Difficulty: Newbie
Comments Policy
Allowed comments do not necessarily represent the views of SpanishPod.com. We also reserve the right to reject personal attacks, false/unsubstantiated allegations, spamming of any kind, and comments that include vulgar language or libelous statements.
New lesson idea? Please let us know at spanishpod@praxislanguage.com.
tel: (302) 482-8078 / +86 (021) 5178-6708
email: support@praxislanguage.com
Suite A301, 2452 Wanhangdu Road,
Shanghai, China 200051
This feature is only available to paid subscribers. SpanishPod offers 3 paid subscription types.
| Basic | Starting from $5 per month |
| Premium | Starting from $17 per month |
| Praxis | Starting from $23 per month |
To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.
This feature is only available to Premium and Praxis subscribers.
| Premium | Starting from $29 per month |
| Praxis | Starting from $39 per month |
To find out more about these subscription types, please click here.
To upgrade your account, please click here.
hola
Hola. I need help. I got to write a letter in spanish and I don't know where to go to find out how to say the words or even how to spell them. Where can I go or could someone help me??? Thank you so much.
I would try writing as much as you can in Spanish and fill in the gaps with english words, then go back and look up the translations and fill them in. Finally go back and check the word order, and grammar.
Since you are just starting, aim low. Make all statements about things here and now. You don't want or need past tense, future tense, conditionals . . . Try to think simple. That is hard to do in your native language.
A word of warning, the auto transation engines on the net almost always produce at least some nonsense. dropping in spelled alike misinformation, verbs for nouns, nouns for verbs.
They can give you a list of words to consider as possible, but are not to be trusted, not only that but you will learn nothing from cutting and pasting.
i don't know where to start
Start where you are.
Grab the first thing you see and figure out what it is. Then figure out what it is tied to and follow that somewhere and compare all the new things you find there.
Open any newbie lesson. Learn the words.
if any confuse you, copy them into the search engine at the top right of any page.
look at the list of related lessons.
pick one, (hopefully newbie or beginner) and listen to that.
Use the podcasts as background noise. Listen to spanish radio or news, get used to the sound and rythmn.
i want to learn how to have a spanish conversation with someone. like , in ordinary conversations. or everydat conversations in spanish.
I have been getting confused about direct object pronoun, indirect object pronoun and reflexive pronouns. Are the following sentences correct?
¿Quién me paga las cuentas?
Yo te las pago.
Yo se las pago.
¿A quién le manda Juan esas rosas?
Juan se las manda a Elena.
¿A quién le escriben Uds. una tarjeta?
Nosotros nos la escribimos a Luis.
Hi chat soir
The last example is incorrect. You say Nosotros le escribimos a Luis. Debes de seguir el LE en la respuesta tu. Es decir A QUIEN LE ESCRIBEN, Nosotros LE escribimos a Luis.
You can see some of LA CLAVE here we explain more about pronouns.
http://spanishpod.com/lessons/channels/list/la+clave
Also I am giving you more information about the pronouns. I think it might be useful.
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns Used Together
Here are the direct object pronouns and the indirect object pronouns side by side:
DO Pronouns IO Pronouns English Equivalent
me me me
te te you (familiar)
lo, la le him, her, it, you (formal)
nos nos us
os os you-all (familiar)
los, las les them, you-all (formal)
When you have both a direct object pronoun and an indirect object pronoun in the same sentence, the indirect object pronoun comes first.
Ellos me los dan.
They give them to me.
IO pronoun: me
DO pronoun: los
Ella te la vende.
She sells it to you.
IO pronoun: te
DO pronoun: la
Whenever both pronouns begin with the letter "l" change the first pronoun to "se."
le lo = se lo
le la = se la
le los = se los
le las = se las
les lo = se lo
les la = se la
les los = se los
les las = se las
The reason for changing "le lo" to "se lo" is merely to avoid the tongue-twisting effect of two short consecutive words that begin with the letter "l". To demonstrate this, first quickly say "les las" and then quickly say "se las." See how much easier it is to say "se las?"
In negative sentences, the negative word comes directly before the first pronoun.
No se lo tengo.
I don't have it for you.
Nunca se los compro.
I never buy them for her.
Because the pronoun se can have so many meanings, it is often helpful to clarify it by using a prepositional phrase.
Él se lo dice.
Ambiguous. He tells it to (whom?).
Él se lo dice a Juan.
He tells it to him. (to Juan)
Él se lo dice a María.
He tells it to her. (to María)
Él se lo dice a ella.
He tells it to her.
In sentences with two verbs, there are two options regarding the placement of the pronouns. Place them immediately before the conjugated verb or attach them directly to the infinitive.
She should explain it to me.
Ella me lo debe explicar.
Ella debe explicármelo.
I want to tell it to you.
Te lo quiero decir.
Quiero decírtelo.
You need to send it to them.
Se la necesitas enviar a ellos.
Necesitas enviársela a ellos.
Note that when attaching the pronouns to the infinitive, a written accent is also added to the final syllable of the infinitive. This preserves the sound of the infinitive.
When the pronouns are attached to the infinitive, make the sentence negative by placing the negative word directly before the conjugated verb.
Ella debe explicármelo.
Ella no debe explicármelo.
Quiero decírtelo.
No quiero decírtelo.
Necesitas enviársela a ellos.
No necesitas enviársela a ellos.
When the pronouns come before the conjugated verb, make the sentence negative by placing the negative word directly before the pronouns.
Ella me lo debe explicar.
Ella no me lo debe explicar.
Te lo quiero decir.
No te lo quiero decir.
Se la necesitas enviar a ellos.
No se la necesitas enviar a ellos.