Siento

La Expresion del Dia: SIENTO

"sentir" means to feel
Me siento bien, (I am fine, I feel fine)
Lo siento, I am sorry.

A more "advanced" use of this verb:

I case you need to apologize/explain something, you can add the ver "HABER" and a past participle (drop the "lo" at the beginning of the sentence)

Siento Haber llegado tarde (I am sorry I am late.... literally: I am sorry I have arrived late)

Other verbs to try on the "past participle form": estudiado (studied), hablado (spoken) hecho (made, done), pensado (thought)

He estado and he sido

La Expresion del Dia: He estado (I have been:estar) He sido (I have been: ser)

Eres uno de esos estudiantes que se siente confundido con los verbos "ser" y "estar"?
Are you one of those students who feel confused with "ser" and "estar"?
Here is more to add to the confusion. :-) No, solo estoy bromeando :-) I am just kidding.. espero que la siguiente explicacion te ayude. I hope the following explanation helps you.

In the present tense you can say: Yo estoy ocupado (NEVER say "yo soy ocupado" No, No, BAD SPANISH!
Therefore, to say this sentence in the the present perfect tense: He estado ocupado. (I have been busy.)


In the present tense you can say: Yo soy una buena persona (NEVER say: Yo "estoy" una buena persona) BAD SPANISH!
Therefore, to say this sentence in the present perfect tense: He sido una buena persona (I have been a good person)

If you use the "ser" in the present form, then use "sido". If you use estar, then use "estado". ("estado"/"sido" doesn't change no matter who you are talking about) Yo he estado, Tu has estado, el ha estado...etc...... Yo he sido, tu has sido, el ha sido, etc...

Yo he estado/sido
Tu has
El ha
Nosotros hemos
Ellos han

18 irregular verbs you must master

18 "non-conforming" verbs you must master 18 verbos "inconformes" con los cuales deber ser un experto.
Think of it as sort of a "club" that accepts only peculiar verbs as members. If a verb dares to be different this is the group to belong to. Here they are in their infinitive and preterite (1st person) Once you now the first person, you will know the rest. For the first 11 verbs Just follow the ending: E/O/ISTE/IMOS/IERON with only 2 exceptions: They said and they brought. (dijeron and trajeron) No "i" before the "e"1) TENER. tuve 2) ESTAR. estuve 3)ANDAR anduve. 4) PONER. Puse. 5) PODER. Pude. 6) SABER. supe 7) VENIR. vine. 8) HACER. Hice. 9) QUERER. Quise. 10) DECIR. Dije. 11) TRAER Traje. 12) SALIR, sal.. .13) VER vi... They are regular in the preterite but have other idyosincracies14) OIR oi, oyo, oiste, oimos, oyeron 15) CAER cai, cayo, caiste, caimos, cayeron ("i" changes to "y" when between vowels)16) DAR di, dio, dimos, dieron (DAR is an "AR" verb but decided to use the ER/IR endings in the preterite)17) IR 18) SER fui, fue, fuimos, fueron These 2 are identical but different meaning :-) Y eso es todo!! Si te conviertes en un experto en estos verbos, vas a avanzar mucho!

La Expresion del Dia: -CY and CE ending words

Many words that end in: "cy" or "ce" are translated into Spanish by changing the ending "cy" or "ce" into "cia" in Spanish. Agency: agenciaTendency: Tendencia Democracy: Democracia The entonation (accent) goes on the next-to-last sillable: aGENcia. tenDENcia,demoCRAcia. and... MANY of them are FEMALE... La agencia, la tendencia, la democracia.There are a few that are not (-ce). They end in :"cio" like: divorcio, servicio, vicio.


Can you figure out what these are?
Emergencia,tendencia eficacia,Diplomacia, inteligencia. Distancia, Justicia, arrogancia, experiencia

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Palabras que terminan en "ENT" & "ANT"

Most words that end in "ENT" or "ANT" in English, are translated into Spanish by just adding The letter "e" at the end... so: isntead of ENT, it would be "ENTE" and instead of "ANT": "Ante"...
Examples:
President: Presidente
Instant: Instante
Excellent: Excelente!!
Convenient: Conveniente

Esto es muy conveniente!! This is very convenient!

Useful expression: PUES....

PUES: It is similar to well, then, ummm..., let's see...

You can use it when you are thinking what to say and would like a few seconds to make up your answer :-)

Let's say someone asks you if you want to baby-sit ... and you say
"Pues... (insert your thoughts here)... no se, tengo que ver..." mmm.. I don't know, I have to see..

- Quieres ir al cine conmigo?
-pues... si, esta bien, vamos.

-Como te parece ese chico?
-pues.... no se... me parece un poco tímido

-Como se dice: "I know"?
-Pues....(while you search your brain) no me acuerdo :-) .. Ah si! Yo se!

If you know English, You Know Spanish

There are some words that are often identical in Spanish and English (works about 95% of the time). Here is an easy way to increase your vocabulary in just minutes:

1. Words that end in "OR", for example: doctor, color, error, favor, exterior, superior
Same in Spanish (make sure you stress out the last syllable... for example: doc-TOR, faVOR, etc)

2. Words that end in "AL" for example: animal, natural, social (again, stress the last syllable)

3. Words that end in "BLE", for example: formidable, inevitable, flexible (the stress goes on the next to last syllable! : formiDAble, ineviTAble, etc.)

Espero que esta informacion le ayude a recordar mas palabras.

Words that end in "tion" in English

Words that end in “tion” will end in ción” in Spanish (this rules works about 95% of the time) as you probably know by now, there are many exceptions to the rules in Spanish

Construction: Construcción
Instruction: Instrucción
Exception : excepción
Imagination: imaginación

Be careful with translation.. because it is NOT translacion it is: traducción

Spanish "quiero"

Quiero+ verb in infinite form.
Quiero saber= I want to know
Quiero comprar = I want to buy
Quiero ir= I want to go
Quiero comer = I want to eat
Quiero decir= I want to say (or I mean to say)

In addition, if you want to say: I want to know it, or I want to buy it.... or I want to (infinitive verb)it... just add "lo":
Quiero saberlo (I want to know it)
Quiero Comprarlo (I want to buy it)
Quiero decirlo (I want to say it)