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MICHEL THOMAS SPANISH (ADVANCED) COURSE, 4 CDs

TRANSCRIPT

This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his mind in

the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The

booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written thistranscript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.

Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, withoutbuying the recordings.

Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes.

Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.

Version 2, Aug 16th 2006

Transcribed by JK

CD 1 (74.10)

(1) 6.43to buy comprar

I am buying it lo compro

I don't buy it because it is very expensive no lo compro porque es muy caro

why don't you buy it? por qu no lo compra?

why aren't you buying it? por qu no lo compra?

to understand comprender, entender

I understand comprendo

I understand it lo entiendo

you understand comprende, entiendewhy don't you understand me? por qu no me entiende?why don't you understand me? (friend) por qu no me entiendes?

why don't you understand me? (plural) por qu no me entienden?

they don't understand me no me entiendenhe is preparing it for me lo prepara para m

(2) 2.39

he is right now preparing it for me est preparndolo, lo est preparando

why don't you do it? por qu no lo hace?

why aren't you doing it? (friend) por qu no lo haces?

why don't you do it? (plural) por qu no lo hacen?

he is right now in the process of doing it est hacindolo, lo est haciendohe is leaving right now est saliendo

he is leaving tomorrow est saliendo maana

(3) 6.05I don't understand what you are saying no comprendo lo que dice

to say, to tell decir

they are telling me me dicen

you are telling me me dice


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why don't you tell me? (plural) por qu no me dicen?

why don't you tell me? (friend) por qu no me dices?

we are telling you le decimos

to understand entender, comprender

why don't you understand me? por qu no me comprende?

why don't you understand me? por qu no me entiende?to start, to commence empezar, comencar

why don't you start? por qu no empieza?

why don't you start? (plural) por qu no empiezan?I am starting now empiezo ahora

why don't you start? (friend) por qu no comiencas?

why don't you start? (friend) por qu no empiezas?

to buy comprar

I don't buy it no lo compro

why don't you buy it? (friend) por qu no lo compras?

why don't you buy it? (plural) por qu no lo compran?

we are buying it lo compramos(4) 8.08

you are not buying the house, he is not buying the house no compra la casabuy the house! compre la casa!

don't buy it! no lo compre!

don't buy it! (friend) no lo compres!

don't buy it! (plural) no lo compren!

buy it! comprelo!

don't buy it! no lo compre!

buy it! (plural) comprenlo!

don't buy them! (plural) no los compren!

don't buy them! (friend) no los compres!

(for a positive command, talking to a friend, you don't switch tracks and you drop the -s)buy it! (friend) compralo!

to call llamar

I am calling you le llamoI am calling you (friend) te llamo

he is calling me me llama

why don't you call me? (friend) por qu no me llamas?

why don't you call me? (plural) por qu no me llaman?

we are calling you le llamamos

we are calling you (friend) te llamamos

call me tomorrow! llameme maana!don't call me today! no me llame hoy!

don't call me today! (friend) no me llames hoy!

call me! (friend) llamame!call me! llameme!

(5) 4.37

to have tener

you have tiene


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why don't you have it for me? por qu no lo tiene para m?

we don't have it no lo tenemos

I have tengo

I have it lo tengo

I don't have it no lo tengo

I have to see it tengo que verloto say, to tell decir

you say, you tell dice

I tell digoI am telling you le digo

I am telling you (friend) te digo

why don't you tell me? (friend) por qu no me dices?

why don't you tell me? (plural) por qu no me dicen?

I have tengo

I am telling, I am saying digo

to have tener

to come venirhe is coming with us viene con nosotros

we are coming venimosI am coming vengo

to do, to make hacer

what are you doing? qu hace?

(6) 2.28to know saber

do you know it? lo sabe?

do you know it? (friend) lo sabes?

why don't you know it? (plural) por qu no lo saben?

we know it lo sabemos

I know it lo sI don't know it no lo s

to know (general knowledge) saber

to know, be acquainted with (somebody, somewhere) conocerI know conosco

I don't know him no lo conosco

I don't know herno la conosco

(7) 1.19doyou know Pedro? conoce a Pedro?

do you know my friend? conoce a mi amigo?

do you know Madrid? conoce Madrid?I don't know him no lo conosco

I don't know it no lo s

(8) 3.53I have tengo

I am saying, I am telling digo

I am doing, I am making hago

I am doing it lo hago


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I have it lo tengo

I am telling you (friend) te digo

I am coming vengo

to leave salir

I am leaving salgo

I am leaving tomorrow salgo maanaat what time are you leaving? a qu hora sale?

