler: un cantante y compositor lleno de magia. Jorge Drexler es un músico uruguayo, que vive en España.A los cinco años comenzó a estudiar piano y a los once, guitarra clásica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A partir de entonces estudió lenguaje musical, armonía, composición y técnica vocal. El grabó canciones con músicos de muy diversos estilos, como Mercedes Sosa, Pablo Milanés, Ana Belén.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En el año 2005 ganó el Oscar por su canción " Al otro lado del Río ", en la película "Diario de motocicleta ".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actualmente terminó la banda sonora y dos nuevas canciones para la próxima película de James Ivory "The city of your final destination", protagonizada por Anthony Hopkins.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit &lt;a href="http://www.jorgedrexler.com/"&gt;Jorge Dexler's site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="answer"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(estudiar)&lt;br /&gt;1) Vosotros estudiamos la conjugación del verbo "estar", la semana pasada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(faltar, despertar)&lt;br /&gt;2) Ayer falté al trabajo, porque mi hijo más pequeño despertó con fiebre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(empezar, participar)&lt;br /&gt;3) Ustedes empezaron a discutir sobre política, y yo no participé en la discusión.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(cambiar)&lt;br /&gt;4) El profesor de física cambió los horarios de las clases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(nadar)&lt;br /&gt;5) Los niños nadaron en la playa toda la tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(dejar)&lt;br /&gt;6) Miguel dejó de fumar el mes pasado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(mejorar)&lt;br /&gt;7) Mi situación financiera mejoró mucho en los últimos meses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(esperar)&lt;br /&gt;8) Nosotros esperamos que nuestra solicitud sea tomada en cuenta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(cocinar)&lt;br /&gt;9) Diana cocinó pastas para el almuerzo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(comprar)&lt;br /&gt;10) David y Pablo ya compraron el regalo de cumpleaños para Sofía.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-2123472091445712607?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/2123472091445712607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2123472091445712607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/2123472091445712607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/past-tense-of-ar-verbs.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S8OA5xb8TjI/AAAAAAAAACE/F33rMEbLrAw/s72-c/Jorge-Dexler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1664599573247006253</id><published>2010-04-12T09:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T23:37:15.648-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spanish AR verbs'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;b&gt;Spanish AR Verbs - PRESENT&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As you probably already know, verbs in Spanish may end in &lt;b&gt;-ar&lt;/b&gt; (aka &lt;i&gt;"arales"&lt;/i&gt;), &lt;b&gt;-er&lt;/b&gt; (aka &lt;i&gt;"erales"&lt;/i&gt;) or &lt;b&gt;-ir&lt;/b&gt; (aka &lt;i&gt;"irales"&lt;/i&gt;). Examples:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;center&gt;cant&lt;b&gt;ar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;center&gt;(to sing)&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;center&gt;beb&lt;b&gt;er&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;center&gt;(to drink)&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;center&gt;sub&lt;b&gt;ir&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/center&gt; &lt;center&gt;(to go up)&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This post deals with the Present Tense of the verbs in Spanish ending in AR.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s1600/kria.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 18px; height: 48px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s400/kria.gif" alt="verbs in Spanish question mark" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457810198396976066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is a large number of verbs in Spanish that end in ar, especially those of common, everyday use. The good news is that all...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;"AR" VERBS IN SPANISH FOLLOW THE SAME CONJUGATION.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;No exception.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yo am&lt;b&gt;o&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tú am&lt;b&gt;as&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Usted am&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Él am&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ella am&lt;b&gt;a&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nosotros (as) am&lt;b&gt;amos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vosotros (as)am&lt;b&gt;áis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ustedes am&lt;b&gt;an&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ellos am&lt;b&gt;an&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ellas am&lt;b&gt;an&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S4FOm4BOgbI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2yUx013LdQ/s1600-h/tip.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 94px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S4FOm4BOgbI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2yUx013LdQ/s320/tip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440716254619795890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;TIP FOR LEARNING SPANISH :-)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the end of this post you can find a list of 31 common verbs in Spanish ending with AR.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I suggest you make flashcards  with them and "play" a memory game with yourself (or with others) which will help memorize not only the verbs themselves but also be able to retrieve the correct conjugation immediately.