Hola. In this video lesson we’re going to see a phrase that’s used quite a bit in Spanish when talking about things that have been going on and continue to.
It should make more sense after watching the video (hopefully). 😉
Click here to download a printable copy of the first examples to write out your translations.
Let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions below.
Vocabulario:
medidas del tiempo:
- minutos – minutes
- horas – hours
- días – days
- semanas – weeks
- meses – months
- años – years
verbos:
- asistir (a) – to attend
- asiste a la universidad – s/he attends college
- bailar – to dance
- baila – s/he dances
- besar – to kiss
- está besando – s/he is kissing (right now)
- comer – to eat
- come – s/he eats
- confesar – to confess
- confiesa – s/he confesses
- doler – to hurt
- me duele – my ___ hurts
- dormir – to sleep
- duermo – I sleep
- ++ duerme – s/he sleeps
- hablar – to talk, to speak
- hablo – I speak; I talk
- hacer – to do; to make
- hace caca – s/he poops
- hace ejercicio – s/he exercises
- hace la cama – s/he makes the bed
- hace la tarea – s/he does homework
- estar – to be
- estoy – I am [feeling / located]
- está – s/he is / it is
- está¡ cortado – it is cut off
- estamos – we are [feeling / located]
- están – they are [feeling / located]
- jugar – to play
- están jugando – they’re playing (right now)
- llorar – to cry
- está llorando – s/he is crying (right now)
- llover – to rain
- llueve – it rains
- mirar – to watch
- mira – s/he watches
- nevar – to snow
- nieva – it snows
- querer – to want
- quiero – I want
- sufrir – to suffer
- sufre – s/he suffers
- tener – to have
- tengo – I have
- tiene – s/he has / it has
- tocar – to play [an instrument]
- tocas – you play [an instrument]
- usar – to use
- uso – I use
- ver – to see
- veo – I see
- vivir – to live
- vivimos – we live
otro:
- alrededor de – around
- bien – well
- con – with
- en – in, on, at
- enfermo – sick [male]
- mi(s) – my
- mucho – a lot
- poco – a little
- sin – without
- su(s) – his / her / their / your (formal / plural)
- te – you / to you / for you
sustantivos*
- el agua – water
- el bño – bathroom
- el béisbol – baseball
- el cáncer a la tiroides – thyroid cancer
- el cuarto – room; bedroom
- el desierto – the desert
- el puente – bridge
- el reloj – watch
- el tráfico – traffic
- la batería – drum (set)
- la boca – mouth
- la cabeza – head
- la caspa – dandruff
- la ciudad – city
- la espalda – back
- la foto – picture
- la guitarra – the guitar
- la niña – girl
- la escuela – school
- la enfermería – nursing
- la televisión – television
- un jardín de infantes – kindergarten
7 Responses
Sr. Jordan,
Muchas gracias por los lecciones. Son muy ayuda.
“Juan no duerme bien.” I’m confused on why the reflexive verb duerme was used.
Juan no dormido bien may work too?
Never mind… not reflexive verb…. s/he sleep….
I don’t get it. Are you using the personal a with the school?I realize asiste is a verb but there is not a person doing an action to another person in the sentence hace tres anos que Diego asiste a la universidad.
asistir [a + ____] = to attend [a place]
It’s not a personal a in this case, just a required letter with the verb asistir.
Hope that explains it!
-Sr. J
Thanks. Thats like Voy a. BTW nice vids
On the example of Carlos hasn’t watched tv in 4 months. I think by mistake it put in dos messes instead cuatro mesas