MICHEL THOMAS SPANISH (BASIC) COURSE, 8 CDs
TRANSCRIPT
This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his mind in the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written this transcript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.
Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, without buying the recordings.
Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes. Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.
Version 2, Aug 11th 2006
Transcribed by JK
CD 1 (68.43)
(1) 6.34
(2) 7.43
(-ible words stay the same in Spanish, but the pronunciation changes a little: the last but one syllable is stressed)
possible
(-able words stay the same in Spanish)
probable
acceptable
it is
it is possible
it is probable
it is terrible
it is acceptable
for me
for you
for you
it is for me
it is not
it is not for you
it is for me
it is not for you, it is for me
it is not possible for me
it is possible for you
it is acceptable for me
(3) 6.25
(to ask a question in Spanish, you just use inflection)
it is acceptable for you
is it acceptable for you?
isn't it acceptable for you?
why
(porque also means "because")
why isn't it acceptable for you?
(in the above sentence, inflection is not necessary because there is a question word; but you can still use it)
like that, that way
it is like that
it is not like that
it is not possible that way
it is not acceptable for me that way
why isn't it acceptable for you that way?
I'm sorry
I
(in Spanish, "I" is understood)
(lo siento literally means "I feel it")
but
I'm sorry, but...
I'm sorry, but it is not acceptable for me that way
I'm sorry, but it is not possible that way
(4) 3.44
(English words ending -ent or -ant, end -ente or -ante in Spanish)
different
important
it is important for me
it is not different that way
good
very
it is very good
it is not very good
it is not very different that way
but it is very important for me
(in Spanish, there is never more than one stress on any given word. In general, if the word ends with a vowel, the stress will be on the penultimate syllable)
important
restaurant
(5) 5.12
I have
(the -o in tengo expresses "I". yo tengo would mean "I have" with the "I" emphasised)
I don't have
I'm sorry
I have
I have it
I don't have it
I want
I want it
I don't want it that way
I need
I need it
I don't need it
now
hour
I want it
but I don't need it now
I want it but I don't need it now
(6) 6.22
constant
evident
urgent
it is very urgent
I need it now, it is very urgent
I have
I have it
I don't have it
you have
you have (emphasise "you")
what
what do you have?
what do you have for me now?
I have
I have it
I don't have it
you have
what do you have?
I have it
you have
you have it
do you have it?
you don't have it
don't you have it?
don't you have it for me now?
why don't you have it for me now, because I need it now
(7) 4.13
I want
I want it
I want it now
I don't want it
I want
you want
I want
you want
what do you want?
I want it
I don't want it
you want
you want it
do you want it?
why don't you want it that way?
to know
I want to know
I don't want to know
I want to know why you don't have it for me now
(8) 7.50
I can
you can
to do, to make
to do like that
what do you want to do now?
(when there is a consonant at the end of the word, the stress will be on the final syllable)
to do, to make
to eat
something
I want something
I have something for you
I want to eat
I want to eat something now
I have
I am hungry (lit. I have hunger)
man
I want to eat something now because I am hungry
what do you want to eat?
I am hungry
you are hungry
are you hungry?
are you hungry? do you want to eat something now?
why don't you want to eat?
(9) 3.05
(English words ending -ary, end -ario in Spanish)
necessary
it is not necessary for me now because I don't need it
and
I'm sorry, but I don't have it and I don't want it because I don't need it now
contrary
on the contrary
vocabulary
(10) 8.53
(in Spanish, b and v a the same sound)
to see ver
(lo is hooked onto the end of the "full verb")
to see it
I want to see it
I don't want to see it
I want
I want it
I want to see it
I don't want to see it
do you want to see it?
why don't you want to see it?
I can
you can
I cannot see it
(whenever you have two or three consecutive verbs, the second and third verbs are in the full form of the verb, i.e. infinitive)
can you see it?
what can you see?
why can't you see it?
to do, to make
to see
to see it
to do, to make
to do it
I don't want to do it that way
because I cannot do it
why can't you do it that way?
