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MICHEL THOMAS SPANISH (BASIC) COURSE, 8 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 11th 2006

Transcribed by JK

CD 1 (68.43)

(1) 6.34(2) 7.43

(-ible words stay the same in Spanish, but the pronunciation changes a little: the last but

one syllable is stressed)possible

(-able words stay the same in Spanish)

probable

acceptableit is

it is possibleit is probableit is terrible

it is acceptable

for mefor you

for you

it is for me

it is notit is not for you

it is for me

it is not for you, it is for meit is not possible for me

it is possible for you

it is acceptable for me(3) 6.25

(to ask a question in Spanish, you just use inflection)

it is acceptable for you

is it acceptable for you?


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isn't it acceptable for you?

why

(porque also means "because")why isn't it acceptable for you?

(in the above sentence, inflection is not necessary because there is a question word; but

you can still use it)like that, that way

it is like that

it is not like thatit is not possible that way

it is not acceptable for me that way

why isn't it acceptable for you that way?

I'm sorryI

(in Spanish, "I" is understood)

(lo siento literally means "I feel it")

butI'm sorry, but...

I'm sorry, but it is not acceptable for me that wayI'm sorry, but it is not possible that way

(4) 3.44

(English words ending -ent or -ant, end-ente or-ante in Spanish)different

important

it is important for me

it is not different that waygood

very

it is very goodit is not very good

it is not very different that way

but it is very important for me(in Spanish, there is never more than one stress on any given word. In general, if the

word ends with a vowel, the stress will be on the penultimate syllable)

important

restaurant(5) 5.12

I have

(the -o in tengo expresses "I".yo tengo would mean "I have" with the "I" emphasised)I don't have

I'm sorry

I haveI have it

I don't have it

I want

I want it


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I don't want it that way

I need

I need itI don't need it

now

hourI want it

but I don't need it now

I want it but I don't need it now(6) 6.22

constant

evident

urgentit is very urgent

I need it now, it is very urgent

I have

I have itI don't have it

you haveyou have (emphasise "you")

what

what do you have?what do you have for me now?

I have

I have it

I don't have ityou have

what do you have?

I have ityou have

you have it

do you have it?you don't have it

don't you have it?

don't you have it for me now?

why don't you have it for me now, because I need it now(7) 4.13

I want

I want itI want it now

I don't want it

I wantyou want

I want

you want

what do you want?


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I want it

I don't want it

you wantyou want it

do you want it?

why don't you want it that way?to know

I want to know

I don't want to knowI want to know why you don't have it for me now

(8) 7.50

I can

you canto do, to make

to do like that

what do you want to do now?

(when there is a consonant at the end of the word, the stress will be on the final syllable)to do, to make

to eatsomething

I want something

I have something for youI want to eat

I want to eat something now

I have

I am hungry (lit. I have hunger)man

I want to eat something now because I am hungry

what do you want to eat?I am hungry

you are hungry

are you hungry?are you hungry? do you want to eat something now?

why don't you want to eat?

(9) 3.05

(English words ending -ary, end-ario in Spanish)necessary

it is not necessary for me now because I don't need it

andI'm sorry, but I don't have it and I don't want it because I don't need it now

contrary

on the contraryvocabulary

(10) 8.53

(in Spanish, b andv a the same sound)

to see ver


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(lo is hooked onto the end of the "full verb")

to see it

I want to see itI don't want to see it

I want

I want itI want to see it

I don't want to see it

do you want to see it?why don't you want to see it?

I can

you can

I cannot see it(whenever you have two or three consecutive verbs, the second and third verbs are in the

full form of the verb, i.e. infinitive)

can you see it?

what can you see?why can't you see it?

to do, to maketo see

to see it

to do, to maketo do it

I don't want to do it that way

because I cannot do it

why can't you do it that way?I want to know why you can't do it that way

(11) 4.29

(words in English ending -ance or -ence, end-ancia or-encia in Spanish)difference

importance

influencepreference

the difference

a difference

what difference?the preference

a preference

what preference?do you have a preference?

what preference do you have?

for what restaurant do you have a preference?tonight

(esta noche literally means "this night")

it is for tonight

for what restaurant do you have a preference tonight?