I have tengo

I come vengoI am doing hago

I am telling digo

I am leaving salgo

to put poner

I am putting pongo

I am putting it here lo pongo aqu

where are you putting it? dnde lo pone?

why don't you put it here? (friend) por qu no lo pones aqu?to compose componer

to oppose oponerto suppose suponer

I suppose supongo

to bring traer

I am bringing it lo traigo

to hearor

I hearoigo

(9) 12.18come with me! venga conmigo!

don't leave! no salga!

don't leave! (friend) no salgas!don't leave! (plural) no salgan!

tell me! digame!

don't tell me! no me diga!tell it to me! dgamelo!

don't tell it to me! no me lo diga!

tell it to him! dgaselo!

tell it to her! dgaselo!

tell it to them! dgaselo!

don't tell it to him, tell it to me! no se lo diga, digamelo!

don't do it! no lo haga!don't do it! no lo haga!

don't do it! (friend) no lo hagas!

don't do it! (plural) no lo hagan!do it! (plural) hagalo!

to put poner

I am putting it here lo pongo aqu

I want to do it quiero hacerlo


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I can do it puedo hacerlo

I cannot do it no lo puedo hacer

I am right now in the process of doing it estoy hacindolo, lo estoy haciendo

do it! hgalo!

don't do it! no lo haga!

I am doing it lo hagoI am not doing it no lo hago

why don't you do it? por qu no lo hace?

why don't you do it? (friend) por qu no lo haces?why don't you do it? (plural) por qu no lo hacen?

do it! (plural) hgalo!

don't do it now! (plural) no lo hagan ahora!

put it here! pngalo aqu!

don't put it there! no lo ponga all!

bring it! trigalo!

bring me something! trigame algo!

bring it to me! trigamelo!don't bring it to me today because I don't need it today no me lo traiga hoy porque no lo

necesito hoy

I hear it lo oigo

hear it! igalo!

tell it to me, don't tell it to him! dgamelo, no se lo diga!

tell it to him! digaselo!

but don't tell it to him today! pero no se lo diga hoy!

(10) 4.14

(for positive commands to a friend, you drop the -go ending completely)tell me! (friend) dime!

tell it to me! (friend) dmelo!

don't tell it to me! (friend) no me lo digas!don't tell it to me! (plural) no me lo digan!

tell it to me! (friend) dmelo!

come with me! (friend) ven conmigo!have it! (friend) tenlo!

put it here! (friend) ponlo aqu!

don't put it there, put it here! (friend) no lo pon gas all, ponlo aqu!

leave! (friend) sal!

don't leave! (friend) no salgas!

don't leave! (plural) no salgan!

(11) 5.34(we'll now turn the imperative into a command tense, namely the subjunctive. In English,

we hardly use the subjunctive; e.g. "I want you to be here" means "I want that you be

here", and not "I want that you are here". "at what time and do you want me to bethere?" means "at what time do you want that I be there?"; this is the equivalent to giving

a command of "be there!")

(12) 5.15

(in Spanish, the subjunctive is used quite a lot. It expresses an element of doubt and


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uncertainty, e.g. "it is necessary that you be here" expresses some doubt that you will be

here)

(Verbs in the subjunctive, like the imperative, switch tracks. For -go verbs, the -ga endingis used with everyone, including "you friend")

it is important that you be here es importante que est aqu

(in the subjunctive, there is no -o ending for "I")it is important that you call me es importante que me llame

it is important that you all call me es importante que me llamen

it is very important for you to call me later (friend) es muy importante que me llamesms tarde

it is not necessary for you to wait for me no es necesario que me espere

to write escribir

(13) 2.32(in Spanish, no words begin with st-, sc-, sp-. Spanish speakers have to insert an e-

before those letters)

to study estudiar

student estudianteschool escuela

to write escribirSpain Espaa

why don't you write to me? por qu no me escribe?

write to me! escribame!

because it's very important that you write to me porque es muy importante que me

escriba

(14) 1.23

(in Spanish, you cannot say literally "I want you to write to me". In Spanish, "I wantyou" means "I love you")

I love you (I want you - friend) te quiero

(15) 6.54what do you want me to write to him? qu quiere que lo escriba?