I want to know why you can't do it that way
(11) 4.29
(words in English ending -ance or -ence, end -ancia or -encia in Spanish)
difference
importance
influence
preference
the difference
a difference
what difference?
the preference
a preference
what preference?
do you have a preference?
what preference do you have?
for what restaurant do you have a preference?
tonight
(esta noche literally means "this night")
it is for tonight
for what restaurant do you have a preference tonight?
(12) 4.13
where
where do you want to eat?
the dinner
to dine
where do you want to have dinner tonight?
do you have a preference?
what preference do you have?
for what restaurant do you have a preference tonight?
(words ending -ion in English, end -ión in Spanish)
opinion
(words ending -tion in English, end -ción in Spanish)
condition
position
reservation
the reservation
a reservation
do you have a reservation for me for tonight?
(end of recording)
CD 2 (57.46)
(1) 4.23
condition
the condition
a condition
what condition
reservation
the reservation
a reservation
what reservation
of
do you have the confirmation of the reservation for me for tonight?
what kind
what type of reservation do you have for me tonight?
what kind of reservation do you want?
(2) 6.22
(there are close to 1200 words that end -ion, that are similar in both English and Spanish. There are just a few exceptions)
translation
I need a translation
can you make a translation for me?
(puede "can you?" - a question with inflection - is also used for "will you please?" - a polite suggestion without inflection)
will you make a translation for me?
please
can you make a translation for me?
to do, to make
to do it
will you please do it for me?
today
can you do it for me today?
will you make a translation for me?
please
explanation
to give
will you give an explanation?
can you give an explanation?
(3) 8.16
(verbs derived from nouns, which are similar in both English and Spanish, add -ar in Spanish)
formation
to form
to conform
to confirm
(in English, the "to" form of the verb, i.e. the infinitive, is expressed in Spanish by an ending -ar, -er, -ir. Since all these words end with -r, you must hit the ending)
to speak
to eat
to come
to leave
exit
(the "nose" rule: if a word ends with a vowel or with the letters “n” or “s”, the stress is on the penultimate symbol. Otherwise, it is on the last syllable. If there is an exception to this rule, there is an accent over the stressed syllable, for example, all words ending -ión)
Merida
Mexico
reservation
situation
impression
what impression do you have of the situation?
like that, that way
(4) 5.07
here
will you make a reservation for me?
why can't you make a reservation for me?
why can't you do it?
to know
to see
I want to know it
I want to see it
to see you
to see them
to see them (only females)
I want to see them
I want to see them (only females)
I want to see it
I want to see you
to see me
(two types of "me")
for me
(5) 5.37
to understand
to understand it
to understand you
to understand them
to understand them (only females)
to understand me
can you understand me?
why can't you understand me?
to say, to tell
to tell it
to tell you
to tell me
can you tell me?
why can't you tell me now?
I want to know it
to buy
I want to buy something here
what do you want to buy here?
why don't you want to buy it?
(6) 7.27
expensive
it is very expensive
I have
you have
do you have it?
why don't you have it for me?
to have
I want to have it because I need it
I have
you have
to have
I have to, I must
I have to do it
to leave
I have to leave
soon
I have to leave soon
you have
you have to
you have to do it
when
when do you have to do it?
to say, to tell
to tell it
to tell you
to tell me
will you tell me
can you tell me?
will you tell me why you cannot do it that way
(7) 4.09
(words ending in -ical in English, end -ico in Spanish)
political
economical
philosophical
logical
it is not logical but it is very practical that way
("the political situation" in Spanish is "the situation political", and in this case "political" ends with -a, because la situación is a female word)
the political situation
the economical situation
the political and economical situation
in Spain
in Mexico
in Argentina
what impression do you have of the political and economical situation in Spain now?