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(12) 4.13

where

where do you want to eat?the dinner

to dine

where do you want to have dinner tonight?do you have a preference?

what preference do you have?

for what restaurant do you have a preference tonight?(words ending -ion in English, end-in in Spanish)

opinion

(words ending -tion in English, end-cin in Spanish)

conditionposition

reservation

the reservation

a reservationdo you have a reservation for me for tonight?

(end of recording)

CD 2 (57.46)

(1) 4.23

condition

the condition

a conditionwhat condition

reservation

the reservationa reservation

what reservation

ofdo you have the confirmation of the reservation for me for tonight?

what kind

what type of reservation do you have for me tonight?

what kind of reservation do you want?(2) 6.22

(there are close to 1200 words that end -ion, that are similar in both English and

Spanish. There are just a few exceptions)translation

I need a translation

can you make a translation for me?(puede "can you?" - a question with inflection - is also used for "will you please?" - a

polite suggestion without inflection)

will you make a translation for me?

please


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can you make a translation for me?

to do, to make

to do itwill you please do it for me?

today

can you do it for me today?will you make a translation for me?

please

explanationto give

will you give an explanation?

can you give an explanation?

(3) 8.16(verbs derived from nouns, which are similar in both English and Spanish, add-arin

Spanish)

formation

to formto conform

to confirm(in English, the "to" form of the verb, i.e. the infinitive, is expressed in Spanish by an

ending-ar, -er, -ir. Since all these words end with -r, you must hit the ending)

to speakto eat

to come

to leave

exit(the "nose" rule: if a word ends with a vowel or with the letters n or s, the stress is

on the penultimate symbol. Otherwise, it is on the last syllable. If there is an exception

to this rule, there is an accent over the stressed syllable, for example, all words ending-in)

Merida

Mexicoreservation

situation

impression

what impression do you have of the situation?like that, that way

(4) 5.07

herewill you make a reservation for me?

why can't you make a reservation for me?

why can't you do it?to know

to see

I want to know it

I want to see it


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to see you

to see them

to see them (only females)I want to see them

I want to see them (only females)

I want to see itI want to see you

to see me

(two types of "me")for me

(5) 5.37

to understand

to understand itto understand you

to understand them

to understand them (only females)

to understand mecan you understand me?

why can't you understand me?to say, to tell

to tell it

to tell youto tell me

can you tell me?

why can't you tell me now?

I want to know itto buy

I want to buy something here

what do you want to buy here?why don't you want to buy it?

(6) 7.27

expensiveit is very expensive

I have

you have

do you have it?why don't you have it for me?

to have

I want to have it because I need itI have

you have

to haveI have to, I must

I have to do it

to leave

I have to leave


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soon

I have to leave soon

you haveyou have to

you have to do it

whenwhen do you have to do it?

to say, to tell

to tell itto tell you

to tell me

will you tell me

can you tell me?will you tell me why you cannot do it that way

(7) 4.09

(words ending in -icalin English, end-ico in Spanish)

politicaleconomical

philosophicallogical

it is not logical but it is very practical that way

("the political situation" in Spanish is "the situation political", and in this case

"political" ends with -a, because la situacin is a female word)the political situation

the economical situation

the political and economical situationin Spain

in Mexico

in Argentinawhat impression do you have of the political and economical situation in Spain now?

(8) 5.22

how muchwhen

will you tell me how much it is

because I need it

and I want to have itand I want to buy it

if

if it is not very expensiveI am

I am busy

I am busy (female speaking)tired

I am tired

I am tired (female speaking)

house


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at what time

at what time can you call me?

