{"id":2512,"date":"2011-03-24T09:42:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2011-07-27T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T15:14:10","slug":"spanish-lesson-beginner-14-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-14-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Lesson Beginner 14 Spanish Verbs Present Tense (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Beginner 14 Spanish Verbs Present Tense (Part 2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Reek8iTO5yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hola!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today we are going to continue learning how to describe things that we usually do (in the Present Tense) using regular Spanish verbs. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We will see the different verb endings that we use for a group of people, to say that \u201cwe\u201d (nosotros) do something, to say that \u201call of you\u201d (vosotros) do something or to say that \u201cthey\u201d (ellos) do something.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-AR endings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-amos: nosotros hablamos (we speak) \/ trabajamos (we work) \/ escuchamos (we listen) \/ compramos (we buy)<br \/>\n-\u00e1is: vosotros habl\u00e1is (you speak) \/ trabaj\u00e1is (you work) \/ escuch\u00e1is (you listen) \/ compr\u00e1is (you buy) Group<br \/>\n-an: ustedes hablan (you speak) \/ trabajan (you work) \/ escuchan (you listen) \/ compran (you buy) Group\/Formal<br \/>\n-an: ellos hablan (they speak) \/ trabajan (they work) \/ escuchan (they listen) \/ compran (they buy)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-ER endings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-emos: nosotros comemos (we eat) \/ bebemos (we drink) \/ leemos (we read) \/ comprendemos (we understand)<br \/>\n-\u00e9is: vosotros com\u00e9is (you eat) \/ beb\u00e9is (you drink) \/ le\u00e9is (you read) \/ comprend\u00e9is (you understand) Group<br \/>\n-en: ustedes comen (you eat) \/ beben (you drink) \/ leen (you read) \/ comprenden (you understand) Group\/Formal<br \/>\n-en: ellos comen (they eat) \/ beben (they drink) \/ leen (they read) \/ comprenden (they understand)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-IR endings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-imos: nosotros vivimos (we live) \/ escribimos (we write)<br \/>\n-\u00eds: vosotros viv\u00eds (you live) \/ escrib\u00eds (you write) Group<br \/>\n-en: ustedes viven (you live) \/ escriben (you write) Group\/Formal<br \/>\n-en: ellos viven (they live) \/ escriben (they write)<\/p>\n<p><strong>As we discussed in our previous lesson, if you want, you can say \u201cnosotros hablamos\u201d instead of \u201chablamos\u201d, or \u201cvosotros habl\u00e1is\u201d instead of \u201chabl\u00e1is\u201d, etc\u2026 but it is not necessary. Use whichever option you prefer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To make negative sentences you put \u201cno\u201d before the verb. For example: \u201cno hablamos\u201d: we don\u00b4t speak, \u201cno comemos\u201d: we don\u00b4t eat, etc. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To make questions you simply have to change the intonation of your voice. For example: \u201c\u00bfBeben caf\u00e9?\u201d: do you drink coffee? (asking two or more people formally), \u201c\u00bfHablan espa\u00f1ol?\u201d: do you speak Spanish? (asking two or more people formally). Without the change of intonation we could, for example, say: \u201cHablan espa\u00f1ol\u201d which means \u201cthey speak Spanish\u201d as an affirmative statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let\u00b4s see some more examples with all these endings:<\/p>\n<p>Mis amigos viven en Argentina: My friends live in Argentina<br \/>\nNo  bebemos caf\u00e9:  We don\u00b4t drink coffee<br \/>\n\u00bfD\u00f3nde trabajais?: Where do you work? (informal\/group)<br \/>\n\u00bfD\u00f3nde trabajan (ustedes)? Where do you work? (formal\/ group)<br \/>\nCompramos fruta: We buy fruit<br \/>\n\u00bfCom\u00e9is carne?: Do you eat meat? (informal\/group)<br \/>\n\u00bfComen (ustedes) carne?: Do you eat meat? (formal\/group)<br \/>\nNo vivimos en Espa\u00f1a: We don\u00b4t live in Spain<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is all for today.  I recommend that you try to memorize all of the information from today\u2019s class and practice it alongside what you learned from the previous class. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is a good idea to make up your own practice sentences and refer less and less to the lesson notes as you write them. By repeating things over and over you will start to remember more clearly and come to a truer understanding that will serve you well in real conversation. Try also constructing questions and answers with different endings. For example: \u201c\u00bfViven en Espa\u00f1a? No, vivimos en Am\u00e9rica\u201d: Do you live in Spain? No, we live in America. After a while you will get quicker at this and the endings will come to you head automatically. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have a very nice week and see you next time!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hasta pronto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Hola! Today we are going to continue learning how to describe things that we usually do (in the Present Tense) using regular Spanish verbs. We will see the different verb endings that we use for a group of people, to say that \u201cwe\u201d (nosotros) do something, to say that \u201call of you\u201d (vosotros) do something&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-14-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,13,2617],"tags":[126,166],"class_list":["post-2512","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-vocabulary","category-videos","tag-present","tag-verbs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512\/revisions\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}