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is what you:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;1 - &lt;/b&gt;Cut out one card for each conjugation. Count all subject pronouns in!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;2 - &lt;/b&gt;On one side of the card write the Spanish conjugation; On the other side, the equivalent in English.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;3 - &lt;/b&gt;Everyday, twice a day for about a week, read one side of the card and try to remember what the translation on the other side is.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;4 - &lt;/b&gt;The translation you get right, place it on the side; the ones you get wrong, place it in the back of the pile.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;5 - &lt;/b&gt;Do it from Spanish to English &lt;u&gt;first&lt;/u&gt;. Alternate, on the week of practice, between the two directions: Spanish to English, then English to Spanish.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;From my experience, one can get absolute fluency in remembering the right conjugation instantly within a week of practice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you're a visual learner like me, you will certainly enjoy this video prepared by &lt;a href="http://srjordan.wordpress.com/"&gt;Señor Jordan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/gmjWWphCx5k&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/gmjWWphCx5k&amp;amp;hl=es_ES&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;PRACTICE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fill in the blank with the correct conjugation of the verb in brackets:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1) La vida nos ______ algo nuevo cada día. (enseñar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2) Todos los días nosotros ______ nuestro jardín. (regar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3) Yo ______ a mis amigos para cenar. (esperar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4) El próximo tren ______ a las ocho. (pasar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5) Vosotros ______ a tiempo para tomar café con nosotros. (llegar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6) Mi hermana y yo ______ por teléfono todos los días. (hablar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7) Javier y Sofía ______ una canción muy hermosa. (cantar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8) Tú ______ platos exóticos. (cocinar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9)) Yo ______ comprar solamente alimentos orgánicos. (intentar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10)  Marina y su amiga ______  todos los días para llegar al trabajo. (caminar)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;A HREF="#arpresent"&gt;HERE&lt;/A&gt; for the Answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;31 common AR verbs in Spanish&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 - Comprar (to buy)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;2 - Nadar (to swim)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3 - Llegar (arrive)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4 - Trabajar (to work)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5 - Preparar (to prepare)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6 - Conversar (to chat, to talk)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7 - Escuchar (to hear)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8 - Limpiar (to clean)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9 - Cocinar (to cook)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;10 - Lavar (to wash)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;11 - Asegurar (to assure)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12 - Viajar (to travel)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13 - Sacar (to take out)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;14 - Gustar (to like)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;15 - Colocar (to place)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;16 - Practicar (to practice)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;17 - Tocar (to touch; to play a musical instrument)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;18 - Explicar (to explain)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;19 - Gozar (to enjoy)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20 - Hablar (to speak)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;21 - Admirar (to admire)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;22 - Extrañar (to miss somebody)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;23 - Secar (to dry)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;24 - Caminar (to walk)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;25 - Intentar (to try)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;26 - Copiar (to copy)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;27 - Enseñar (to teach)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;28 - Sanar (to heal)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;29 - Cambiar (to change)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;30 - Enviar (to send)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;31 - Pagar (to pay)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;And some Spanish reading...&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Text from &lt;a href="https://www.wopg.org/"&gt;Prem Rawat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;center&gt;PALABRAS QUE TOCAN EL CORAZÓN&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;"Las palabras que &lt;b&gt;llegan&lt;/b&gt; desde el corazón, &lt;b&gt;tocan&lt;/b&gt; otro corazón. Sin &lt;b&gt;importar&lt;/b&gt; lo que &lt;b&gt;pasa&lt;/b&gt;, el ser humano &lt;b&gt;para&lt;/b&gt; y &lt;b&gt;empieza&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;escuchar&lt;/b&gt;, porque en su corazón, algo &lt;b&gt;empieza&lt;/b&gt; a &lt;b&gt;danzar&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ese corazón no puede &lt;b&gt;danzar&lt;/b&gt; por ninguna otra razón.El corazón sólo &lt;b&gt;danza&lt;/b&gt; cuando recibe eso que de verdad &lt;b&gt;desea&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esa es la gloria de &lt;b&gt;escuchar&lt;/b&gt; al mensaje del corazón."