I'm going to call youyou are going

you are going to

at what time are you going to call me?at what time are you going to be here tonight?

where are you going to be later?

at what time are you going to be here?(2) 5.18

(with all verbs, the "you" form also applies to "he", "she" and "it")

he is going to, she is going to, it is going to

you are going to do ithe is going to do it

she is going to do it

(in conversation, the context makes it clear who is being talked about, but you can add a

pronoun as a clarifier)where is he?

where are you?where is she?

he is going to be here soon

she is going to be here soonwhat do you want?

what does he want?

what does she want?

what do you have?what does he have?

what does she have?

what do you have?(3) 5.35

ready

I am readyI am ready (female)

are you ready? (female)

are you ready?

at what time are you going to be ready?at what time is it going to be ready?

I want to know at what time it is going to be ready because I need it and I have to have it

today if it is possibleI want

I want it

I need itwill you tell me when it is going to be ready

(4) 3.46

all, everything

everything is going to be ready for you today


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nothing

tomorrow

nothing is going to be ready for you today but everything is going to be ready tomorrowI am ready

he is ready

she is readyeverything is ready

(5) 6.12

it is possibleit is very important

it is necessary

(in Spanish there are two verbs for "to be", estarandser. estarmeans "a state of being"

and it expresses "to be" as how one is, where one is. serexpresses the characteristic ofwho one is and what one is)

I am

you are, he is, she is, it is

how are you?how is he?

how is she?where are you?

where is he?

where is she?where is it?

I know

I don't know

I don't know where it isI know it

I don't know it

I knowI don't know

I don't know where it is

(6) 7.06how is Pablo today?

sick

Pablo is sick today

Pablo is a sick personto arrive

drunk

Pablo is drunkPablo is a drunkard

dressed

well-dressedPablo is well-dressed today

Pablo is a good dresser

I am a professor

I am ready


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clever

I am clever

he is clevershe is clever

she is ready

(7) 4.45to speak

to buy

to taketo form

to conform

to confirm

will you confirm the reservation for meto prepare

will you prepare the dinner for me

will you accept the condition

much, very muchmany thanks

I want very much to accept the condition but I'm sorry, I cannot accept it because it is notacceptable for me that way

(8) 7.07

(new definition of "noun", "adjective", "verb")to speak

to buy

to understand

to eatto do, to make

to say, to tell

to prepareto accept

(9) 5.58

to comewith me

(the -go ending is only used with "me")

with you

with himwith her

with me

will you speak Spanish with mecan you come with me?

(after the verbs of coming and going, a following verb is preceded by a to, for examplevoy a...)to come

can you come and see it with me tonight?

(10) 6.12

to go


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I'm going

I want to go and see it with you

I must go and see itI must speak with you

I'm sorry but I cannot see you today because I am going to be very busy

to buyI must buy it

but I cannot buy it because it is very expensive

(end of recording)

CD 4 (61.37)

(1) 3.17where is it? donde est?

how much is it? cuando es?

where are you?

to find encontrarI cannot find it

I don't know where it iscan you/will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it

(2) 9.44

(with the present tense, there is always a stress on the penultimate syllable. That stress is

a signal to Spanish ears that you are in the present tense - there are just a few exceptions,e.g. est)

to speak

I speakto buy

I buy, I am buying

I buy it, I am buying itI'm not buying it

to sell

I am selling itI'm not selling it

to understand comprender

I understand

I understand it very wellI don't understand it very well

to understand

I understandI understand it

I don't understand it

I don't understand youI understand

you understand

you understand it

do you understand it?


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what are you in the process of writing?

(6) 6.35

to say, to tellwhat are you saying? qu dice?

("what" in the middle of a sentence is lo que)

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're sayingI don't know what you want

it is not what I want

what do you want?what do you want to say?

(the combination "want to say" in Spanish is used for "mean")

I don't understand very well what you mean (lit. what you want to say)

you don't understand what I meanbecause that's not what I mean

(7) 8.35

to speak

I speakto prepare

I am preparing itbut I don't accept it

(Spanish verbs can be divided into two tracks, the -arverbs, and on the other track, the-erand -irin verbs)

(the ending for "I" on both tracks is -o)I'm preparing

I am preparing it

to acceptI am accepting it

(the ending for "you", "he", "she" and "it" for non -arverbs is -e)

to understandyou understand

to leave

you are leavingto do

you are doing

to write

you are writingto say

you are saying

(the ending for "you","he", "she" and "it" for-arverbs is -a)you speak

he speaks, she speaks, it speaks

do you speak English?(8) 7.03

who, whom

who speaks English here?

