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More Irregular Verbs in Spanish – Past Tense (with audio) Posted by Adir on Jul 20, 2010
Now listen to the second part of our irregular verb audio drills. Practice your listening and repeat after each conjugation. Venir (to come) vine viniste vino vinimos vinisteis vinieron Poner (to put) puse pusiste puso pusimos pusisteis pusieron Querer (to want) quise quisiste quiso quisimos quisisteis quisieron Saber (to know) supe supiste supo supimos supisteis…
Irregular Verbs in Spanish – Past Tense (with audio) Posted by Adir on Jul 16, 2010
All right, you’re going to tell me that verbs are hard to learn, their pronunciation is difficult and lots of other excuses. So this is what we’re going to do today. I’ve chosen some very, but very common irregular verbs in the past and I’m going to read their conjugation so you guys can practice…
Idioms with the verb “echar” Posted by Adir on Jun 17, 2010
The verb echar has more than 30 meanings, according to the Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española, and it also has lots of idioms. Let’s take a look at some interesting idioms with the verb echar. 1. echar a rodar – to fail, to fall through (plans). Echó a rodar nuestros planes con su irresponsabilidad…
Irregular Past Participles Posted by Adir on May 19, 2010
The past participles in Spanish are widely used in the Pretérito Perfecto (haber + participio pasado). There are, however, some irregular past participles. Here are common irregular past participles in Spanish. abrir (to open) – abierto cubrir (to cover) – cubierto decir (to say) – dicho descubrir (to discover) – descubierto devolver (to return) –…
Review: The Subjunctive Part I Posted by Adir on May 12, 2010
Let’s review the form of some irregular verbs in the present subjunctive. Volar – vuele, vueles, vuele, volemos, voléis, vuelen Querer – quiera, quieras, quiera, queramos, queráis, quieran Poder – pueda, puedas, pueda, podamos, podáis, puedan Volver – vuelva, vuelvas, vuelva, volvamos, volváis, vuelvan Pedir – pida, pidas, pida, pidamos, pidáis, pidan Sentir – sienta…
Verbs with two participles Posted by Adir on May 5, 2010
Some verbs in Spanish have two past participles: one is used to form los tiempos compuestos and the other is used as an adjective or an adverb. Here’s a list of some common verbs with two past participles. The first form is the regular form and the second one is irregular. absorber (to absorb) –…
Video: The Imperative – Review Posted by Adir on May 3, 2010
Today we have a new video with a review of the Imperative en español. Enjoy!