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;A NAME="arpresent"&gt;Answers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) La vida nos enseña algo nuevo cada día. (enseñar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Todos los días nosotros regamos nuestro jardín. (regar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Yo espero a mis amigos para cenar. (esperar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) El próximo tren pasa a las ocho. (pasar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Vosotros llegáis a tiempo para tomar café con nosotros. (llegar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Mi hermana y yo hablamos por teléfono todos los días. (hablar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Javier y Sofía cantan una canción muy hermosa. (cantar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Tú cocinas platos exóticos. (cocinar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9)) Yo intento comprar solamente alimentos orgánicos. (intentar)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Marina y su amiga caminan todos los días para llegar al trabajo. (caminar)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1664599573247006253?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1664599573247006253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1664599573247006253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1664599573247006253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/04/spanish-ar-verbs.html' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S74JdW70u8I/AAAAAAAAABk/polJvX6s0AQ/s72-c/kria.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-5372124721210295439</id><published>2010-03-21T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:08:02.217-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verb ESTAR - PAST'/><title type='text'>Verb ESTAR - Preterite and Imperfect</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;As all other verbs in Spanish, also the verb ESTAR in the past has two different forms. Broadly speaking the first form is used for a more specific point in time, whereas the second form is more used to describe a longer period in the past tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is hard to think of translation in English for either situation of this verb in the past, but we could say that both forms can be translated as "was" or "were".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click here for the verb &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 221);"&gt;ESTAR in the present&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and here for the verb &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 221);"&gt;ESTAR in the Future&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first form of the verb estar in the past is mainly as the simple past in the English language.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;estuve&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;estuviste&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;estuvo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;estuvimos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;estuvisteis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;estuvieron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Examples&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;estuve&lt;/b&gt; en el casamiento de Pablo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estuvimos&lt;/b&gt; trabajando en la oficina esta tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él &lt;b&gt;estuvo&lt;/b&gt; enfermo pero ahora está sano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Yo) &lt;b&gt;Estuve&lt;/b&gt; dos semanas en España.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi hermana y sus amigas &lt;b&gt;estuvieron&lt;/b&gt; mirando las fotos del viaje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Ellos _____ bailando toda la noche.&lt;br /&gt;2) Marcela _____  ayer en la casa de su suegra.&lt;br /&gt;3) Tu _____ cerca del lugar del accidente.&lt;br /&gt;4) Usted _____ conociendo la ciudad.&lt;br /&gt;5) Nosotros _____ llamando a Clara, pero no la encontramos.&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellas _____ en mi fiesta de graduación.&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo _____ a dieta por un mes.&lt;br /&gt;8) Claudio _____ esperando tu llamada.&lt;br /&gt;9) Tú _____ demasiado tiempo al sol.&lt;br /&gt;10) Vosotros _____ en el Museo de Arte Moderno.&lt;br /&gt;11) Ustedes _____ durmiendo hasta tarde.&lt;br /&gt;12) El _____ buscando las llaves de su coche.&lt;br /&gt;13) Nosotras _____ visitando a una amiga.&lt;br /&gt;14) Yo _____ pensando en ti.&lt;br /&gt;15)  Ellos _____ conversando sobre negocios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#estar1"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second form of the verb estar in the past either infers to a "longer a period of time" than the first form (above), or to a specific time in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't worry if that doesn't sound clear now, the examples below will clarify the matter a little bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;h3&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;estaba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;estabas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;estaba&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros, nosotras &lt;b&gt;estábamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros, vosotras &lt;b&gt;estabais&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;estaban&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Examples&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fernando Y María &lt;b&gt;estaban&lt;/b&gt; paseando.&lt;br /&gt;Note: The sentence refers to a "long period of time".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los novios &lt;b&gt;estaban&lt;/b&gt; muy felices en Paris.&lt;br /&gt;Note: Even without a specific time in the past, it is clear from this sentence that the time is long and that it happened in a specific time in the past (when they were in Paris).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miguel &lt;b&gt;estaba&lt;/b&gt; triste.&lt;br /&gt;Note: Also denotes a specific time in the past (He was sad when I saw him or heard from Miguel).