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Bring on the Present Subjunctive, VN-8! The King of all verb tenses. Así que vs para que.
Most words spelled similarly in Spanish and English have the same meaning but there are exceptions.
To or to the - a, al, a la, a los, a las. From or from the - de, del, de la, de los, de las
An overview and description of Profesor Pablo Spanish Learning Systems Section 7 Grammar.
A must listen! Great ideas on how to supplement your Sentence Starters. Use the internet to access Spanish language newspapers, books, music, and the news. Watch Spanish language television with subtitles. Best yet, practice your Spanish in daily life. If you can’t do it in person, dial someone up on the telephone. Enjoy your language learning journey!
This lesson points out the difference between VN-8 Present Subjunctive and VN-9 Past Subjunctive. CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING SECTION 1 OF PROFESOR PABLO SPANISH LEARNING SYSTEMS!
Use VN-3 Present if referring to something that always happens or VN-8 Present Subjunctive referring to something that hasn’t happened yet.
Use VN-9 Past Subjunctive after these Adverbial Conjunctions when referring to the past time frame.
We begin to learn how to use VN-9 Past Subjunctive. Our final verb tense. Many examples given. Repetition is the Mother of Learning.
After these Adverbial Conjunctions use the VN-8 Present Subjunctive when referring to the present or future time frames.
One of Pablo’s favorites. Yet another opportunity to use the difference maker, VN-8 Present Subjunctive.
More opportunities to use VN-8 Present Subjunctive, the difference maker! Dudo que yo pueda ir. - I doubt that I can go.
A very common expression we use multiple times a day. Learn how to ask someone to do something.
Great lesson on VN-8 Present Subjunctive. Tell people want you want them to do. Quiero que todos vengan a la fiesta. - I want everyone to come to the party.
Very common sentence starter. ¿Está bien que yo vaya? - Is it ok for me to go. No está bien que hagan eso. - It’s not ok for them to do that.
The Present Subjunctive will separate you from the pack and bring you Spanish accuracy and sophistication.
Let’s Commands are conjugated in the opposite vowel. Most are formed by adding ... mos ... to the Usted Command. Of course, there are some exceptions which we will point out.
The conditional regular and irregular take the same verb endings. The conditional is used to say what you would do or what would happen today or in the future. Very simple verb tense. Remember that .... would in the past ..... takes the VN-5 Past Imperfect.
There are only 3 Irregulars. Ser - era, Ver - veía, Ir - iba. A very easy verb tense to master quickly.
Now it’s time to learn all conjugations for VN-5 Past Imperfect. Used for what you would do in the past, what you were doing at a given time in the past, what you used to do and what you did all the time in the past.
The yo-past preterit ends in cé. Empezar - empecé - I started. Rezar - recé - I prayed.
The yo-past preterit ends in gué. Jugar - jugué - I played, Pagar - pagué - I paid, Llegar - llegué - I arrived.
The yo-past preterit ends in qué. Explicar - expliqué - I explained. Buscar - busqué - I looked for.
Verbs like .... leer - to read, oír - to hear, creer - to think/believe and caerse - to fall.
Verbs like .... comer - to eat, barrer - to sweep, correr - to run, escribir - to write and others.
Verbs like .... graduarse - to graduate, reunirse - to get together, continuar - to continue.
Verbs like .... conocer - to know, nacer - to be born, ofrecer - to offer, parecer - to seem and others.
Verbs like .... hacer - to do/make, salir - to leave, poner - to put, tener - to have and others.
Verbs like encontrar - to find, llover - to rain, costar - to cost, poder - to be able and many others.
Verbs like ...... cerrar - to close, entender - to understand - querer - to want - mentir - to lie and others.
We begin our journey learning all the verb tenses and shying away from nothing. We’ve got this! Again, if you are going to be fluent you have to be able to handle all verbs. Let’s go!
Learn how to say what someone says what they want or wanted to do. Dice que quiere quedarse. - He says he wants to stay. Dijo que quería quedarse. - He said he wanted to stay.
Say what you should have done. Hubieras ido al partido. - You should have gone to the game. Hubiéramos esperado un poco más. - We should have waited a little more.
Extremely necessary lesson. They can be taken into the past tense as well. Es necesario trabajar. - It’s necessary to work. Era importante leer todos los artículos. Many choices.
Say what you have been doing or what has been happening. Ha estado lloviendo. - It has been raining. Hemos estado trabajando duro. - We have been working hard.
Powerful lesson. Say what you have done or what has happened. Hemos ganado. - We have won. El partido ha terminado. - The game has ended.
Learn how to use the verb estar in the present, past, future and conditional. Also learn how to form the -ing form of any given verb.
Certainly if you work in the courts system you are highly familiar with this expression. Está acusado de robar dinero. - He is accused of stealing money.
Learn how to let people know you need help for something. Ayúdame a levantar esto. - Help me lift this.
Say what you are learning how to do, what you want to learn how to do, and what you are going to learn how to do. Quiero aprender a hablar español. - I want to learn how to speak Spanish.
Say what you hope, need, want, or should be able to do. Espero poder estar allí. - I hope to be able to be there. Necesitaba poder cambiar el cheque. - I needed to be able to cash the check.
Learn how to say ..... It started, It is going to start, It’s starting and It has started. Empezó a llover. - It started raining or It started to rain.