I want you to do it, I want that you do it quiero que lo haga

I want you to do it (friend) quiero que lo hagasI want you to do it (plural) quiero que lo hagan

what do you want me to do? qu quiere que haga?

why don't you want me to tell it to him? por qu no quiere que se lo diga?

I think that he can do it pienso que puede hacerlo

(that sentence is not subjunctive, but the next one is because there is an element of

uncertainty)

I don't think that he can do it pienso que pueda hacerloI want you to call me laterquiero que me llame ms tarde

I want you to write to me quiero que me escriba

he wants me to send it to him quiere que se lo mande

(end of recording)


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CD 2 (74.44)

(1) 5.09

I will buy it lo comprar

we will buy it lo compraremos

he will buy it lo comprar

they will buy it lo comprarnyou will buy it (friend) lo comprars

I will write to you le escribir

he will write to you le escribirwe will write to you le escribiremos

you will write to me me escribir

you will write to me (friend) me escribirs

they won't write to me no me escribirn

to take tomar

I won't take it no lo tomar

we will take it lo tomaremos

they won't take it no lo tomarn(2) 2.34

I have tengoI will have tendr

I leave salgo

I will leave saldr

we will leave saldremos

they will leave saldrn

you will leave (friend) saldrs

I come vengo

I will come vendr

we will come vendremos

you will come (friend) vendrsto sell vender

I will sell it lo vender

I will come vendrI put pongo

I will put pondr

I won't put it here no lo pondr aqu

(3) 4.30I will call you tomorrow le llamar maana

I am going to call you tomorrow voy a llamarle maana

I call you tomorrow le llamo maanaI call you tomorrow (friend) te llamo maana

to stay quedarse

I am staying me quedowe are staying nos quedamos

he is staying se queda

they are staying se quedan

you are staying (friend) te quedas


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I am going to stay voy a quedarme

I want to know how long you are going to stay quiero saber cuanto tiempo va aquedarse

I will stay here a few days me quedar unos das

(4) 2.32

I am telling digoI am doing hago

I will tell dir

I will do harI won't do it no lo har

I will tell you later why we won't do it le dir ms tarde por qu no lo haremos

he won't tell me no me dir

he won't tell me why he won't do it no me dir por qu no lo har

(5) 2.11

tell me! dgame!

tell me! (friend) dime!

put it here! (friend) ponlo aqu!make a reservation! haga una reservacin!

(the imperative of "make, do" to a friend is haz)make a reservation! (friend) haz una reservacin!

do it! (friend) hazlo!

don't do it! (friend) no lo hagas!

(6) 6.52riverro

I will leave saldr

I would leave saldra

we would leave saldramos

he would do it lo hara

he will do it lo harI wouldn't do it no lo hara

they wouldn't do it no lo haran

we wouldn't do it no lo haramosI wouldn't tell you why we wouldn't do it no le dira por qu no lo haramos

to wait esperar

he won't wait no esperar

he will wait esperar

he wouldn't wait no esperara

to prepare preparar

I will prepare it lo prepararhe wouldn't prepare it no lo preparara

I like me gusta

I like to see it me gusta verloI don't like to do it no me gusta hacerlo

I would like to see it, it would please me me gustara verlo

I would like to see you me gustara verle

(7) 3.19


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I have spoken he hablado

I have bought he comprado

I have bought it lo he comprado

we have bought it lo hemos comprado

they have bought it lo han comprado

he has sold it lo ha vendidowe have eaten hemos comido

he has left ha salido

(8) 5.44(now here is a simple past tense, called the "past historic")

