Grammar Guide - Conjugation

> In Spanish, conjugated verbs also reflect the person and number of the subject. The "-s" suffix in the third person, singular in present tense is something similar in English. Thus, this concept is not completely alien to English speakers. > We do this with a unique suffix. Which is not always unique; e.g., 1st and 3rd person in the conditonal tense.

> However, some of the so-called %u201Cirregular%u201D verbs do follow a pattern; these verbs that pattern together will be presented together and given a nifty SpanishPod name, to indicate that they are not true irregulars. I have some suggestions for these! (Actually, they are from my Spanish teacher :) They are based on writing the forms in this scheme: 1. person singular 1. person plural 2. person singular 2. person plural 3. person singular 3. person plural and then observe where the irregularities are. For example: - "shoe" (or maybe "boot"), e.g. empezar: irregularity e->ie: *empiezo* empezamos *empiezas* empez

Oh, oh, I shouldn't have used accents. Well, to cut it short, the names are: - "shoe" or "boot", irregularity in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural. The shape is like an "L" or a boot. - "decorated shoe", additional irregularity in the 1st person (e.g. tener) - "anklet", irregularity only in the 1st person (e.g. saber) - "sandal", irregularity only in the 3rd person singular and 3rd person plural in the preterit tense (e.g. sentir)

> True irregular verbs. I'm looking forward to see the list of true irregular verbs for subjunctive present tense because there appears to be a different list in many books. My list of 6 verbs is: estar, haber, dar, ir, ser, saber; but some books claim that "ver" and/or "caber" are also true irregular (I don't see why).

Hi Martinillo The conjugation of the present subjective is base on the yo form of the present indicative. The present indicative of caber is irregular for yo “ yo quepo” and this irregularity is reflected all conjugations of the present subjective. The present subjective of caber is: Yo quepa Tu quepas El quepa Nosotros quepamos Ellos quepan Since the present indicative of ver is irregular for yo, “yo veo”, the present subjective of ver is similarly irregular Steve

stevestrv: as you say: "the conjugation of the present subjunctive is based on the yo form of the present indicative." Thus, I consider all verbs that follow this rule as regular in the present subjunctive, whether the yo form of the present indicative is regular or not. Thus, for my list of truly irregular verbs in the present subjunctive (estar, haber, dar, ir, ser, saber), the rule doesn't apply. If we were considering all verbs with an irregular yo form in the present indicative as irregular in the present subjunctive, the list would be a lot longer (ver, caber, tener, hacer, satisfacer, decir, venir, oír, seguir, elegir, corregir, valer, poner, caer, traer, coger, salir, ...); in fact, I guess any verb that is irregular in the present indicative has an irregular yo form in the present indicative; thus, we would have to consider it irregular in the present subjunctive (hundreds of verbs!) The beauty of the rule you mentioned is exactly that in most cases, we simply don't need to bother whether the yo form of the present indicative is regular or irregular, we can derive the conjugation for the present subjunctive in either case. For example for caber: the yo form of the present indicative is "quepo"; dropping the "o" and appending the present subjunctive endings gives the correct present subjunctive forms. Spanish is easy! ;) Martin

I always get confused about how many times you can conjugate verbs in one sentence. Do you conjugate every verb for only the same pronouns in a sentence? Or is it that you can only conjugate the first verb in a sentence? And can you please translate the example sentences so I can see the differences?

I want you to buy cookies.

You can teach me to swim after they leave.

I like tomatos when I crush them.

likelyconfused,

the guideline you should follow is that if the verb has a subject, conjugate it.   Don't go by any rule that has you counting verbs. 

• Quiero que tú compres galletas. (I want that you buy cookies)
  
• Tú puedes enseñarme a nadar después de que ellos se vayan.  You can teach (no subject) me to swim (no subject) after they leave.  
• Me gustan los tomates cuando los aplasto.  Tomatoes give pleasure to me when I smash them. 
  

This last sentence is a little weird, it's not a typical construction in either language. 

 

 

in the letters of "buscar trabajo" is there any sign at the end of the letter or not                 

plz answer me rapidamente

graciasat

 

mooo12345,

buscar trabajo= looking for work, looking for a job

there is no accent mark over the last letter in trabajo because in this case trabajo is a noun.

Hi there,

I speak French fluently, and would like to start learning Spanish. Is Spanish and French similar? Do they follow somewhat similar grammar rules? Is there anything I need to remember about French that doesn't apply to Spanish or vice versa?

For example, salir in French means dirty (as in dirty room). In Spanish it means to exit.

 

Thank you,

Maryam