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57What is Conjugating and How Do You Do It?
Spanish isn't so hard once you've memorized the rules on how to conjugate verbs. Conju-what? Conjugate just means changing the verb (action word) into the proper form.
Hablo español means I speak Spanish.
Hablas español means you speak Spanish.
Changing the form of the verb is conjugating it. All regular verbs have rules that you just have to memorize. Then there are those pesky irregular verbs that no rules apply to and you just have to memorize the special way to change those irregular verbs.
Hablar- to speak
It's a regular verb. Regular verbs ending in -ar all have the same rules to conjugate it.
You take the -ar ending the verb and replace it with the following:
-o=I
-as=you
-a=he or she (or you formal)
-amos=we
-an=they
Hablo ingles= I speak English
Hablas francais= You speak French
El habla español= He speaks Spanish
Hablamos muchos=We speak a lot
Hablan aleman= They speak German
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Spanish Vocabulary
School- Escuela, Books-Libros
Cat- Gato, Dog-Perro, Duck-Pato
Aprender- To Learn
Estudiar-To study
Aunt-Tia, Uncle-Tio, Male cousin-primo, Female cousin-prima, son-hijo, daughter-hija, grandfather-abuelo, grandmother-abuela, grandparents-abuelos
Estudiar is a regular verb for the -ar ending verbs, so you conjugate it the same way as hablar.
Estudiar-to study. Estudio-I study, Estudias-You study, Estudia-he or she studies, Estudiamos-we study, Estudian-they study
Aprender ends in -er instead of -ar, so there are slightly different rules to conjugate it.
Aprender-To learn
Aprendo-I learn
Aprendes-You learn
Aprende-He or she learns
Aprendemos-We learn
Aprenden-They learn
Aprendemos español en la escuela- We learn Spanish at school.
Mi primo estudia ingles- My cousin studies English.
Singular and Plural
In English, the word "the" stays the same whether words are singular or plural. In Spanish, the word "the" changes for singular and plural words.
El ojo= the eye
Los ojos= the eyes
El libro= the book
El Libros= the books
La hija= the daughter
Las hijas the daughters
La abuela= the grandmother
Las abuelas= the grandmothers
Singular- el for masculine words, la for feminine plural
Plural- la for feminine singular, las for feminine plural
El gato- the cat
Los gatos- the cats
La escuela= the school
Las escuelas= the schools
Common Phrases
Me llamo= My name is (Literally, I call myself)
Como te llamas?= What's your name? (literally, what do you call yourself)
Como se dice?= How do you say?
Como se dice es español?- How do you say in Spanish?
Que quieres?= What do you want?
Cuanto cuesta?= How much does it cost?
De donde eres?= Where are you from?
Soy de= I am from
Soy de los estados unidos= I am from the United States
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