I spoke habl

to take tomar

I took it lo tom

I called llam

I accepted acept

I didn't accept it no lo acept

I bought it lo comprI will buy comprar

I bought comprto wait esperar

I waited esper

I will wait esperar

I spoke habl

he spoke, she spoke, you spoke habl

I speakhablo

I am buying it lo compro

he bought it, she bought it, you bought it lo compr

(that is the -artrack. On the other track, you use the ending -for "I", and the ending -i

for "you, he, she")I sold vend

I left sal

he left, you left saliI understood comprend

he understood, you understood comprendi

(9) 10.45

he sold it lo vendi

I didn't sell it no lo vend

I bought it lo compr

why didn't you buy it? por qu no lo compr?why did you sell it? por qu lo vendi?


why did you sell it? por qu lo vendi?why didn't you sell it? por qu no lo vendi?

to lose perder

I lost it lo perd

when did you lose it? cundo lo perdi?


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at what time did you leave? a qu hora sali?

when did you arrive? cundo lleg?

yesterday ayer

last night anoche

I called you yesterday le llam ayer

he called me last night me llam anocheI call myself..., my name is... me llamo...

I call you tomorrow le llamo maana

he called you le llamI spoke habl

did you speak? habl?

to start empezar, comencar

I started empez

at what time did you start? ?a qu hora empez?

I left sal

I am leaving salgo

he is leaving saleat what time are you leaving? (plural) a que hora salen?

at what time did you leave? a que hora sali?I didn't eat no com

why didn't you eat? por qu no comi?

I called you this morning le llam esta maana

at what time did you call me? a qu hora me llam?

I call you tomorrow le llamo maana

he is calling you le llama

he called me me llam

why didn't you call me? por qu no me llam?

I wrote to you le escrib

he wrote to me me escribiwhy didn't you write to me? por qu no me escribi?

to see ver

I saw it lo vI didn't see it no lo v

did you see it? lo vi?

I didn't understand it no lo entend

(10) 1.32(for "they", on the -artrack you use the ending -aron)

they spoke hablaron

they called me me llamaronat what time did you call me? (plural) a qu hora me llamaron?

they arrived llegaron

at what time did you arrive? (plural) a qu hora llegaron?(11) 1.41

I arrived here two hours ago lleg aqu hace dos horas

at what time? a qu hora?

two hours ago hace dos horas


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(12) 3.23

they didn't arrive yet, they still didn't arrive todava no llegaron

they left salieron

at what time did you leave? (plural) a qu hora salieron?

they didn't eat no comieron

they wrote to me me escribieronthey talked to me, they spoke to me me hablaron

I am staying me quedo

I am not staying no me quedoI stayed me qued

he stayed se qued

he didn't stay no se qued

they stayed se quedaron

(the ending for the other track is -ieron)

(13) 4.45

(for "you friend", the ending is -aste on the -artrack)

you spoke (friend) hablasteat what time did you call me? (friend) a qu hora me llamaste?

why didn't you call me? (friend) por qu no me llamaste?at what time did you leave? (friend) a qu hora saliste?

why didn't you sell it? (friend) por qu no lo vendiste?

why didn't you sell it? por qu no lo vendi?

why didn't you sell it? (plural) por qu no lo vendieron?

they sold it lo vendieron


I bought it lo compr

he didn't buy it no lo compr

they bought it lo compraron

they sold it lo vendieron(on the other track, the ending is -iste)

why didn't you sell it? (friend) por qu no lo vendiste?

why didn't you call me? (friend) por qu no me llamaste?(14) 3.47

I spoke habl

they spoke hablaron

you spoke (friend) hablaste

(for "we", the ending in the present and the past historic is the same)

we spoke hablamos

we speakhablamoswe spoke hablamos

we are arriving, we arrive llegamos

we arrived llegamoswe arrived yesterday llegamos ayer

we arrive tomorrow llegamos maana

he left sali

they left salieron


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you left (friend) saliste

I left sal

we left salimos

we leave, we are leaving salimos

to sell vender

(with -erverbs, there is a distinction between "we" past and "we" present)we sold vendimos

we are selling vendemos

we sold vendimoswe eat, we are eating comemos

we ate comimos

(15) 8.37

(the -go on verbs are a little different. However, they all follow the same pattern, on bothtracks)

I am doing hago

I am doing it lo hago

I am not doing it no lo hagoI did, I made hice

he did, he made hizoI did it lo hice

he did it lo hizo

he didn't do it no lo hizo

why didn't you do it? por qu no lo hizo?

