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The new neighbor
Buenas. Me llamo ____. Vivo en ____.
Me llamo is I call myself. The name is the part that changes: llamo is I, llamas is you, se llama is another person. Vivo en is where you live. En is in. De would be where you are from, and this sentence is not that.
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At the table
Ella es mi tía. Trabaja de enfermera.
Es is who she is. Ella and tía are feminine, so the job is enfermera. An uncle is él, tío, enfermero. De plus the job, with no article, is ordinary in Latin America. Como is also heard. This sentence uses de. Está would be how she is or where she is, not who she is.
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Saturday
Los sábados duermo hasta tarde. Luego salgo.
Los sábados is the habit. Dormir in the I form is duermo: the o becomes ue. Dormimos, for we, does not change. Salir in the I form is salgo, not salo. The present here is the habit. Yesterday needs another form.
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The counter
Disculpe. No entendí. ¿Puede repetirlo más despacio?
Disculpe is the usted request. Puede is usted, not puedes. No entendí is one moment you missed, already finished. Lo in repetirlo stands for what they said. Más despacio is the speed. Tú at this counter would be puedes and disculpa. This sentence does not use them.
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The visit
Ayer fui a ver a ____. Estuve un rato.
Fui is the I past of ir: I went. Estuve is the I past of estar: I was there, and then I was not. Both are one finished visit. A before the person is required: a ver a ____. Without that a, the person is treated like a thing. Iba would be the background, not this finished visit.
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A person tomorrow
Mañana voy a ver a ____.
Voy a plus the dictionary verb is the plan. The a in voy a belongs to the plan. The a in ver a ____ is the person. Both are in this sentence, and they are not the same a. Voy is I. Va is he, she, or usted.
7
Which bus
Perdón, ¿este autobús pasa por el mercado?
Por here is the route: through, via. Para would be the aim, as in salgo para el mercado, I am leaving for the market. Pasa por is goes through. Este matches autobús, masculine. Esta would be for a feminine noun.
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The call
Hola, soy ____. ¿Está ____?
Soy names you. On a call, soy ____ is I am ____. ¿Está ____? asks if that person is there. Es would ask who they are, not whether they are in. Estoy is I am located. This question is not about you.
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The kitchen
Yo cocinaba cuando se apagó la luz.
Cocinaba is the scene: the cooking was in progress. Se apagó is the event: the light went out, and that moment finished. Cuando puts the event inside the scene. Do not put both verbs in the same past. Cocinaba is not a finished dinner. Se apagó is not the background.
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If it rains
Me parece bien. No creo que llueva.
Me parece bien is your view, and it stays in the ordinary form. No creo que is doubt, so the verb after it changes: llueva, not llueve. Creo que would keep llueve, because you are not doubting. The part that changes is the verb after the doubt.
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The stuck door
Se atascó la puerta. ¿Me ayudas a abrirla?
Se atascó is the event: it got stuck. La puerta is feminine, so the it on the verb is la: abrirla. Abrirlo would be a masculine thing. Me ayudas is tú. Ayudar a plus the verb. Lo and la are the part that changes, and they follow the thing, not you.
12
Already done
Hoy ya hice la comida.
Hice is the I past of hacer, and it is irregular. Ya hice is how much of Latin America says a job is finished today. He hecho is common in Spain for that same idea. This course uses hice. The thing you finished can change. The past stays hice when you are the one who did it.
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You can't tomorrow
Gracias, pero mañana no puedo.
Pero is the turn. Puedo is I can. Puede is usted, he, or she. Puedes is tú. No sits before puedo. This is a calendar, not a verdict about the person.
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If she lived closer
Si mi mamá viviera cerca, la vería el domingo.
Si plus viviera, then vería. Viviera is the imagined present. Vería is would see. Both halves need their form. La matches mamá. A man would be lo. Vive and veo would be a fact about this week, and that is a different sentence.
15
What the neighbor said
Mi vecino dice que mañana cortan el agua.
Dice que introduces what he says as a fact, so the verb stays cortan, not corten. Corten would be a wish or a demand, and he is not asking you to cut the water. Mañana can sit inside what he said. Dice is he says. Digo is I say.
16
The note home
Te escribo porque ya llegué.
Te is someone you call tú. Le would be usted. Te escribo is the note, happening now. Porque gives the reason. Ya llegué is the arrival, finished. Llegué is I. Llegó is he or she. The part that changes with the relationship is te or le.
17
Did I get that right
O sea, ¿nos vemos mañana? ¿Me equivoco?
O sea means so, or that is. Nos vemos is the plan you think you heard. ¿Me equivoco? asks them to correct you. It is a question. Me equivoco, said flat, is you announcing that you are wrong, and that is a different move. If they correct the day, you take the day.
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I need you to hear this
Quiero decirte algo. Quiero que me escuches.
Quiero decirte algo is your own act, so the verb stays ordinary. Quiero que hands the act to them, so the verb changes: escuches, not escuchas. The que is required. Escuches is tú. Escuche would be usted. This sentence is someone you call tú.
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What it actually is
No es el ruido. Es que no duermo.
No es plus the noun is the thing it is not. El ruido is masculine, so el. Es que plus a normal verb is the real trouble: no duermo, and it stays ordinary because you are stating it. Duermo is I. Duermes would be you, and this trouble is yours. One cause. Do not add a second.
20
You can borrow it
Te presto el auto si lo traes mañana.
Te is tú, the person you lend it to. El auto is masculine, so lo: lo traes. Si plus traes is a condition that can still happen. Traes is the ordinary present. Trajeras would be an imagined world, and this loan is not that. Si lo trae would be usted. This sentence is tú.
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Someone at the door
¿Quiere pasar? Hay café.
Quiere is usted. Quieres is tú. Hay is there is, for coffee that is simply available. Está would locate a specific cup you can point at. This sentence is the offer, so hay. The part that changes is quiere or quieres, and it follows how you address the person.
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Before they go
Por tu viaje. Que te vaya bien.
Por plus the occasion is the toast. Que plus te vaya is the wish, so the verb is vaya, not va. Va would be a fact about the bus. Vaya is the form a wish takes. Te matches tú, the person leaving. Le vaya would be usted.
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The word you don't have
Esa palabra no la sé. ¿Cómo se dice más simple?
Palabra is feminine, so la: no la sé. The la stands in front of sé. Se dice asks how it is said, and se does not point at a person. Más simple is the easier wording. Lo sé would match a masculine word, and palabra is not masculine.
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The blanks
Mi posición: ____. La razón: ____. La concesión: ____. El paso: ____.
Posición is what you decide, in one sentence you can say. Razón is why, with porque or por. Concesión is the one thing you give. Paso is the next act, said so another person could do it. The labels stay. The blanks change with your life. Nothing on this page is a sample.