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La puerta &lt;b&gt;estaba&lt;/b&gt; abierta quando llegué.&lt;br /&gt;Note: Also here the sentence denotes a specific time in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Ella _____ limpiando la casa cuando llegó su madre.&lt;br /&gt;2) Nosotros _____ esperando a Juan.&lt;br /&gt;3) El juego _____ a punto de comenzar.&lt;br /&gt;4) Los niños _____ aburridos en la reunión.&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú _____ muy bonita en la fiesta.&lt;br /&gt;6) La casa _____ pintada de verde.&lt;br /&gt;7) El agua _____ caliente.&lt;br /&gt;8) Mi padre _____ preocupado.&lt;br /&gt;9) El postre _____ delicioso.&lt;br /&gt;10) La botella _____ vacía.&lt;br /&gt;11) Vosotros _____ cansados.&lt;br /&gt;12) Mis hijos _____ jugando en el jardín.&lt;br /&gt;13) Ustedes _____ comiendo.&lt;br /&gt;14) Mr. Keller _____ subiendo la escalera.&lt;br /&gt;15) El incendio _____ bajo control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#estar2"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="estar1"&gt;‎Answers to the first exercise:&lt;b&gt;ESTAR  in the past&lt;/b&gt; (estuve)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Ellos estuvieron bailando toda la noche.&lt;br /&gt;2) Marcela estuvo ayer en la casa de su suegra.&lt;br /&gt;3) Tu estuviste cerca del lugar del accidente.&lt;br /&gt;4) Usted estuvo conociendo la ciudad.&lt;br /&gt;5) Nosotros estuvimos llamando a Clara, pero no la encontramos.&lt;br /&gt;6) Ellas estuvieron en mi fiesta de graduación.&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo estuve a dieta por un mes.&lt;br /&gt;8) Claudio estuvo esperando tu llamada.&lt;br /&gt;9) Tú estuviste demasiado tiempo al sol.&lt;br /&gt;10) Vosotros estuvisteis en el Museo de Arte Moderno.&lt;br /&gt;11) Ustedes estuvieron durmiendo hasta tarde.&lt;br /&gt;12) El estuvo buscando las llaves de su coche.&lt;br /&gt;13) Nosotras estuvimos visitando a una amiga.&lt;br /&gt;14) Yo estuve pensando en ti.&lt;br /&gt;15) Ellos estuvieron conversando sobre negocios.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="estar2"&gt;‎Answers to the second exercise:&lt;b&gt;ESTAR  in the past&lt;/b&gt; (estaba)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Ella estaba limpiando la casa cuando llegó su madre.&lt;br /&gt;2) Nosotros estábamos esperando a Juan.&lt;br /&gt;3) El juego estaba a punto de comenzar.&lt;br /&gt;4) Los niños estaban aburridos en la reunión.&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú estabas muy bonita en la fiesta.&lt;br /&gt;6) La casa estaba pintada de verde.&lt;br /&gt;7) El agua estaba caliente.&lt;br /&gt;8) Mi padre estaba preocupado.&lt;br /&gt;9) El postre estaba delicioso.&lt;br /&gt;10) La botella estaba vacía.&lt;br /&gt;11) Vosotros estabais cansados.&lt;br /&gt;12) Mis hijos estaban jugando en el jardín.&lt;br /&gt;13) Ustedes estaban comiendo.&lt;br /&gt;14) Mr. Keller estaba subiendo la escalera.&lt;br /&gt;15) El incendio estaba bajo control.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-5372124721210295439?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/5372124721210295439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5372124721210295439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/5372124721210295439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html' title='Verb ESTAR - Preterite and Imperfect'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6791907906480129765</id><published>2010-03-16T09:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-06T03:09:03.653-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verb ESTAR - FUTURE'/><title type='text'>Verb ESTAR - Future Tense</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb "estar" in Spanish is translated into English as "will be".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post deals only with the verb estar in the future tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;here for verb estar in the present&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and here for &lt;a href="http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-past.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;verb estar in the past&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;estaré&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;estarás&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros/as &lt;b&gt;estaremos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros/as &lt;b&gt;estaréis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes (uds.) &lt;b&gt;estarán&lt;/b&gt; (en latinoamerica)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos/ ellas &lt;b&gt;estarán&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EXAMPLES:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susana &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt; esperando tu respuesta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estaremos&lt;/b&gt; en la estación de tren a las cuatro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Usted &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt; cómodo en este hotel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El resultado del análisis &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt; listo en una semana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lara y Mercedes &lt;b&gt;estarán&lt;/b&gt; en Madrid el próximo viernes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El Dr. Gómez &lt;b&gt;estará&lt;/b&gt; de vacaciones en el mes de julio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Este casa _____ a la venta el próximo mes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Yo _____ en mi oficina, al final del pasillo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) El profesor _____ atrasado para la clase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Vosotros _____ casados a fines de setiembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú _____ pintando la cerca toda la tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) El acuerdo de paz entre Israel y Palestina _____ en todas las noticias mañana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Pedro y Marcos _____ contentos con la noticia de su ascenso en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Mañana yo _____ despierto desde muy temprano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) La