I didn't do it no lo hice

he made a reservation for us hizo una reservacin para nosotros

I say digo

I said dije

I told dije

I told you le dijehe told me me dijo

to do hacer

I did hicehe told me that he didn't do it me dijo que no lo hizo

I told you le dije

he told me me dijo

he told me that he didn't do it me dijo que no lo hizo

why didn't you tell me? por qu no me dijo?

why didn't you tell it to me? por qu no me lo dijo?

why didn't you tell it to him? por qu no se lo dijo?I did, I made hice

I told, I said dije

he told me me dijoto put poner

I am putting pongo

I put (past) puse

he put (past) puso


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where did you put (past) it? dnde lo puso?

(16) 7.16

to be able poder

("to be able" in the past ispud-)

I couldn't do it no pude hacerlo

he couldn't do it no pudo hacerloI did hice

I said, I told dije

I put (past) puseI could pude

to want querer

I wanted quise

I wanted it lo quise

he wanted it lo quiso

I did hice

I said, I told dije

I put (past) puseI could pude

I wanted quisewine vino

he came vino

he came with wine vino con vino

I came vine

I have tengo

I had tuve

he had tuvo

I was estuve

he was estuvo

(for "they", the ending for all these verbs is -ieron, and for "we", the ending for all theseverbs is -imos)

I put (past) puse

he put (past) pusothey put (past) pusieron

you put (friend, past) pusiste

we put (past) pusimos

I did, I made hice

he did, he made, you made hizo

they did, they made, you all made hicieron

you did (friend) hicistewe did hicimos

he came vino

they came vinieronyou came (friend) viniste

we came vinimos

(end of recording)


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CD 3 (76.12)

(1) 3.21

I could pude

they could pudieron

we could pudimos

you could (friend) pudistehe couldn't no pude

he told me me dijo

they told me me dijeronwhy didn't you tell me? (plural) por qu no me dijo?

they didn't tell me no me dijeron

they came with me venieron con m

they didn't have it no lo tuvieron

I wanted it lo quise

he didn't want it no lo quiso

they wanted it lo quisieron

you wanted it (friend) lo quisistewe didn't want it no lo quisimos

(2) 3.53(now back to the "diving" past)


I have not bought it no lo he comprado

we have bought it lo hemos comprado

they have bought it lo han comprado

where have you bought it? (friend) dnde lo has comprado?

where did you buy it? dnde lo compr?

he has sold it lo ha vendido

he sold it lo vendo

why didn't you sell it? por qu no lo vendi?why didn't you sell it? (friend) por qu no lo vendiste?

he has not sold it no lo ha vendido

(3) 2.04he would buy it lo comprara

I wouldn't buy it no lo comprara

they wouldn't buy it no lo compraran

you wouldn't buy it (friend) no lo compraras

we wouldn't buy it no lo compraramos

(4) 4.07

(for "will" and "would", there are some contractions in the stem, but never in theendings)

I will leave saldr

he won't leave no saldrhe wouldn't leave no saldra

we won't leave no saldrimos

we wouldn't leave no saldramos

I would put it here lo pondra aqu


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I won't put it here no lo pondr aqu

we will put it here lo pondremos aqu

we wouldn't put it here no lo pondramos aqu

he wouldn't come with us no vendra con nosotros

he wouldn't sell it no lo vendera

he would come here with us and he would sell it vendra aqu con nosotros y lovendera

(5) 2.44

I will do it lo harI won't do it no lo har

I wouldn't do it no lo hara

we wouldn't do it no lo haramos

we won't do it no lo haremos

I will tell you laterle dir ms tarde

he wouldn't tell me no me dira

we wouldn't tell you no le diramos

I will have it for you lo tendr para usted(6) 2.02

to go irI am going to do it voy a hacerlo

he is going to do it va a hacerlo

they are going to do it van a hacerlo

we are going to do it vamos a hacerlo

to go ir

I will go ir

I will go to see it ir a verlo

I wouldn't go no ira

we wouldn't go no iramos

(7) 0.57to be able poder

I will be able to do it podr hacerlo

he won't be able to do it no podr hacerlohe wouldn't be able to it no podra hacerlo