nobody


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I don't speak

I understand

I don't understandyou understand

do you understand it?

do you understand me?don't you understand me?

why don't you understand me?

they understandyou speak

(2) 6.24

(all Spanish vowels are pronounced clearly, regardless of whether they are stressed or

not)I speak

(there are a few cases where the ending for "I" is not -o)

I am going

I amto give

I giveI know

I don't know

I don't know ityou are speaking, he is speaking, she is speaking

to understand

I understand

you understand, he understands(3) 3.39

to buy

why don't you buy it?to sell

I am selling it

why don't you sell it?why don't you sell it? (plural)

they are not selling it

why don't you buy it?

they are not buying itwhy don't you buy it? (plural)

(4) 4.43

("you" for family and friends is t. The ending is -as or -es)do you speak English? (friend)

why don't you speak Spanish with me? (friend)

(for the imperative, you switch tracks)speak Spanish with me!

(5) 5.54

the book

buy the book!


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("this" is este with masculine nouns, andesta with feminine nouns. "that" is almost the

same: ese andesa)

this bookthis night, tonight

this house

this tablethat book

that table

this (without a noun)I want to see this

I'm going to buy this

I want to see that

why don't you buy this book?buy that book!

he is not buying it

don't buy it!

(6) 4.25to sell

why don't you sell it?don't sell it!

don't sell it! (plural)

don't sell it! (friend)sell that book!

buy that book!

don't buy it!

don't buy it! (plural)don't buy it! (friend)

(7) 6.30

(for a positive command, pronouns are hooked on to the verb)buy it!

buy it! (plural)

thembuy them! (talking to several people)

don't buy them! (talking to several people)

to take

why don't you take it?don't take it!

take it!

eat it!(8) 5.30

(the ending for "we" is -mos, added to the infinitive without the final -r)

we speakto speak

I want to speak with you (friend)

to eat

to leave


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to speak

we speak

to eatwe eat

we are leaving

we are comingwe are selling

to sell

we are sellingto write

we are writing

to have

we haveto do, to make

we are doing it

we are not doing it

we do not do it that wayto tell, to say

we are telling you(9) 5.27

(there is one exception)

to gowe go

I go

you go, he goes

I am goingyou are going to, he is going to

they are going to

you are going to (plural)you are going to (friend)

we are going to

we are going to leave soonto arrive

at what time are we going to arrive in Madrid?

we are doing it

they are doing itwhy don't you do it? (friend)

I have

(though some verbs which end not just with -o, but with -go, when talking about "I")to come

I come

to leaveI am leaving

I have

I come

I am leaving


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to put, to pose

to oppose

to supposeto compose

I put

I am putting it hereI have

I come

I am leavingI am putting

I suppose

(10) 4.43

("to do" and "to say" are related. They both have the -go ending, and additionally areshortened)

to do

to say, tell

I doI tell

I haveI come

I am leaving

I am puttingI am doing it

I am telling you

to bring

I am bringingI am bringing it

I am putting it

I am comingI am leaving

I am doing it

I am telling youI am bringing it

I am putting it

where are you putting it?

where are you putting it? (plural)where are you putting it? (friend)

we are putting it here

(11) 2.49(in the imperative, the -go verbs turn into -ga verbs)

come with me!

don't leave!don't leave! (plural)

don't leave! (friend)

don't put it here!

put it here!


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can you put it here, will you please put it here

(end of recording)

CD 6 (60.36)

(1) 7.33I leave

I have

I putI'm doing, I am making

I'm saying, I am telling

I am coming

I supposeI have

I bring

bring it!

bring me something!don't put it here!

thereput it there!

don't put it here, put it there!

I am doing itdo it!

don't do it!

say it in Spanish!

tell me!don't tell me now!

don't tell me! (friend)

to callcall me later please!

call me!

(in the imperative, the only time you don't switch tracks is when speaking to "you,friend". You also miss out the last -s)

call me! (friend)

call me!