(8) 5.22
how much
when
will you tell me how much it is
because I need it
and I want to have it
and I want to buy it
if
if it is not very expensive
I am
I am busy
I am busy (female speaking)
tired
I am tired
I am tired (female speaking)
house
married (lit. "housed”)
I am
I am not very busy today
(9) 5.21
you are
you are busy
you are busy (speaking to a female)
are you busy now?
are you busy now? (speaking to a female)
to be
this house
this table
where are you now?
how
how are you?
hello, good day (lit. good days)
hello, how are you?
are you busy now?
are you tired?
to be
(10) 5.42
I am going
I am going to...
I am going to eat now
I am going to buy it
I am not going to buy it because it's very expensive
I am going to tell you
late
very late
it is very late
more
later (lit. more late)
more or less
to be
I am going to be here later
(end of recording)
CD 3 (59.18)
(1) 7.19
I'm going to
I'm going to do it
I'm not going to do it now because I'm going to be very busy today
to call
I'm going to call you later
can you call me later?
at what time
at what time can you call me?
I'm going to call you
you are going
you are going to
at what time are you going to call me?
at what time are you going to be here tonight?
where are you going to be later?
at what time are you going to be here?
(2) 5.18
(with all verbs, the "you" form also applies to "he", "she" and "it")
he is going to, she is going to, it is going to
you are going to do it
he is going to do it
she is going to do it
(in conversation, the context makes it clear who is being talked about, but you can add a pronoun as a clarifier)
where is he?
where are you?
where is she?
he is going to be here soon
she is going to be here soon
what do you want?
what does he want?
what does she want?
what do you have?
what does he have?
what does she have?
what do you have?
(3) 5.35
ready
I am ready
I am ready (female)
are you ready? (female)
are you ready?
at what time are you going to be ready?
at what time is it going to be ready?
I want to know at what time it is going to be ready because I need it and I have to have it today if it is possible
I want
I want it
I need it
will you tell me when it is going to be ready
(4) 3.46
all, everything
everything is going to be ready for you today
nothing
tomorrow
nothing is going to be ready for you today but everything is going to be ready tomorrow
I am ready
he is ready
she is ready
everything is ready
(5) 6.12
it is possible
it is very important
it is necessary
(in Spanish there are two verbs for "to be", estar and ser. estar means "a state of being" and it expresses "to be" as how one is, where one is. ser expresses the characteristic of who one is and what one is)
I am
you are, he is, she is, it is
how are you?
how is he?
how is she?
where are you?
where is he?
where is she?
where is it?
I know
I don't know
I don't know where it is
I know it
I don't know it
I know
I don't know
I don't know where it is
(6) 7.06
how is Pablo today?
sick
Pablo is sick today
Pablo is a sick person
to arrive
drunk
Pablo is drunk
Pablo is a drunkard
dressed
well-dressed
Pablo is well-dressed today
Pablo is a good dresser
I am a professor
I am ready
clever
I am clever
he is clever
she is clever
she is ready
(7) 4.45
to speak
to buy
to take
to form
to conform
to confirm
will you confirm the reservation for me
to prepare
will you prepare the dinner for me
will you accept the condition
much, very much
many thanks
I want very much to accept the condition but I'm sorry, I cannot accept it because it is not acceptable for me that way
(8) 7.07
(new definition of "noun", "adjective", "verb")
to speak
to buy
to understand
to eat
to do, to make
to say, to tell
to prepare
to accept
(9) 5.58
to come
with me
(the -go ending is only used with "me")
with you
with him
with her
with me
will you speak Spanish with me
can you come with me?
(after the verbs of coming and going, a following verb is preceded by a “to”, for example voy a...)
to come
can you come and see it with me tonight?