(8) 2.40

(in English, "could you" means "would you be able to")

can you tell me, will you tell me puede decirme

can you tell me where it is, will you tell me where it is puede decirme dnde est

could you tell me where it is, would you be able to tell me where it is? podra decirme

dnde est?

could you come with me? podra venir conmigo?

can you wait for me, will you wait for me puede esperarme

could you wait for me? podra esperarme(9) 4.54

(devercan mean "must", "have to", "shall/should", "to owe")

I must have it devo tenerlo

I speakhablo


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I understand entiendo

I am eating como

I must devo

I must do it now devo hacerlo ahora

you must do it deve hacerlo

I have to do it tengo que hacerlohow much is it? cunto es?

how much does it cost? cunto cuesta?

how much do I owe? cunto devo?I will have to do it tendr que hacerlo

I will have to do it dever hacerlo

I would have to do it tendra que hacerlo

I would have to do it devera hacerlo

(devera is also used in the sense of "I should do something", meaning "I ought to do

something")

you should tell me (friend) deveras decirme

(10) 1.37I have sold it lo he vendido

(after any form ofhaber, there is nowhere to go but to dive)I would have sold it lo habra vendido

I wouldn't have sold it no lo habra vendido

(11) 5.19

made in Spain hecho en Espaa

I have done it lo he hecho

I haven't done it no lo he hecho

I wouldn't have done it no lo habra hecho

I have told you le he dicho

he has told me me ha dicho

I would have told you le habra dichoto see ver

I haven't seen it no lo he visto

we would have seen it lo habramos vistoI would have gone habramos ido

(in diving, estarbecomes estado, andserbecomes sido)

it is possible es posible

it would have been possible habras sido posible

it wouldn't have been possible that way no habras sido posible as

(12) 4.08

(for the English -ing tenses, in Spanish use the endings -ando and -iendo)I am right now doing it estoy haciendolo

I am doing it every day lo hago todos los das

(the English past -ing is expressed in Spanish with -aba on the -artrack, and -a on theother track)

I was speaking hablaba

he was speaking hablaba

she was speaking hablaba


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you were speaking hablaba

they were speaking hablaban

they were calling llamaban

they were buying compraban

they were selling vendan

they were doing it lo hacanthey were telling me me decan

we were telling you le decamos

we were doing it lo hacamos(13) 3.57

(there are only two or three exceptions in Spanish language)

I was going iba

I was going to iba a

I was going to do it iba a hacerlo

I was not going to tell you that I was going to do it no iba a decirle que iba a hacerlo

he was going to be here iba estar aqu

you haven't told me that you were going to arrive today no me ha dicho que iba a llegarhoy

I would have waited for you le habra esperado(14) 3.39

I told dije

you told me me dijo

you didn't tell me no me dijo

you didn't tell me (friend) no me dijiste

you didn't tell me (plural) no me dijeron

I did, I made hice

I said, I told dije

I came vine

I put (past) puseI wanted quise

I had tuve

(15) 0.55I was estuve

(in the past historic, haber is hub- and "could" ispud-)

(16) 4.08

I made, I did hice

he did hico

they did hicieron

you did (friend) hicistewe did hicimos

I put puse

they put pusieronyou put (friend) pusiste

we put pusimos

they had tuvieron

you had (friend) tuviste


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we had tuvimos

I said, I told dije

he said, he told dijo

they said dijeron

they told me me dijeron

you didn't tell me (plural) no me dijeronwe told you le dijimos

you didn't tell me that you were going to arrive today no me dijo que iba a llegar hoy

you didn't tell me that you were going to arrive today (friend) no me dijiste que ibas allegar hoy

I would have waited for you le habra esperado

I would have waited for you (friend) te habras esperado

(17) 7.23I was waiting esperaba

I was waiting for you le esperaba

I was waiting for you (friend) te esperaba

he is waiting from me me esperaba(the "was -ing" and "were -ing" could be called the "wing" tenses, in Spanish, -aba and