información que usted solicita _____ disponible a partir de la semana que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Ella no _____ en la ciudad el mes que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) El Profesor Suárez _____ en la lista de candidatos a Intendente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12) Yo _____ encantado de poder ayudarte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13) El padre de Martha _____ feliz con el nacimiento de su primer nieto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14) La cena _____ lista en quince minutos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15) El contrato _____ preparado dentro de una hora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#estar"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="#cc0000" width="100%" size="06"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="estar"&gt;Answers for the exercise on ESTAR in future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Este casa estará a la venta el próximo mes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Yo estaré en mi oficina, al final del pasillo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) El profesor estará atrasado para la clase.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Vosotros estareis casados a fines de setiembre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Tú estarás pintando la cerca toda la tarde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) El acuerdo de paz entre Israel y Palestina estará en todas las noticias mañana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Pedro y Marcos estarán contentos con la noticia de su ascenso en el trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Mañana yo estaré despierto desde muy temprano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) La información que usted solicita estará disponible a partir de la semana que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Ella no estará en la ciudad el mes que viene.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) El Profesor Suárez estará en la lista de candidatos a Intendente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12) Yo estaré encantado de poder ayudarte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13) El padre de Martha estará feliz con el nacimiento de su primer nieto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;14) La cena estará lista en quince minutos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15) El contrato estará preparado dentro de una hora.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6791907906480129765?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6791907906480129765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6791907906480129765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6791907906480129765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-future.html' title='Verb ESTAR - Future Tense'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-1609359776223163420</id><published>2010-03-07T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T09:00:08.469-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verb ESTAR - PRESENT'/><title type='text'>Verb ESTAR - Present Tense</title><content type='html'>Verb "TO BE" in English can be translated as either SER or ESTAR.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post deals only with the uses and the conjugation of the verb ESTAR in the present tense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.verbs-in-spanish.com/2011/02/verb-ser-present.html"&gt;here to learn about verb SER in the Present&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;estoy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;estás &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él, ella, usted &lt;b&gt;está&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estamos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros &lt;b&gt;estáis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos, ellas, ustedes &lt;b&gt;están&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;USES AND EXAMPLES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The verb ESTAR is used to express&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Location:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estamos&lt;/b&gt; en España.&lt;br /&gt;(We are in Spain.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Martha &lt;b&gt;está&lt;/b&gt; en su casa.&lt;br /&gt;(Martha is at her home.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Mi hermano &lt;b&gt;está&lt;/b&gt; en el colegio.&lt;br /&gt;(My brother is at school.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Temporary conditon:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Yo &lt;b&gt;estoy&lt;/b&gt; muy contento con la noticia.&lt;br /&gt;(I am very happy with the news.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Vosotros &lt;b&gt;estáis&lt;/b&gt; preocupados.&lt;br /&gt;(You are worried.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Usted &lt;b&gt;está&lt;/b&gt; a cargo de este grupo de turistas.&lt;br /&gt;(You are in charge of this group of tourists.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;Used with another verb to express the Present Progressive&lt;/h4&gt; (more about that later, but you will get the meaning of it through the translations). But it looks like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;Verb estar + verb + ending&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "ending" may be "-ando" (-ar verbs), "-endo" (-er  and -ir verbs).                                                                    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros &lt;b&gt;estáis&lt;/b&gt; estudiando español.&lt;br /&gt;(You are studying Spanish.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos &lt;b&gt;están&lt;/b&gt; caminando por el parque.&lt;br /&gt;(They are walking in the park.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros &lt;b&gt;estamos&lt;/b&gt; pensando en viajar.&lt;br /&gt;(We are thinking of traveling.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Yo _____ terminando de ordenar mi habitación.&lt;br /&gt;2) La puerta _____ abierta.&lt;br /&gt;3) El café _____ demasiado fuerte.&lt;br /&gt;4) Marcos _____ saliendo de su casa.&lt;br /&gt;5) La comida ya _____ en la mesa.