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)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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
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!
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!
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