I want cheesy eggs for breakfast?

Question

Quero los huevos con queso para el desayuno. - I want cheesy eggs for breakfast.

to want – querer

the I or yo form of ER verbs – O

the stem of querer – quer

quero – I want

Quero los huevos con queso para el desayuno.

Answer 1

Nope, the verb querer has an irregular conjugation.

• yo quiero
• tú quieres
• él/ella quiere
• nosotros queremos
• vosotros queréis
• ellos/ellas quieren

Quiero huevos con queso para el desayuno.

• "huevos con queso", not "huevo con el queso". - Gekkosan Aug 5, 2010
• okay thanks ;) - culé Aug 5, 2010

Answer 2

It is not as simple as just adding the o

you get to drop the erer and then add iero

one of those stem changing verbs

like preferir - prefiero

aka irregular verbs

• Oh, but it is as simple as the O if you only have studied the regular er verb, I form. Thank you for sharing about the irregular verbs. I think lesson 1.7 spoke of irregular ir so I've not gotten to er irregular yet. - bandit51jd Aug 5, 2010
• Please note Quentin's note before taking to heart what my textbook says, I tend to trust textbooks in general, but I have learned they are not infallible. - LateToDinner Aug 5, 2010

Answer 3

I have no suggestion beyond those given before me.

Just wanted to say, well done, that's a good attempt for a beginner, and I think you would have been understood.

• Thank you so much. as I've not studied irregular conjugations too much. At this point for me, "the well done" is very refreshing. Gracias. - bandit51jd Aug 5, 2010
• Verb conjugation escapes me too. - fontanero Aug 5, 2010
• I don't think irregular verbs start until lesson 1.7 so maybe I'll try to choose regular verbs for a while!! LOL - bandit51jd Aug 5, 2010
• Don't rush it, get there when you're ready. - fontanero Aug 5, 2010
• Wow, I think you understand!! And I just printed off a regular verb list. I think I'll try some sentences from that list. Yeah, I agree, when I'm ready to deal with irregular stuff it will just find me like Murphy's law! LOL - bandit51jd Aug 5, 2010

Answer 4

While on a Spanish speaking island last winter, I had cheesy scrambled eggs often. They were exactly like the photo shows.))

I am a beginner in Spanish but when we ordered the waiter understood. We said, Deso queso cocinado en con los huevos patadas,.which I believed meant, I want cheese cooked in with my scrambled eggs. The waiter always had a big smile and I am not sure if he was amused by my Spanish mistakes or if he was just a cheerful man! I also tried to find the same waiter each time.

I am not sure if I have the proper tense here but it did work every time! lol

• If he understood you, job done ! - fontanero Aug 6, 2010
• Oh yes. and they were so tasty! :)) - Brynleigh Aug 6, 2010

Answer 5

Brynleigh: Thanks for your answer. Along with patience to study having a sense of humor will probably help, too. To laugh at my own mistakes as I begin to write full Spanish sentences. I am happy that the photo was a good visual choice!!

Sounds like you experienced something like that. Either the disposition of the waiter was in general cheerful and happy, and/or allowed they you to make the mistake and still got you your breakfast. Sounds like you were able to have this waiter more than once and received not just a meal, but a laugh or two, and that makes life so much more bearable and joyful; especially when you are visiting an island.

Did I get the meaning of your comments okay?

• Yes, you did get the meaning of my comments and I hope you get your cheesy eggs just how you like them! - Brynleigh Aug 6, 2010
• I am really getting hungry! lol!:)) - Brynleigh Aug 6, 2010

Answer 6

Whether stem changing verbs are irregular verbs or not depends on whom you ask.

Some texts go with the definition that irregular verbs show no pattern in their conjugation and since stem changing verbs follow a pattern (at least in the present tense) they are not irregular.

Other sources go with anything that isn't a regular verb is an irregular verb. Some are just more irregular than others. According to this viewpoint stem changing verbs are a subcategory of irregular verbs.

When you look up lists of irregular verbs online, you don't usually find all of the stem changing verbs there. You do see many because while they follow a pattern in the present tense they show more irregularity in other tenses.

I just wanted to mention that this categorization of stem changing verbs as irregular verbs isn't "carved in stone".

Below is one online site that supposes to list irregular verbs in Spanish. Note that the stem changing verb preferir mentioned above is not in the list.

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Answer 7

dugu3b wrote

Quiero huevo con el queso para el desayuno.

In costa Rica you will recieve one fried egg and a slice of cheese on the side.

Quiero huevos patadas y cocina queso en mi huevos.

I want scrambled eggs and cook cheese in my eggs.

• "huevo con queso". Not "el queso". I find you second sentence a bit strange both in English and Spanish. How about: Quiero huevos revueltos cocinandos con queso - I want scrambled eggs cooked with cheese in them (assuming you want to make sure .... - Gekkosan Aug 5, 2010
• ...the cheese is mixed in? - Gekkosan Aug 5, 2010
• In CR kicked eggs is a common term for scrambled. I could not find cocinandos in the dictionary or translator, so no comment. The normal cheese in CR does not melt and it is served either fresh or fried. - DonVon Aug 5, 2010
• Have to go, shutting it all down. Till next time???? - DonVon Aug 5, 2010
• When you got the fried egg and slice of cheese did they give toast, too. I know some Americans like fried egg with cheese sandwichs. - bandit51jd Aug 5, 2010
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