-a)he was doing it lo haca

I was telling you le deca

(in Spanish, the wing tense expresses a straight line in the past, maybe a short line or

maybe a long line, but a straight line. On the other hand, "I did it" is not a straight line.)(In Spanish, the wing tense can also express a broken line: "I did it very often", "I did it

all the time", "I used to do it". In English, you don't make a distinction)

he did it every day lo haca todos los das

he is speaking habla

he was speaking hablaba

he spoke (this morning) hablhe spoke (every day) hablaba

(18) 5.22

to do, to make hacerI did it (it is done) lo hice

he did it (this morning) lo hizo

he did it (every day, very often) lo haca

he told me me dijo

he told me (every day) me deca

he put it here lo puso

he put it here (every day) lo ponaand I cannot see it y no puedo verlo

I don't know where it is no s dnde est

he put it here (this morning) lo puso aquhe put it here (every day) lo pona aqu

he told me me dijo

he was telling me me deca

he told me (all the time) me deca


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(19) 4.08

("I knew" is rarely used, except in the context of finding something out)

I knew supe

I knew it, I found out lo supe

he knew supo

they knew supieronyou knew (friend) supiste

we knew supimos

(fui- is the past of two separate verbs)to go ir

I went fui

I went to see it fui a verlo

he went to see it fue a verlo

they went fueron

you went (friend) fuiste

we went fuimos

I went fuihe went fue

they went fueronyou went (friend) fuiste

we went fuimos

we went to see it fuimos a verlo

I went fui

he went fue

she went fue

you went fue

they went fueron

you went (friend) fuiste

we went fuimos(20) 2.21

(fui- is also the past ofser)

I went fueI was fue

it was possible fue posible

("was" as a straight line is era)

I was going iba

I was going to iba a

it was important (straight line) era importante

(21) 4.11(it is in the nature of some verbs to express a straight line in the past, for example "to

know")

I knew, I found out supeI knew, I used to know saba

I didn't know no saba

I didn't know you were going to arrive today no saba que iba a llegar hoy

I didn't know that they were going to arrive today no saba que iban a llegar hoy


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I didn't know that you were going to arrive today (friend) no saba que ibas a llegar hoy

(the same for "to have the time")

I didn't have the time no tena el tiempo

I was very busy no estaba ocupado

(22) 2.11

I wanted (dot) quiseI wanted (line) quera

I wanted to do it quera hacerlo

("I would want" contracted from querera to querra)I wanted quera

I would want querra

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(1) 1.13

I would want, I would like me gustara, quisiera

I wanted quise

they wanted quisieron

I wanted to do it quise hacerlohe wanted to do it quiso hacerlo

they wanted to do it quisieron hacerlo

(2) 4.03(the "they - past" ending, -ron, when changed to -ran is the past subjunctive, meaning "I

might...")


I might want quisiera

I might want, I would like quisiera

I want to do it quiero hacerlo

I wanted to do it quera hacerlo

I would like to do it me gustara hacerloI would like to do it me gustara hacerlo

I would want to do it querra hacerloI may want quisiera


I would like to do it quisiera hacerlo

(3) 4.38I can do it puedo hacerlo

I could do it podra hacerlo

I will tell you le dir

I will do it lo har

I will tell you le dir

will you please tell me where it is puede decirme dnde est(4) 5.19

you have to wait here tiene que esperar aqu

you have to wait for me tiene que esperarmeyou don't have to wait no tiene que esperar

(in English, "you have to wait" means "you must wait", but "you don't have to wait"

means not "you must not wait", but "you don't need to wait")

it's not necessary that you wait no es necesario que espere

I need necesito

you don't need to wait no necesita esperar

(5) 6.56(it is in the nature of some verbs to express a line, not a dot, in the past)

I knew it lo saba

I found out supeI didn't know no saba

I wanted quera

("I could" can be in the past, meaning "I was able"; or it might not be in the past,

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I would be able, I could podra

could you tell me? podra decirme?

could you wait? podra esperar?

can you wait, will you wait puede esperar

can you tell me puede decirme

could you tell me? podra decirmeI couldn't find it, I was not able to find it no pude encontrarlo

