First of all, all the verbs in Spanish end with either _er, _ar, or _ir. 100%! Pretty cool.
There are regular and irregular verbs in Spanish.
Regular verb conjugations:
AR - example hablar, cominar
hablo hablas, habla, hablamos, hablais, hablan
ER - example leer, comer, saber
leo, tu lees, le, leemos, leeis, leen
IR - example vivir, escribir
vivo, vives, el vive, vivimos, vivis, viven
Irregular Verbos - 4 typos (teachers terms) : Totalement irregular, zapato, sombrero, zapato y sombrero
1. Totalement - Solo 3 verbos de ce typos
Ser - To be (identity): soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son
Ir - To go - voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van
Estar - To be (everyday) - estoy, estas, esta, estamos, estais, estan
2. Zapato - The root changes - Le raiz cambio. 4 Typos aqui:
E> IE: Querer--> quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, quereis, quieren
O>UE: Poder-->puedo, is "to be able to"
puedo, puedes, puede, podemos, podeis, pueden
E>I (Pedir-->pido), is "to ask"
pido. pides, pide, pedimos, pedis, piden
U>UE (Jugar-->juego - It's the only one of these!
juego, juegas, jega, jugamos, jugais, juegan
3. Sombrero - It's only the 1st person that's irregular, often (but not always) by adding a "g": hacer/hago, salir/salgo, estar/estoy, saber/se
saber - to know. Se, sabe, sabe, sabeos, sabeis, saben
conocer - to know (connaitre). conozco, conces, conoce, conocemos, conoceis, conocen
dar - to give. doy, das, da, amos, dameis, daman
ver - to see. veo, ves, vs, ve, vemos, vemeis, vemen
poner - to put. pongo, pones, pone, ponemos, poneis, ponen
4. Zapato y Sombrero - There's only 4!
Tener: tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, teneis, tienen
Decir: digo, dices, dice, decimos, decis, dicen
Venir: vengo, vienes, viene, venimo, venis, vienen
Oir (to see): oigo, oyes, oye, oimos, ois, oyen
Context
This of course deals only with the present tense: Esta solo la presente, no passado, no futuro.
Bueneas noticias: esta moy facile que francia.
I'm also still having trouble with accents on this blog. Can't seem to figure out how to type them. Google says there are several combinations for each one, it's not like in google docs where if I hold the key down, the choices appear.
Irregular Participles - Not sure I totally get this. But there are infinitivo and then the particpio irregular.
Infinitivo Partipio Irregular
abrir to open abierto
cubrir cover cubieto
escribir to write escrito
hacer to make hecho
decir to say dicho
morir to die muerto
volver to return vuelto
poner to put puesto
ver to see visto
This explanation was courtesy of Cristina Ramos of Up!Idiomes, a language school in Girona en espacie. En Girona, you estudo castellano, the word in Catalan for the Spanish language. Huh?
So, I did some googling to see what this catalan language, catalina region and movement, and use of castellano to refer to Spanish is all about... Here...
I'm studying right now in Girona which is part of Catalina. Catalina is the northeast region of Spain that includes Barcelona which has a desire to NOT be part of Spain.
Since Franco's passing in the 1970s, they have reinstituted their own language - Catalan - as the one official language of Catalina. This means they study in Catalan, the signs are in Catalan, and all official documents must be in Catalan. For a foreigner like me who thinks he is visiting Spain and going to hear and speak some Spanish, it is very confusing. The Catalan word for Spanish is Castellano so I'm studying Catellano (ie Spanish) in Catalan.
BTW, there are Catalan independence flags hanging everywhere along with symbols which call for amnesty for the jailed politicians who organized the illegal referendum on independence about a decade ago.
What a mess the world is. I look at this as the rich part of the country of Spain that doesn't want to be part of a country with poorer parts of Spain. Is it just a question of greed? Other than that, I can't see what they're after. They already have control of their own identity and language. What am I missing? Is this about more than money?