(10) 6.12
to go
I'm going
I want to go and see it with you
I must go and see it
I must speak with you
I'm sorry but I cannot see you today because I am going to be very busy
to buy
I must buy it
but I cannot buy it because it is very expensive
(end of recording)
CD 4 (61.37)
(1) 3.17
where is it? ¿donde está?
how much is it? ¿cuando es?
where are you?
to find encontrar
I cannot find it
I don't know where it is
can you/will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it
(2) 9.44
(with the present tense, there is always a stress on the penultimate syllable. That stress is a signal to Spanish ears that you are in the present tense - there are just a few exceptions, e.g. está)
to speak
I speak
to buy
I buy, I am buying
I buy it, I am buying it
I'm not buying it
to sell
I am selling it
I'm not selling it
to understand comprender
I understand
I understand it very well
I don't understand it very well
to understand
I understand
I understand it
I don't understand it
I don't understand you
I understand
you understand
you understand it
do you understand it?
why don't you understand it?
do you understand me?
why don't you understand me?
(3) 4.50
to sell
I am selling it
I'm not selling it
I don't sell it
you are selling it
why don't you sell it?
to write
I'm writing
I'm writing every day (all the days) escribo todos los dias
(4) 7.58
I like (it pleases me) me gusta
I like to see it me gusta verlo
but I don't like to do it
I like to go and see it
I like very much me gusta muy bien
much pleasure mucho gusto
I like very much to write
I like
you like le gusta
you like?
I like to write
I write
you write, he writes, she writes
why don't you write to me?
(5) 6.43
to know
you know sabe
do you know where it is?
why don't you know it?
to do, to make
why don't you do it?
to leave
at what time are you leaving?
at what time do you leave?
(In Spanish, there is an "-ing" tense, but only for expressing what one is doing right now)
I am (in the process of) leaving estoy saliendo
(you could not say estoy saliendo mañana)
at what time are you leaving?
what are you doing today?
what are you doing tonight?
what are you doing right now? ¿qué astá haciendo?
what are you writing?
what are you in the process of writing?
(6) 6.35
to say, to tell
what are you saying? ¿qué dice?
("what" in the middle of a sentence is lo que)
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're saying
I don't know what you want
it is not what I want
what do you want?
what do you want to say?
(the combination "want to say" in Spanish is used for "mean")
I don't understand very well what you mean (lit. what you want to say)
you don't understand what I mean
because that's not what I mean
(7) 8.35
to speak
I speak
to prepare
I am preparing it
but I don't accept it
(Spanish verbs can be divided into two tracks, the -ar verbs, and on the other track, the -er and -ir in verbs)
(the ending for "I" on both tracks is -o)
I'm preparing
I am preparing it
to accept
I am accepting it
(the ending for "you", "he", "she" and "it" for non -ar verbs is -e)
to understand
you understand
to leave
you are leaving
to do
you are doing
to write
you are writing
to say
you are saying
(the ending for "you","he", "she" and "it" for -ar verbs is -a)
you speak
he speaks, she speaks, it speaks
do you speak English?
(8) 7.03
who, whom
who speaks English here?
nobody
nobody speaks English here
everybody
everybody speaks Spanish here
why don't you speak Spanish with me?
to buy
I am buying it
I don't buy it
I am not buying it
why don't you buy it?
I don't know why I am not buying it
to sell
why don't you sell it?
I'm not selling it because I don't want to sell it
(9) 2.54
I speak
you speak, he speaks, she speaks, it speaks
(the ending for "they" is the ending for "you", plus an -n)
they speak
they understand
they are doing it
they are buying it
they are selling it
(10) 3.58
(that same ending is also used with "you plural" meaning "you all")
why don't you sell it? (asking one person)
why don't you sell it? (asking several people)
why don't you do it?
why don't you do it? (plural)
why don't they do it?
(end of recording)
CD 5 (59.03)
(1) 8.54
to speak
to eat
to understand
to come
to leave
to do, to make
to say, to tell
I want
you want
I can
to speak
I speak
I don't speak
I understand
I don't understand
you understand
do you understand it?
do you understand me?
don't you understand me?
why don't you understand me?
they understand
you speak
(2) 6.24
(all Spanish vowels are pronounced clearly, regardless of whether they are stressed or not)
I speak
(there are a few cases where the ending for "I" is not -o)
I am going
I am
to give
I give
I know
I don't know
I don't know it
you are speaking, he is speaking, she is speaking
to understand
I understand
you understand, he understands
(3) 3.39
to buy
why don't you buy it?
to sell
I am selling it
why don't you sell it?
why don't you sell it? (plural)
they are not selling it
why don't you buy it?
they are not buying it
why don't you buy it? (plural)
(4) 4.43
("you" for family and friends is tú. The ending is -as or -es)
do you speak English? (friend)
why don't you speak Spanish with me? (friend)
(for the imperative, you switch tracks)
speak Spanish with me!
