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LESSON - 10 REVISION OF GRAMMAR: All Spanish verbs end in either -ar , -er or -ir . This form of the verb is called the infinitive . For example: habl ar - to talk com er - to eat viv ir - to live The infinitive is the form of the verb you will find in a dictionary. However, the infinitive doesn't tell us the person of the verb (ie who is doing the action) or the tense of the verb (ie when the action takes place / took place / will take place, etc). To do this you need to conjugate the verb (ie change it into a different form). To work out how to conjugate a verb correctly, ask yourself: Which type of verb is it ( -ar / -er / -ir )? Which tense is it? Which person is it? When to use the present tense The present tense is used to: say what we do regularly say what is happening now describe wha...
LESSON - 9 CONVERSATIONAL WORDS: REFER TO AND LEARN THESE WORDS FOR MAINTAINING BASIC CONVERSATIONS IN ESPANOL: Spanish word or phrase English translation Me llamo My name is Mi Nombre es My name is Hola, soy Markus Hi, I’m Markus ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? (Yo) tengo … años I am … years old. (Yo) soy de… I come from… Buenos días Good morning Buenas tardes Good afternoon Buenas noches Good evening / Good night ¿Cómo está usted? How are you? (formal) ¿Cómo estás? How are you? (informal) ¿Qué tal? How are you? (informal) / What’s up? ¿Cómo te va? How’s it going? ¿Qué haces? What are you doing? ¿Qué pasa? What’s happening? Bien, gracias Good, thank you Muy bien Very well Así, así So, so Como siempre As always ¿Y tú? And you? ¡Gracias! Thank you! ¡Muchas gracias! Thank you very much! ¡De nada! You’re welcome! / No problem! Por favor Please ¡Perdon! Excuse me! ¡Disculpe!...