&lt;br /&gt;6) El niño _____ aburrido.&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo _____ esperando una respuesta.&lt;br /&gt;8) Nosostros _____ en la farmacia.&lt;br /&gt;9) Vosotros _____ apurados.&lt;br /&gt;10) Usted _____ mirando televisión.&lt;br /&gt;11) Ellos _____ en la playa.&lt;br /&gt;12) La película _____ empezando.&lt;br /&gt;13) Yo _____ muy entusiasmado con la propuesta.&lt;br /&gt;14) Los libros _____ arriba de la mesa.&lt;br /&gt;15) La ventana _____ abierta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="#estar-present"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;  for the answers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is another wonderful lesson by &lt;a href="http://www.esaudio.net/"&gt;Esaudio&lt;/a&gt;. Here you can basically learn and listen to great examples of what you've already learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJsowdfZNh8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vJsowdfZNh8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‎&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="estar-present"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Yo estoy terminando de ordenar mi habitación.&lt;br /&gt;2) La puerta está abierta.&lt;br /&gt;3) El café está demasiado fuerte.&lt;br /&gt;4) Marcos está saliendo de su casa.&lt;br /&gt;5) La comida ya está en la mesa.&lt;br /&gt;6) El niño está aburrido.&lt;br /&gt;7) Yo estoy esperando una respuesta.&lt;br /&gt;8) Nosostros estamos en la farmacia.&lt;br /&gt;9) Vosotros estáis apurados.&lt;br /&gt;10) Usted está mirando televisión.&lt;br /&gt;11) Ellos están en la playa.&lt;br /&gt;12) La película está empezando.&lt;br /&gt;13) Yo estoy muy entusiasmado con la propuesta.&lt;br /&gt;14) Los libros están arriba de la mesa.&lt;br /&gt;15) La ventana está abierta.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-1609359776223163420?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/1609359776223163420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1609359776223163420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/1609359776223163420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-estar-present.html' title='Verb ESTAR - Present Tense'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-6702242820443346048</id><published>2010-03-02T10:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T09:55:06.838-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verb SER - FUTURE'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb SER (Future)</title><content type='html'>&lt;h3&gt;CONJUGATION&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yo &lt;b&gt;seré&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tú &lt;b&gt;serás &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;él &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ella &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;usted &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nosotros/as  &lt;b&gt;seremos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vosotros/as &lt;b&gt;seréis &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;uds. &lt;b&gt;serán&lt;/b&gt;  (en latinoamerica)&lt;br /&gt;ellos/ ellas &lt;b&gt;serán&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;EXAMPLES&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La reunión &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt; a las cuatro de la tarde.&lt;br /&gt;El año que viene tú &lt;b&gt;serás&lt;/b&gt; el coordinador de este proyecto.&lt;br /&gt;El invierno &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt; más lluvioso este año.&lt;br /&gt;El viaje &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt; muy agradable.&lt;br /&gt;La exposición &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt; un éxito.&lt;br /&gt;Marcela y Pedro &lt;b&gt;serán&lt;/b&gt; los organizadores del evento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="back"&gt;EXERCISES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) El curso de diseño _____ beneficioso para tu trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;2) El mes que viene también nosotras _____ clientes de esa agencia de viajes.&lt;br /&gt;3) Nosotros no _____ contrarios a vuestra propuesta.&lt;br /&gt;4) El discurso de Martha _____ convincente.&lt;br /&gt;5) La entrada a la función de esta noche _____ gratis.&lt;br /&gt;6) La opinión de Claudia _____ muy importante para tomar una desición.&lt;br /&gt;7) Los productos de lana _____  de mayor precio en la próxima temporada.&lt;br /&gt;8) Vuestro consejo _____ de mucha utilidad.&lt;br /&gt;9) Tú _____ el primero en saber mi decisión.&lt;br /&gt;10) Estoy segura de que usted _____ muy eficiente en el nuevo cargo.&lt;br /&gt;11) Esta noche, la cena _____ del gusto de todos.&lt;br /&gt;12) El vuelo a Barcelona _____ directo, sin escalas.&lt;br /&gt;13) La fiesta de disfraces _____ muy divertida.&lt;br /&gt;14) Ella _____ incapaz de dormir después de tomar tanto café.&lt;br /&gt;15) Ellos _____  bien recibidos por todos nosotros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To practice your the pronunciation of the verb SER in the future, here is another great video by &lt;a href="http://www.spanish-123.com/"&gt;Spanish 123&lt;/a&gt;. Really worth watching!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qxu-FpD5pHM&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qxu-FpD5pHM&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a name="ser"&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) El curso de diseño &lt;b&gt;será&lt;/b&gt; beneficioso para tu trabajo.&lt;br /&gt;2) El mes que viene también nosotras seremos clientes de esa agencia de viajes.&lt;br /&gt;3) Nosotros no seremos contrarios a vuestra propuesta.&lt;br /&gt;4) El discurso de Martha será convincente.&lt;br /&gt;5) La entrada a la función de esta noche será gratis.&lt;br /&gt;6) La opinión de Claudia será muy importante para tomar una desición.&lt;br /&gt;7) Los productos de lana serán de mayor precio en la próxima temporada.&lt;br /&gt;8) Vuestro consejo será de mucha utilidad.&lt;br /&gt;9) Tú serás el primero en saber mi decisión.&lt;br /&gt;10) Estoy segura de que usted será muy eficiente en el nuevo cargo.&lt;br /&gt;11) Esta noche, la cena será del gusto de todos.&lt;br /&gt;12) El vuelo a Barcelona será directo, sin escalas.