(5) 5.54
the book
buy the book!
("this" is este with masculine nouns, and esta with feminine nouns. "that" is almost the same: ese and esa)
this book
this night, tonight
this house
this table
that book
that table
this (without a noun)
I want to see this
I'm going to buy this
I want to see that
why don't you buy this book?
buy that book!
he is not buying it
don't buy it!
(6) 4.25
to sell
why don't you sell it?
don't sell it!
don't sell it! (plural)
don't sell it! (friend)
sell that book!
buy that book!
don't buy it!
don't buy it! (plural)
don't buy it! (friend)
(7) 6.30
(for a positive command, pronouns are hooked on to the verb)
buy it!
buy it! (plural)
them
buy them! (talking to several people)
don't buy them! (talking to several people)
to take
why don't you take it?
don't take it!
take it!
eat it!
(8) 5.30
(the ending for "we" is -mos, added to the infinitive without the final -r)
we speak
to speak
I want to speak with you (friend)
to eat
to leave
to speak
we speak
to eat
we eat
we are leaving
we are coming
we are selling
to sell
we are selling
to write
we are writing
to have
we have
to do, to make
we are doing it
we are not doing it
we do not do it that way
to tell, to say
we are telling you
(9) 5.27
(there is one exception)
to go
we go
I go
you go, he goes
I am going
you are going to, he is going to
they are going to
you are going to (plural)
you are going to (friend)
we are going to
we are going to leave soon
to arrive
at what time are we going to arrive in Madrid?
we are doing it
they are doing it
why don't you do it? (friend)
I have
(though some verbs which end not just with -o, but with -go, when talking about "I")
to come
I come
to leave
I am leaving
I have
I come
I am leaving
to put, to pose
to oppose
to suppose
to compose
I put
I am putting it here
I have
I come
I am leaving
I am putting
I suppose
(10) 4.43
("to do" and "to say" are related. They both have the -go ending, and additionally are shortened)
to do
to say, tell
I do
I tell
I have
I come
I am leaving
I am putting
I am doing it
I am telling you
to bring
I am bringing
I am bringing it
I am putting it
I am coming
I am leaving
I am doing it
I am telling you
I am bringing it
I am putting it
where are you putting it?
where are you putting it? (plural)
where are you putting it? (friend)
we are putting it here
(11) 2.49
(in the imperative, the -go verbs turn into -ga verbs)
come with me!
don't leave!
don't leave! (plural)
don't leave! (friend)
don't put it here!
put it here!
can you put it here, will you please put it here
(end of recording)
CD 6 (60.36)
(1) 7.33
I leave
I have
I put
I'm doing, I am making
I'm saying, I am telling
I am coming
I suppose
I have
I bring
bring it!
bring me something!
don't put it here!
there
put it there!
don't put it here, put it there!
I am doing it
do it!
don't do it!
say it in Spanish!
tell me!
don't tell me now!
don't tell me! (friend)
to call
call me later please!
call me!
(in the imperative, the only time you don't switch tracks is when speaking to "you, friend". You also miss out the last -s)
call me! (friend)
call me!
(2) 6.06
to have
we have
to do
we are doing it
to have
you have
they have, you all have
you have (friend)
we have
I have
to have
you have
(in Spanish, when you push down on the letter -e-, it caves in and becomes -ie-. For "I have", this doesn't happen because the -g- holds up the letter -e)
to come
we are coming
he is coming
they are coming
you are coming (friend)
I am coming
to start
I am starting
you are starting, he is starting, she is starting, it is starting
at what time are you starting?
at what time are you all starting?
at what time are you starting? (friend)
at what time do we start?
