I want [some] water in Spanish is:
(Yo) Quiero [algo de] agua.
The personal pronoun in Spanish is implied, so it is in parenthesis.
Most Spanish speakers start with the verb, which is conjugated in
accordance to the personal pronoun. The verb to want is querer, it
becomes quiero when conjugated for the 'yo' pronoun.
Do you want some water?
(Tú) Quieres [algo de] agua?
***Remember from a previous blog that 'Tú' is the informal 'you' and that there is also 'Usted', which is formal. Formally said this sentence would be: (Usted) Quiere [algo de] agua?***
Without the question intonation the statement would just read (in
English): You want some water.
I do not want [some] water.
(Yo) No quiero [algo de] agua.
When my conversation partner was learning English she had some
difficulties with the placement of the noun and the adjectives because
in English we place the adjective before the noun, but in most cases
in Spanish they place the adjective after the noun.
Example:
The red purse in Spanish is 'La bolsa roja.' (Bolsa being purse, roja
being red).
In the beginning she was also unsure if she needed to add the pronounce
because in Spanish (as previously mentioned) it is unnecessary.
Friday, March 28, 2008
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1 comment:
Thanks for the spanish lesson. I liked your answer for the Bed sheets tag line. You should read mine. hahahahaha
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