Lesson Introduction
In the big video today, we'll review the present participle; the regular forms, as well as the irregulars. We'll put those past participles together with the present tense of the verb 'haber' to form the present perfect. Finally, we'll hear some breaking news from SpanishPod's news department.
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"I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not steal that woman's sandwich, Miss Gete. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you."
¡Qué bien! Lo que más me gusta son las comentarios adicionales, por ejemplo el comentario de Lili sobre "rompido". "¡Mal!" :) También me gusta que hay textos bastante largos y difíciles, es decir más reales que los ejemplos típicos en gramáticas.
Very good! What I like best are the additional comments, for example Lili's comment about "rompido". "Bad!" I also like that there are rather long and difficult texts, i.e. more real texts than the tipical examples in grammar books.
Unos errores: la introducción de esta página dice "present participle" en lugar de "past participle"; en el pdf: "theif" en lugar de "thief", y en la lista de verbos irregulares del vídeo faltan "satisfacer - satisfecho" y "pudrir - podrido". (Bueno, el uno es una forma de "hacer" y el otro es bastante infrecuente.)
Some errors: the introduction of this page says "present participle" instead of "past participle"; in the pdf: "theif" instead of "thief", and in the list of irregular verbs the verbs "satisfacer - satisfecho" and "pudrir - podrido" are missing. (Well, the former is a form of "hacer" and the other one is rather infrequent.)
"Et tu, Leo?"
jajaja!!!
Noooooo... Peto... ¡Qúe has hecho!
Por favor, piensa de todos estos pobres bocadillos en el mundo.
¡Qúe son van a creer! Van a vivir en temor.
Por el lado positivo --
Por fin todos sabemos qué demonios es un pastel de pollo :)
¡Ughhhh! JP, la tormenta de los medios está naciente. Yo intento de aferrarse a mi creencia en ti. ¡Pero, no soló sé ahora! La policia, JP.................. ¡Te sospechan!
Jajaja
Ughhhh! JP, the media storm is rising. I want to believe in you. But, I just don’t know, now! The police, JP………… they suspect you!.
This is better than going to the movies.
JP you better tell them about your other side, the bad JP -who must have been hungry at the time- otherwise you will not get away with the sandwich - must be the one in the last lesson fron Leo, don't blame you if it is enfrijoladas man it looks tasty.
Leo you seemed to enjoy it when you saw them arrest JP, oh JP you better go (hehehe mate you are busted).
I bet you after few of these lessons I will have no excuse to LOVE grammer that I always hate (even in Arabic) gracias por todo por la fantastica lesson.
spanishlearners,
¿ usted podría decirnos un poquito del idioma arabe, por favor?
Me interesaría mucho oír hablar de su historia, su gramática :) y su sistema de escribir.
Muchas gracias
>> "I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not that woman's sandwich, Miss Gete. <<
JP... you might want a do-over on that written statement. You're missing a very key VERB in it (although it's a blast to "fill in the blank" with all KINDS of things!) Let's name a few of them...
Que hizo JP con el sandwich... molestarlo? tentalearlo? lamerlo? cogerlo (en Argentina, ESA actividad con un sandwich seria MUY... "interesante"!)? O puede ser algo mas "siniestro"? Ja!!
Yo no fui!
Yo solo soy el chico de las noticias...
spanishlearners, there's no "bad JP;" I didn't steal Esti's sandwich.
casiporteno, I would love a do-over and be able to fill in that blank, but the site isn't letting me. It's been taken over by someone named HAL 9000.
jgrob, don't you give up on me, too! I didn't take that sandwich!
leoguerrero, how could you play me like that? We was boys together, leo... we was boys...
Man, JP you need to be around me when i blasted from laughter, I scared our cockatils (made up for that with extra food and water), ah this is the reason JP has gone to FrenchPod lately, all because of this sandwich (what was it JP jejeje).
dubhais, this one is for you, I can teach it to you if you are interested.
دوبهايس، هذه من أجلك ،أستطيع تعليمها لك اذا كنت مهتما بذلك
dubhais, anytime anywhere, my skype is spanishlearners feel free to drop by but I don't connect most of the time except Thursdays, Fridays and sometimes Saturdays (our weekend) u r more than welcome.
casiporteno, the system finally let me go back in and add the word "steal" to my original statement.
And when I say "original" statement, I mean that loosely.
spanishlearners, it would be a lie to say that the accusations and betrayal hasn't strained our working relationship at Studio Fiesta. But all I can do is stand still, and hope it all blows over. For goodness sakes, I didn't steal that sandwich!
JP your a funny dude. Your were serious about the HAL 9000 guy taking over the site? And I hate to be the one to break it to you but the "original" still doesn't read right. Typos happen, don't worry about it.
im just waiting for the mayonaise spattered dress
Check your freezer donperigo. I will be damned if I'm gonna let you lindatrip me! ;)
so...(to quote another infamous criminal trial)...if it doesn't fit, you must acquit
or maybe there was another eater on hill
JP guilty! hahahahaha. Es acusado y aprendido.
thanks russhuntley. Your support means a lot to me.
By the way, I'm out of jail. Turns out that bread crumbs under the fingernails is CIRCUMSTANCIAL and doesn't prove NOTHIN'.