(3) 6.35
to begin, to start
I am starting
at what time are you starting? at what time is it starting?
to think
I think
what do you think?
what do you think of the situation?
we think
(pensar is also used in the sense of thinking forward, or planning)
I plan on leaving soon
when do you plan on leaving?
to understand
I understand
to understand
I understand
(entender is used more often than comprender)
I don't understand it
I don't understand you
I don't understand you (friend)
do you understand me? (friend)
we don't understand
(usually you can deduce that the whole verb contains the sound -e-, if the present tense verb contains -ie-)
I want
you want, he wants
they want, you all want
you want (friend)
you all want
to want
we want
(4) 6.08
(in a similar situation, the letter -o- caves in and becomes -ue-)
I can
you can, he can
they can, you all can
you can (friend)
to be able to
we can
the power
to find, to encounter
I find
I don't find it
on to remember
I remember
to come back
I am coming back soon
at what time are you coming back?
are you all coming back?
are you coming back? (friend)
we are coming back soon
to come back
(5) 7.39
to lift up, to raise
I am lifting it up
why don't you lift it up?
I am lifting myself up, I lift me up
I am getting up
us
we are getting up, we are lifting us up
you are getting up (friend)
at what time are you getting up? (friend)
himself, herself, yourself, themselves, oneself
he is getting up
at what time are you getting up?
at what time are you all getting up?
they are getting up soon
I am going to get up soon
I have to get up
we are going to get up soon
we have to get up
I have
I have to get up
we have to get up
at what time do we have to get up?
(6) 5.33
to remain
to give
to stay, to remain oneself
I am staying
I am not staying
how much
how much time
I don't know how long I am staying
I don't know how long I am going to stay
I don't know how long I can stay
we are staying
a few days
we are going to stay here a few days
(el día is actually a masculine word, and so is el problema "the problem". la mano is feminine)
(7) 4.08
there is, there are
people
the people
many people
there are many people here
what is there? what is going on?
no problem, there is no problem
I don't know how long we are going to stay here
still, still more
a little
a little more
late
later
a little later
yet (in a negative sense)
I don't know yet, still I don't know
I don't know yet how long I am going to stay
(8) 6.53
to see
we see
we see it
he doesn't see it, you don't see it
I see
they see it
we see it
we see ourselves
we don't see ourselves
("ourselves" in Spanish also means "each other")
we see each other, we meet
at what time do we meet? at what time do we see each other?
at what time do we meet tomorrow?
(in Spanish, the present tense can be used to express the future; so, "we meet next week" is correct Spanish, although it is incorrect English)
to call
I will call you tomorrow, I call you tomorrow
to buy
I am buying
I am buying it
I am buying them
I am telling
I am saying it
I am telling you
I am telling you (friend)
I am calling
I am calling you
I am calling you (friend)
I call you tomorrow
(in Spanish, you use "going" to express the future even more than in English)
I am going to call you tomorrow
(9) 6.26
we are staying a few days, we will be staying a few days
we are going to stay a few days
at what time do we meet tomorrow? at what time do we see each other tomorrow?
at what time are we going to see each other? at what time are we going to meet tomorrow?
(in the future tense, you can also say "I will see": for "I will", you start with the whole verb)
to speak
I will speak
I will eat later
I will buy it
I will sell it
to take
I will take it
we will take it
I will take it
we will take it
I will start
we will start
I will eat
we will eat
I will speak with you
we will speak
(10) 3.30
to wait, to hope
I will wait
we will wait
to stay, to remain oneself
I am staying, I am remaining myself
to speak
I am speaking
to stay
I am staying
I am staying here tomorrow
I will stay
I am going to stay
(end of recording)
CD 7 (62.38)
(1) 4.49
(often, the easiest way to talk about the future is to use "going")
I will start, I am going to start
I will buy it, I am going to buy it
we will buy it, we are going to buy it
I will call you later
we will call you later
at what time will you call me?
