Verbs- Los Verbos

[AnnaC]

Verbs Los Verbos


Regularly formed:

Ver- the child sees the house el niño ve la casa
Correr- the teen runs el muchacho corre
Comer- the man eats el hombre come
Cargar- the father carries the boy el papá carga al niño
Caminar- the soldier walks el soldado camina
Empujar- the men push each other los hombres se empujan

[Hillbilly]

Unless you have already reviewed the -ar verbs like amar and hablar, I have to question the uses of the above.

Ver: veo ves ve vemos veis ven is not regular feeling..

amo, amas, ama, amamos, amais, aman is regular.

Also the use of cargar is a bit difficult since it implies the use of the "u" after the "g" in some instances.

cargué for instance

And it is difficult to pronounce since it is so close to the verb for "defecate""



HB

Edit: But I guess you have to start someplace. The biggest problem is that the easiest verb in spanish has 48 different forms and the toughtest verb in English has just 5!!

Present
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-ais
-an

imperfect An indeterminent past. I talked to her yesterday = Hablaba con ella ayer

-aba
-abas
-aba
-abamos
-abais
-aban

past A definate past: I talked to her at five = Hablé con ella a las cinco

-é
-astes
-ó
-amos
-eis (?? never use it don't remember it!! for shame)
-aron

[AnnaC]

Verb: Ver (to see/look)

Present---------Past------------Future
Presente--------Pasado---------Futuro

Yo-veo---------vi---------------veré
Tú – ves--------viste------------verás
El – ve-----------vio-------------verá
Nosotras-vemos----vimos---------veremos
Nosotras
Ellos-ven-----------vieron---------verán
Ellas

[AnnaC]

Verb: Correr (to run)

Present____________Past____________Future
Presente___________Pasado__________Futuro

Yo--corro_____________corrí__________correré
Tu- corres____________corriste________correrás
El- corre______________corrió__________correrá
Nosotros- corremos_____corrimos________correremos
Nosotras-
Ellos- corren___________corrieron________correrán
Ellas

[AnnaC]

Verb Comer ( to eat)


Present___________Past____________Future
Presente____________Pasado_________Futuro

Yo – como____________comí____________comeré
Tu – comes___________comiste__________comerás
El - come_____________comió___________comerá
Nosotros- comemos_____cominos__________comeremos
Nosotras –
Ellos- comen___________comieron__________comerán
Ellas-

[AnnaC]

You mean I'm are not being taught right?

I'm asking for my money back.

[Hillbilly]

I never use it anyway.

I think Anna, that your message will be clearer if you can teach the verb stems + the endings for the different tenses

corr + o
+es
+e
+emos
+en

IMP

For -er and -ir verbs

stem + ía
+ías
+ía
+iamos
+ían

Past

Stem + í
+ iste
+ió
+imos
+ieron ( too many "r"s to get your tongue around...

HB

[AnnaC]

Thank you Luis.

I'm really not trying to teach. I'm posting as I learn. Looks like there's so much to learn.


Una cerveza por favor.

[Hillbilly]

There are whole lists of regular and itregular verbs.

I think maybe for adults that do not have the "ear" for language anymore, some training of accents is a good lesson.

For example, few English speakers can get their tongues around the "RR" sournd To them F E R R O C A R R I L is the same as FEROCARIL, but is sounds horrid.

However, in English we do have the words "bottle" and "cattle" ...it so happens that the "TT" sound of bottle or CATTLE (unless you are a guy from Joisey or Bruklin that says Bot-ul and bat - ul) is the same as the "rr" sound of carro in Spanish!!

Try it and you will see. The trill only comes with practice. CORRE !

HB

[Hillbilly]

This is very good for the readers.

once they get the hang of it, it is so cool.

And the great advantage of Spanish is that even poorly spoken, it can be understood. The basics at least. And Dominicans, like Japanese and Chinese and many other cultures, don't give a hoot!. They love it when a person tries to get a message across.

I once heard a 15 year resident tell a clerk: "Hey José, get me de lata of Campbell's Chicken soup" And she got it!!


HB