Say you’re sorry for something. Siento no decir la verdad. - Sorry for not telling the truth.
Say what you think you should or better do. Creo que debo llegar temprano. - I think I should arrive early.
The verb saber is very common. It is used for knowing facts, before interrogatives, how to do something and more.
All those car/que, gar/gue, zar/ce verbs coming at you. Such as ...... buscar, jugar, pagar, cruzar, empezar, practicar and rezar to mention a few.
All 4 commands both familiar and formal. Verbs like .... pedir, servir, conseguir, vestirse, reírse & sonreírse.
All 4 commands familiar and formal. Verbs like ..... dormir, volver, recordar & contar.
All 4 commands are presented, familiar and formal. To be fluent, it is critical to accurately use all commands and often. We do not shrink from this challenge, we welcome it! Irregulars, stem changers, Go verbs, etc. ........ Like the Rock says .... It doesn’t matter! Bring it on!
The total number of -er & -ir verbs is extremely minimal. Check out the dictionary section. However, the -er and -ir verbs that are used, are used very frequently.
Go Verbs are fun and easy. The “Go” shows up in the Negative Familiar and both Formal Commands. The Positive Familiar Commands are included so you can see the whole picture.
Must learn these as they are used very often. The negative commands of these verbs are also presented. Haz, Ten, Pon, Ven, Sal, Ve, Sé, Di
Formal Commands for people with whom you are on a last name basis, strangers, to show respect, when in doubt, and superiors at work.
Formal Commands for people with whom you are on a last name basis, strangers, to show respect, when in doubt, and superiors at work. The Usted and Ustedes positive and negative commands are presented.
Learn how to give positive and negative commands to friends and family using Reflexive -ar verbs.
Included are ..... there is, there was, there will be, there will be, there is going to be, there has been.
Learn how to say ...... I try to, I tried to, I am going to try to, I have tried to, and I am trying to.
Say what just happened or what just had happened. Acaba de llover. - It just rained. Acababa de llover. - It had just rained.
Learn to say ..... There should be more, There should have been more, There is going to be more, and There was going to be more.
Learn how to say what you can do, could do, what you are going to be able to do, what you were going to be able to do and what you have been able to do.
Learn how to say .... It smells like, It smelled like, It is going to smell like .... .
People are getting operated all the time. Thank goodness for modern medicine and our medical warriors who do miracles. You will learn to say who and what is getting operated on.
It’s a great day. It’s a great place. It’s a great year. She is a great singer. Plus many more.
Tell those that are with you that you will see them later plus many more sentence completions.
Power packed lesson. Take “ser” through all it’s communicative forms paired with high useful adjectives.
Say something was better than or worse than when compared to someone or something else.
Learn how to say .... it lasts, it lasted, it is going to last, it was going to last and it has lasted.
Learn how to say .... it starts, it started, it is going to start and it was going to start.
Learn how to say when something happens, happened, is going to happen, was going to happen and has happened.
Great lesson. Learn how to say who you, love, miss, respect, admire, need, like and hate.
Now you can say who are all the people you know and knew. All the pronouns included as well.
One of the most common Sentence Starters. Heavily used. Say what you want and need to do in the present and the past. Many highly communicative suggestions.
Say what you want, need, are looking for in the present and the past. Many useful completions included.
Say what you are going to do plus what you were going to do. Many activity verbs included.
Say where you are going in the present and also in the past. Lots of destinations included.
Lots of family tree vocabulary presented here. Say what your relationship is to other people.
Say what there is or isn’t like .... time, money, food, a password, nothing to do, enough time, a safe place and many more.
Ask if there is or are something like .... water, beer, space, problems, something to eat, bandaids and much more.
Ask where there is a bathroom, an ATM, a post office, a medical clinic, a bank, a money exchange, a water fountain, and many more.
A very necessary 30 minute lesson. Included are many of the common locations we visit during our lives. Extremely useful vocabulary. Also take this lesson into the past tense and say where someone was.
Ask who anyone is including .... the principal, the policeman, the kids, the teacher, the doctor, the boss, etc.
Ask if it is okay to eat here, leave through here, use the car, use the bathroom, pay here, come in through here, etc.
Ask people to please do something like .... sit down, not smoke, help, wait, sign your name, take the trash out, etc.
Now we learn how to say what you like and love to do. Even say what you liked and loved to do.
We continue to whittle away on the verb “gustar”. Now you will be able to say what you like + plural noun.
One of the most polite gestures is to thank people and show appreciation. Now you can do correctly! Thank you - Gracias por.
Very necessary information. You will learn how to say anyone’s age in the past. Like when you got married, learned how to ride a bike or the age of a president when elected.
As a learner you will hear many unknown words in Spanish. To learn these words, simply ask ... ¿Qué quiere decir + the Spanish word?
Profesor Pablo shows many useful ways to say what a person’s name is. He also teaches the expressions “ah, sí” and ¿verdad?.
We see when it is important to use subject pronouns for clarification purposes when asking someone his or her name.
Profesor Pablo explains that all question words have an accent mark and questions have an upside down question mark in front and a regular question mark at the end.
Subject Pronouns are explained and we learn there is no English translation for “It” when used as the subject of a sentence.
Profesor Pablo teaches greetings stressing pronunciation. He also reveals the gear he uses to create the audio lesson podcasts.
Profesor Pablo explains how to use the Sentence Starters section and points out some pertinent details.