at what time I going to call me? (plural)
they are going to call me later
at what time will you call me? (friend)
you are going to call me
you are going to call me (plural)
you are going to call me (friend)
they are going to call me
we are going to call you
(2) 4.39
to stay, to remain oneself
I am staying
we are staying
they are staying
she is staying
I am not staying
I am going to stay
how long are you going to stay?
how long are you going to stay? (plural)
I don't know yet how long we are going to stay
I will stay me
we will stay
(3) 4.39
(the future tense ending for everything else starts with -rá-)
I will buy it
we will buy it
he will buy it
you will buy it
where will you buy it? (plural)
where will you buy it? (friend)
too, too much
they won't buy it because it's too expensive
I will be here
we will be here tomorrow
he will be here
it will be ready for you tomorrow
they will be here soon
they are going to be here soon
("it will be" can come from ser)
it will be
it won't be possible
I will go see it
we will go see it
(4) 5.43
(the -go verbs, in the future, use the ending -dre- instead of -re-)
I have
I will have
we will have
he will have, you will have
they will have, you all will have
you will have (friend)
to leave
I leave
I will leave
we will leave
he will leave
they will leave, you all will leave
you will leave (friend)
I put
I will put
we will put
they will put, you all will put
you will put (friend)
(with the two friends, digo and hago, you drop the -go- and add the ending -re-)
I will do
we will do
he will do
they will do
you will do (friend)
I will tell
I will tell you later
I will tell it
I will tell you
I will tell you (friend)
we will tell
he will tell you
he will tell me
when will you tell me?
when will you tell me? (friend)
when will you all tell me?
(5) 7.32
(for "would", you have a similar ending to the future: -ría)
it will be necessary
it would be necessary
it wouldn't be necessary
it wouldn't be possible that way
I will do it
I would do it lo
I wouldn't do it that way
they wouldn't do it
why wouldn't you do it? (friend)
I tell
I will tell you
I wouldn't tell you
he wouldn't tell me
he won't leave today
he wouldn't leave
he will have it for you
but he wouldn't have it today
(6) 9.53
I like, it pleases me
I like to see it
I like very much to see it
I don't like to stay here
you like, it pleases you
you like? it pleases you?
we like, it pleases us
to please
it would please me
I would like to see you
I would like to go see it with you
to send
he is sending it
(with "it - to me", the personal word comes first)
he is sending it to me
he is not sending it to me today
but he will send it to me tomorrow
(both words can be hooked onto the end of the "whole" verb)
he is going to send it to me tomorrow
he is sending it to me tomorrow
he wouldn't send it to me today
(7) 7.51
I am sending it
I am sending you something
I am sending you something (friend)
I am sending it to you (friend)
I am sending them to you (friend)
("it - to you" is not le lo but se lo)
I am sending it to you
I am going to send it to you
(se lo can mean "it - to you", or "it to him", "it to her", "it to them", "it to all of you". If the context is not clear, you could clarify with voy a mandárselo a usted, or voy a mandárselo a él etc)
will you send it to me? can you send it to me?
can you send it to him?
(8) 4.42
I like to see it, it pleases me to see it
I would like to see it
I would like, I may want, I might want
I would like to see it, I might want to see it
I want to see it
it would please me to see it
I like to see it
I might want to see it
it won't be necessary
it wouldn't be necessary
(9) 6.05
(to go into the past tense in Spanish, you dive. To say "I bought something" you say "I have bought something". After "have", you dive into the past with "bought", which in Spanish ends with -ado with the -ar track, and ends with -ido with the other track)
spoken
left
eaten
sold
bought
spoken
taken
to live
lived
(there are two Spanish verbs for "to be"; similarly, there are two verbs for "to have". The other verb is haber, and it is used for diving into the past. In the present tense, this verb is like the future tense endings, but with the -r- replaced with a -h-)
(10) 3.47
I have bought something
we have bought
(to say "we have bought it", the "it" comes before "have")
we have bought it
he has bought it
he has not bought it
where have you bought it?, where did you buy it?
to sell
he has sold it
(there are a few exceptions)
made, done
I have done it
we have done it
said
he has told me
you have not told me
I told you, I have told you
(end of recording)
CD 8 (55.02)
(1) 5.06
to wait
I am waiting
to find out, to inform oneself
I want to inform myself
I want to find out where it is
to wait
I am waiting
you are waiting, he is waiting, she is waiting
wait!
why are you waiting?
why are you waiting?
why don't you wait?