(2) 6.06to have

we have

to dowe are doing it

to have

you havethey have, you all have

you have (friend)

we have

I have


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to have

you have

(in Spanish, when you push down on the letter -e-, it caves in and becomes -ie-. For "Ihave", this doesn't happen because the -g- holds up the letter -e)

to come

we are cominghe is coming

they are coming

you are coming (friend)I am coming

to start

I am starting

you are starting, he is starting, she is starting, it is startingat what time are you starting?

at what time are you all starting?

at what time are you starting? (friend)

at what time do we start?(3) 6.35

to begin, to startI am starting

at what time are you starting? at what time is it starting?

to thinkI think

what do you think?

what do you think of the situation?

we think(pensaris also used in the sense of thinking forward, or planning)

I plan on leaving soon

when do you plan on leaving?to understand

I understand

to understandI understand

(entenderis used more often than comprender)

I don't understand it

I don't understand youI don't understand you (friend)

do you understand me? (friend)

we don't understand(usually you can deduce that the whole verb contains the sound -e-, if the present tense

verb contains -ie-)

I wantyou want, he wants

they want, you all want

you want (friend)

you all want


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to want

we want

(4) 6.08(in a similar situation, the letter -o- caves in and becomes -ue-)

I can

you can, he canthey can, you all can

you can (friend)

to be able towe can

the power

to find, to encounter

I findI don't find it

on to remember

I remember

to come backI am coming back soon

at what time are you coming back?are you all coming back?

are you coming back? (friend)

we are coming back soonto come back

(5) 7.39

to lift up, to raise

I am lifting it upwhy don't you lift it up?

I am lifting myself up, I lift me up

I am getting upus

we are getting up, we are lifting us up

you are getting up (friend)at what time are you getting up? (friend)

himself, herself, yourself, themselves, oneself

he is getting up

at what time are you getting up?at what time are you all getting up?

they are getting up soon

I am going to get up soonI have to get up

we are going to get up soon

we have to get upI have

I have to get up

we have to get up

at what time do we have to get up?


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(6) 5.33

to remain

to giveto stay, to remain oneself

I am staying

I am not stayinghow much

how much time

I don't know how long I am stayingI don't know how long I am going to stay

I don't know how long I can stay

we are staying

a few dayswe are going to stay here a few days

(el da is actually a masculine word, and so is el problema "the problem". la mano is

feminine)

(7) 4.08there is, there are

peoplethe people

many people

there are many people herewhat is there? what is going on?

no problem, there is no problem

I don't know how long we are going to stay here

still, still morea little

a little more

latelater

a little later

yet (in a negative sense)I don't know yet, still I don't know

I don't know yet how long I am going to stay

(8) 6.53

to seewe see

we see it

he doesn't see it, you don't see itI see

they see it

we see itwe see ourselves

we don't see ourselves

("ourselves" in Spanish also means "each other")

we see each other, we meet


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I will wait

we will wait

to stay, to remain oneselfI am staying, I am remaining myself

to speak

I am speakingto stay

I am staying

I am staying here tomorrowI will stay

I am going to stay

(end of recording)

CD 7 (62.38)

(1) 4.49

(often, the easiest way to talk about the future is to use "going")I will start, I am going to start

I will buy it, I am going to buy itwe will buy it, we are going to buy it

I will call you later

we will call you laterat what time will you call me?

at what time I going to call me? (plural)

they are going to call me later

at what time will you call me? (friend)you are going to call me

you are going to call me (plural)

you are going to call me (friend)they are going to call me

we are going to call you

(2) 4.39to stay, to remain oneself

I am staying

we are staying

they are stayingshe is staying

I am not staying

I am going to stayhow long are you going to stay?

how long are you going to stay? (plural)

I don't know yet how long we are going to stayI will stay me

we will stay

(3) 4.39

(the future tense ending for everything else starts with -r-)