&lt;br /&gt;13) La fiesta de disfraces será muy divertida.&lt;br /&gt;14) Ella será incapaz de dormir después de tomar tanto café.&lt;br /&gt;15) Ellos serán bien recibidos por todos nosotros.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2849651305080094165&amp;amp;postID=6702242820443346048#back"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2849651305080094165-6702242820443346048?l=verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/feeds/6702242820443346048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-ser-in-future.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6702242820443346048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2849651305080094165/posts/default/6702242820443346048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://verbs-in-spanish.blogspot.com/2010/03/verb-ser-in-future.html' title='Conjugation of verb SER (Future)'/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00094871605241357787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pb_jjtNJA6M/TWvzwS9zM0I/AAAAAAAAAL8/Wg5Y_aIuAUU/s220/prof.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2849651305080094165.post-7554740831899236872</id><published>2010-02-28T10:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T09:51:42.772-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Irregular ER verbs in Spanish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verb SER - PAST'/><title type='text'>Conjugation of verb SER (Past)</title><content type='html'>The verb BE in the Past Tense is a little trickier than its Present Tense counterpart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason for that is that while English only uses "was" and "were" to express the past tense of "to be"*, Spanish has two completely different sets for using SER in the past.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this post, you will learn how to conjugate the verb SER in the past (both forms), as well as the different uses of both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Verb SER in the past - USED TO...&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first form of verb SER in the past can be roughly translated as "used to be"; In other words, something "was" in the past, usuallyy for a long time, but "isn't" any longer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, it will get clearer as we go along. First, concentrate on learning how to conjugate SER in the past (first set):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tú &lt;b&gt;eras&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ud. (Usted) &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Él &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ella &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros (as) éramos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros/as &lt;b&gt;erais&lt;/b&gt;                                      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas &lt;b&gt;eran&lt;/b&gt;                                 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EXAMPLES:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yo &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt; muy feliz en aquellos tiempos.&lt;br /&gt;(I &lt;b&gt;used to be&lt;/b&gt; happy in those days.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: See the idea of "long time" here?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi madre &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt; la mejor cocinera de toda la región.&lt;br /&gt;(My mother &lt;b&gt;used to be&lt;/b&gt; the best cook of the whole region.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: Here it is implied that she was the best cook for a long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos no &lt;b&gt;eran&lt;/b&gt; las personas apropiadas para trabajar en ese proyecto.&lt;br /&gt;(They weren't the right people for working on this project)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: Still here the "era" implies a long period of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esa oportunidad &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt; para ti.&lt;br /&gt;(This opportunity was for you.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: They are talking about a period of time (long) in which the opportunity would have been good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silvia &lt;b&gt;era&lt;/b&gt; la más bonita de la fiesta.&lt;br /&gt;(Silvio was the most beautiful (girl) in the party.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My note: There are cases where both forms of pasts would be correct, this is one of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a name="back-era"&gt;Exercise 1: SER in the past - ERA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando _____ niñas, Sofia y Martha _____ muy buenas amigas.&lt;br /&gt;2) El color del cielo _____ muy hermoso esta mañana.&lt;br /&gt;3) Tú _____ mejor alumno que yo en la clase de inglés.&lt;br /&gt;4) Mi padre _____ muy querido por todos sus amigos.&lt;br /&gt;5) El tema de la película  _____ interesante.&lt;br /&gt;6) La casa de Carlos _____ grande y llena de luz.&lt;br /&gt;7) Usted _____ el guitarrista de la banda.&lt;br /&gt;8) Este libro _____ de la profesora, pero ahora es mío.&lt;br /&gt;9) Nosotros _____ vecinos de Esther el año pasado.&lt;br /&gt;10) Silvio Rodríguez _____ mi cantante cubano preferido.&lt;br /&gt;11) Ella _____ una persona muy creativa.&lt;br /&gt;12) El mes pasado, el precio del dólar _____ más bajo.&lt;br /&gt;13) Vosotras _____ buenas nadadoras.&lt;br /&gt;14) Conseguir un buen trabajo no _____ fácil en España.&lt;br /&gt;15) El coche de mi prima _____ azul.&lt;br /&gt;16) Nosotros no _____ los responsables de ese proyecto.&lt;br /&gt;17) El día _____ claro y el sol brillante.&lt;br /&gt;18) Marcela _____ la secretaria de la empresa en aquella época.&lt;br /&gt;19) Mi hermano menor _____ el mejor jugador en el equipo del colegio.&lt;br /&gt;20) Además de escritor, Jorge Luis Borges _____ crítico literario.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;Verb SER in the past - "WAS" and "WERE"...