(2) 5.03
(in Spanish, "to wait for" is "to wait, to await")
I am awaiting you, I am waiting for you
I am waiting for you (friend)
he is waiting for you
she is waiting for you
they are waiting for me
why are you all waiting?
why are you waiting for me? (friend)
we are waiting
why don't you wait for me?
why don't you wait for me? (friend)
why don't you wait for me? (plural)
wait!
wait for me here!
(3) 6.32
we are waiting for you
shall we wait for you? we are waiting for you?
("let's" is the imperative for "we...")
let's wait!
we are waiting
let's wait!
let's wait here!
we are buying it
we are not buying it
let's not buy it!
we are selling it
let's sell the house!
don't wait for me!
wait for me!
I am waiting right now, I am in the process of waiting
I have waited
I have left
I am waiting right now
I am doing it
I am right now in the process of doing it lo
(4) 7.20
(there is also in Spanish an -ing tense in Spanish, corresponding to "was -ing" and "were so-ing"; we'll call it the "wing tense". For the -ar track, the ending is -aba)
I was waiting
I was speaking
I was buying it
I was preparing it
(for the other tracks, the ending is -ía)
I was leaving
I was eating
I was doing it
I was buying it
I was selling it
I was preparing it
he was preparing it
you were preparing it
you were preparing it (friend)
they were preparing it
I was doing it
he was doing it
you were doing it
you were doing it (friend)
they were doing it
he was telling me
I have not understood what you were saying
(5) 4.23
(in Spanish, the "wing" tense expresses a straight line in the past, but it can also express a broken line in the past, which in English is "I used to do it" or "I did it very often", "I did it every day", "I did it all the time")
he did it every day
done, made
(in Spanish, you can also dive after "to be")
it is done
I have done it
I prepared it, I have prepared it
dinner is prepared
I accepted the condition, I have accepted the condition
(6) 5.06
told
I have told you
you haven't told me
why haven't you told me?
seen
I have seen it
I haven't seen it yet, I still haven't seen it
put
where did you put it? where have you put it?
we have put it here
to forget
I won't forget it
sure
I am sure
that we won't forget it
I didn't forget it, I haven't forgotten it
(7) 4.13
to leave
to leave something behind
message
I have left a message for you
to spend time
we have spent much time
we didn't spend much time, we have not spent much time
a good idea
that is a very good idea
it is not a bad idea
how much time did you spend?
prefer
I prefer
I prefer staying here
(8) 2.26
to feel like
I feel like staying here
with all of you
I feel like being here with all of you
(9) 7.30
I would like to see it
I would like to make a reservation
how long do you plan on staying?
to ask
I would like to ask you
I would ask you later
I will ask you later
I am going to call you later
I will call you later
(whenever "to" implies "in order to", in Spanish you must use para)
I am calling you in order to know
I am going to call you later
I will call you later
...to ask you, in order to ask you
with us (others)
if you can come see it with us tonight
(10) 7.20
at what time do we arrive tomorrow?
(to say "I have just seen it", in Spanish you say "I just finished from seeing it": acabo de... which translates "I have just..."; this is a quick and painless way to speak in the past tense)
I have just left
he has just left
it makes
(hace is also used for "ago")
ten minutes ago (lit. it makes ten minutes)
he has just left ten minutes ago
I have just seen it
I have just arrived here two days ago
I have just arrived here two weeks ago
(end of recording)