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I will buy it

we will buy it

he will buy ityou will buy it

where will you buy it? (plural)

where will you buy it? (friend)too, too much

they won't buy it because it's too expensive

I will be herewe will be here tomorrow

he will be here

it will be ready for you tomorrow

they will be here soonthey are going to be here soon

("it will be" can come from ser)

it will be

it won't be possibleI will go see it

we will go see it(4) 5.43

(the -go verbs, in the future, use the ending -dre- instead of -re-)

I haveI will have

we will have

he will have, you will have

they will have, you all will haveyou will have (friend)

to leave

I leaveI will leave

we will leave

he will leavethey will leave, you all will leave

you will leave (friend)

I put

I will putwe will put

they will put, you all will put

you will put (friend)(with the two friends, digo andhago, you drop the -go- and add the ending -re-)

I will do

we will dohe will do

they will do

you will do (friend)

I will tell


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but he will send it to me tomorrow

(both words can be hooked onto the end of the "whole" verb)

he is going to send it to me tomorrowhe is sending it to me tomorrow

he wouldn't send it to me today

(7) 7.51I am sending it

I am sending you something

I am sending you something (friend)I am sending it to you (friend)

I am sending them to you (friend)

("it - to you" is notle lo butse lo)

I am sending it to youI am going to send it to you

(se lo can mean "it - to you", or "it to him", "it to her", "it to them", "it to all of you". If

the context is not clear, you could clarify with voy a mandrselo a usted, orvoy a

mandrselo a letc)will you send it to me? can you send it to me?

can you send it to him?(8) 4.42

I like to see it, it pleases me to see it

I would like to see itI would like, I may want, I might want

I would like to see it, I might want to see it

I want to see it

it would please me to see itI like to see it

I might want to see it

it won't be necessaryit wouldn't be necessary

(9) 6.05

(to go into the past tense in Spanish, you dive. To say "I bought something" you say "Ihave bought something". After "have", you dive into the past with "bought", which in

Spanish ends with -ado with the -artrack, and ends with -ido with the other track)

spoken

lefteaten

sold

boughtspoken

taken

to livelived

(there are two Spanish verbs for "to be"; similarly, there are two verbs for "to have". The

other verb is haber, and it is used for diving into the past. In the present tense, this verb

is like the future tense endings, but with the -r- replaced with a -h-)


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I have bought something

we have bought(to say "we have bought it", the "it" comes before "have")

we have bought it

he has bought ithe has not bought it

where have you bought it?, where did you buy it?

to sellhe has sold it

(there are a few exceptions)

made, done

I have done itwe have done it

said

he has told me

you have not told meI told you, I have told you

(end of recording)

CD 8 (55.02)

(1) 5.06

to wait

I am waiting

to find out, to inform oneselfI want to inform myself

I want to find out where it is

to waitI am waiting

you are waiting, he is waiting, she is waiting

wait!why are you waiting?

why are you waiting?

why don't you wait?

(2) 5.03(in Spanish, "to wait for" is "to wait, to await")

I am awaiting you, I am waiting for you

I am waiting for you (friend)he is waiting for you

she is waiting for you

they are waiting for mewhy are you all waiting?

why are you waiting for me? (friend)

we are waiting

why don't you wait for me?


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I prefer

I prefer staying here

(8) 2.26to feel like

I feel like staying here

with all of youI feel like being here with all of you

(9) 7.30

I would like to see itI would like to make a reservation

how long do you plan on staying?

to ask

I would like to ask youI would ask you later

I will ask you later

I am going to call you later

I will call you later(whenever "to" implies "in order to", in Spanish you must usepara)

I am calling you in order to knowI am going to call you later

I will call you later

...to ask you, in order to ask youwith us (others)

if you can come see it with us tonight

(10) 7.20

at what time do we arrive tomorrow?(to say "I have just seen it", in Spanish you say "I just finished from seeing it": acabo

de... which translates "I have just..."; this is a quick and painless way to speak in the past

tense)I have just left

he has just left

it makes(hace is also used for "ago")

ten minutes ago (lit. it makes ten minutes)

he has just left ten minutes ago

I have just seen itI have just arrived here two days ago

I have just arrived here two weeks ago

(end of recording)

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