&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now this next set of verb SER in the past is very interesting. For a start, the conjugation of this verb is exactly the same as the conjugation of the verb 'IR' (go) in the past tense. Why you ask? I have no idea...:-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its &lt;i&gt;official name&lt;/i&gt; is Preterite Perfect Simple (fancy name, huh?) and it translates in English as "was" and "were".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This form of verb SER in the past usually refers to a recent past or a specific past moment in time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Conjugation&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yo &lt;b&gt;fui   &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;                                                 &lt;br /&gt;tú &lt;b&gt;fuiste &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                           &lt;br /&gt;ud./ él/ ella &lt;b&gt;fue   &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                    &lt;br /&gt;nosotros/ as &lt;b&gt;fuimos  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                             &lt;br /&gt;vosotros/ as &lt;b&gt;fuisteis &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                            &lt;br /&gt;uds./ ellos/ ellas &lt;b&gt;fueron &lt;/b&gt;                               &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EXAMPLES:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ellos &lt;b&gt;fueron&lt;/b&gt; aceptados como miembros del club.&lt;br /&gt;(They &lt;b&gt;were&lt;/b&gt; accepted as members of the club.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: No connotation of length of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nosotros &lt;b&gt;fuimos&lt;/b&gt; claros al explicar nuestro problema ese día.&lt;br /&gt;(We were clear in explaining our problem that day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: Specific moment in time - also "to be clear" hear doesn't imply length of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vosotros &lt;b&gt;fuisteis&lt;/b&gt; los primeros en llegar.&lt;br /&gt;(You were the first to arrive)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: clear cut past. Not length of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;center&gt;********************&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los resultados de la prueba &lt;b&gt;fueron&lt;/b&gt; muy buenos.&lt;br /&gt;(The results of the exam were very good.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a name="back-fue"&gt;Exercise 2: SER in the past - FUE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) La fiesta de graduación de Martha _____un éxito.&lt;br /&gt;2) Ustedes________sinceros conmigo.&lt;br /&gt;3) El domingo pasado ______ el cumpleaños de Clara.&lt;br /&gt;4) Don Pedro ______ un hombre muy rico antes de casarse.&lt;br /&gt;5) Vosotros _____ citados para esa entrevista.&lt;br /&gt;6) William Shakespeare ______ el tercero de ocho hermanos.&lt;br /&gt;7) Estos documentos _____ bien traducidos.&lt;br /&gt;8) Tu padre_______nuestro principal cliente.&lt;br /&gt;9) El equipo de Brasil _____ campeón en el último Mundial de fútbol.&lt;br /&gt;10) Albert Einstein _____ un físico de origen alemán.&lt;br /&gt;11) No______ posible cambiar la fecha de la cita.&lt;br /&gt;12) El estreno de la película "Avatar" _____ un éxito.&lt;br /&gt;13) La cena en casa de Michael _____ deliciosa.&lt;br /&gt;14) Ella _____ la primera en llamarme para darme la noticia.&lt;br /&gt;15) Nuestro primer encuentro_____ maravilloso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;VIDEO PRESENTATION&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a great video presentation by Maximiliano from &lt;a href="http://www.spanish-123.com/"&gt;Spanish 123&lt;/a&gt;. Here he carries us through the conjugation of the verb SER in the past using both forms. It is not only a quality tutorial, but also a great way to practice your Spanish pronunciation on these verbs. Enjoy! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;object height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BV4keNTOgVg&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BV4keNTOgVg&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;EXPRESSIONS FOR THE PAST TENSE&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ayer&lt;br /&gt;Anteayer&lt;br /&gt;La semana pasada&lt;br /&gt;El año pasado&lt;br /&gt;El mes pasado&lt;br /&gt;Antes&lt;br /&gt;En tiempos pasados&lt;br /&gt;En aquellos tiempos (días, años, etc)&lt;br /&gt;En los últimos años&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S4FOm4BOgbI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2yUx013LdQ/s1600-h/tip.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 94px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I6yiU75I2lA/S4FOm4BOgbI/AAAAAAAAABM/R2yUx013LdQ/s320/tip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440716254619795890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;TIP FOR LEARNING SPANISH :-)&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't try and learn all at once!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with anything, learning verbs in Spanish takes practice and a certain dosage of perseverance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First, learn how to conjugate the verbs well. Make it second nature to you which pronoun goes with which verb conjugation. It is essential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only after you feel confident you know how to conjugate them well (it should take about a week of practice), then go deeper into knowing exactly how to use them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr size="06" color="#cc0000" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;center&gt;ANSWERS&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="serpast1"&gt;‎&lt;b&gt;Exercise 1: SER in the past - ERA&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Cuando &lt;b&gt;eran&lt;/b&gt; niñas, Sofia y Martha &lt;b&gt;eran&lt;/b&gt; muy buenas amigas.&lt;br /&gt;2) El color del cielo era muy hermoso esta mañana.&lt;br /&gt;3) Tú eras mejor alumno que yo en la clase de inglés.&lt;br /&gt;4) Mi padre era muy querido por todos sus amigos.&lt;br /&gt;5) El tema de la película era interesante.&lt;br /&gt;6) La casa de Carlos era grande y llena de luz.&lt;br /&gt;7) Usted era el guitarrista de la banda.&lt;br /&gt;8) Este libro era de la profesora, pero ahor