I couldn't see it no pude verlo

I couldn't (line in past) podaI couldn't do it no poda hacerlo

I couldn't (at that moment in the past) no pude

(6) 5.31

I wanted quise

he wanted quiso

they wanted it lo quisieron

I would like quisieria

(after "if", you use the subjunctive in both Spanish and English, e.g. "if I were" not "if Iwas")

I knew supethey knew supieron

if I knew si supiera

(the form of "they knew" gives you the subjunctive)

if I had the time I would do it si tuviera el tiempo lo hara

if I were there I would tell you si estuviera all le dira

I had (straight line, broken line) tena

to have tener

I was having, I used to have, I had tena

I had (dot) tuve

they had tuvieronif I had si tuviera

(7) 6.30

I have sold it lo he vendidoI would have sold it lo habra vendido

I had sold it lo haba vendido

I would have sold it lo habra vendido

I have sold it lo he vendido

I had sold it lo haba vendido


they had hubieronif I had sold it si lo hubiera vendido

if I had seen it I would have bought it si lo hubiera visto lo habra comprado

if I had known it si lo hubiera sabidoif I had bought it si lo hubiera comprado

if I had known it I would have told you si lo hubiera sabido le habro dicho

(8) 2.14

if I told you si le dijera


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I said, I told dije

they said, they told dijeron

they did, they made hicieron

I might do it hiciera

I knew supe

they knew supieronif I knew si supiera

if I knew it I would tell you si lo supiera le dira

(9) 3.50(we must distinguish in English between "would" and "would have")

I would -ra

I would have habra

I would do it lo hara

I would buy it lo comprara

I would have bought it lo habra comprado

(10) 7.57

I was buying it lo comprabahe was selling it lo venda

he sold it lo vendithey sold it lo vendieron

he was selling it lo venda

he used to sell lo venda

he sold it lo vendi

he has sold it lo ha vendido

we have sold it lo hemos vendido

they have sold it lo han vendido

they were selling it lo vendan

they sold it (all the time) lo vendan

he sold it (dot) lo vendithey sold it lo vendieron

if I sold it si vendiera

I have sold it lo he vendidoI had sold it lo haba vendido

if I had sold it si lo hubiera vendido

(you could use hubierafor "I might have")

I might have sold it lo hubiera vendido


if I had been there last night I would have seen it and I would have bought it si hubiera

estado all anoche lo habra visto y lo habra comprado

I might have bought it lo habiera comprado

(11) 2.09

I don't know that you will come no s que vengaI don't think that he may come no pienso que venga

I know that he will come s que venga

(if you are in the past, you must use the past subjunctive)

I didn't know that he might come no saba que viniera


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(after the expression ojal, meaning "I hope that", "hopefully that" you use the

subjunctive)(13) 6.41

to look forbuscar

I was looking for it lo buscabato lose perder

I lost it and I was looking for it but I couldn't find it lo perd y lo buscaba pero no pude

encontrarlo

I couldn't do it no pude hacerlo

(14) 2.52

if you had called me last night si me hubiera llamado anoche


I have bought it lo haba comprado

I would have bought it lo habra comprado

if you had called me last night si me hubiera llamado anoche

and if you had told me y si me hubiera dichothat you were going to arrive today que iba a llegar hoy

(15) 2.30if you had told me that you were going to arrive today si me hubiera dicho que iba a

llegar hoy

I would have waited for you le habra esperado

I would have made a reservation habra hecho una reservacin

we would have had dinner (would have dined) at the restaurant habriamos cenado al

restaurante

we would have gone to see it habriamos ido a verlo

and it would have been very interesting y habra sido muy interesante

(16) 3.43

if I had known it I would have done it si lo hubiera sabido lo habra hechoI might have done it lo hubiera hecho

("I could have" means "I would have been able")

I could have done it, I wouldn't have been able to do it habra podido hacerlo(17) 5.12

could you come with me? podra venir conmigo

should devera; deve

could have, would have been able habra podido

should have habra devido

you should have told me habra devido decirme, me habra devido decir

you could have told me habra podido decirmehe would have told me me habra dicho

you should have done it habra devido hacerlo

you could have told me habra podido decirme, me habra podido decirhe would tell me me dira

he would have told me me habra dicho

(18) 3.14


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