Matching Challenge #10: Identifying 5 Spanish verbs

Question

>This Matching Game rules.
> Match the Spanish verb to the English words, and list them.
> Create a new list of 5 English words and 5 new matching but scrambled Spanish verbs. (see Example)
> You may post a photo if you would like.

Reminder: Check your answers and spelling before you post!

Example:

Old word list:
I traveled, (tú) you traveled, (él) traveled, we traveled, they traveled
viajamos, viajaron, viajó, viajé, viajaste

I traveled - viajé
(tú) you traveled - viajaste
(él) he traveled - viajó
we traveled - viajamos
they traveled - viajaron

New word list:
(tú) took, (ella) took, I took, they took, we took
tomé, tomaste, tomó, tomamos, tomaron

Remember this is not an A-Z game. If I have any grammar or translation errors please let me know. Constructive ideas are welcome. Thanks.

travelled. :) - galsally, Sep 10, 2010

I thought maybe I'd best look the word up; an online dictionary says;....http://www.thefreedictionary.com/traveled - bandit51jd, Sep 10, 2010

Answer 1

Old word list: Ver - to see

(tú) saw, (ella) saw, I saw, they saw, we saw

viste, vio, ví, vieron, vimos

New word list:

Hacer - to make, to do

I will do, they will do, we will do, she will do, you (vosotros) will do

hará, harán, haré, haréis, haremos

Lo que haré es darte mi voto. :) - MattM, Sep 10, 2010

jeje gracias Matt :) - galsally, Sep 11, 2010

I don't know the future tenses yet! Sorry!! Also, you picked the Spanish form of you!! Good one!! - bandit51jd, Sep 13, 2010

MattM can you create a short story using the future of hacer? I'll see if I can come up with something for either the preterit or imperfect! - bandit51jd, Sep 13, 2010

Answer 2

Mattt: Bandit asked me my opinion on one of your replies. Here's my take:

If I would have been more responsive she would be with me now.

Si yo habría sido más receptivo sería conmigo ahora.

I told her," if you had been patient, we would have been good together."

Dije a ella, 'si habías sido paciente, habríamos sido bueno juntos'.

The first concern with if clauses is to determine if they are real or unreal (contrary-to-fact)

The first one I take is unreal. She is not with you now. (contrary- to- fact)

Also the 2nd sentence is contrary-to -fact. She was not patient and you weren't good together.

These contrary-to-fact sentences require the subjunctive mood. If they are present or future time you use the imperfect subjunctive and the conditional tense.

If they are in past time you use the past perfect subjunctive and the conditional perfect.

Both are in the past.

Si yo hubiera sido más receptivo, habría sido conmigo ahora..

Dije a ella, si hubieras sido paciente, habríamos sido buenos juntos.

Please read this article including tip C3 at bottom of article.

Thank you for the article and corrections. Always appreciated! - MattM, Sep 10, 2010

Yes, thank you for helping! - bandit51jd, Sep 10, 2010

Answer 3

MattM: Don't forget I'm just a beginner! lol I'm struggling with lessons 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8; the past tense preterits!! But I was looking for something for the more advanced members like yourself. Your idea of a simple story is wonderful but I think it needs to be in a differnt thread. It's pretty confusing for us beginners sometimes. I'd like the matching challenge to be more about simple verbs; maybe some preterits. Let me think about how to put your short story idea together with tenses and you do so too, and maybe if you know some others who know the more advanced tenses they will comment, too.

No problem, I'll keep you going with the preterit. Lets go with "ir & ser" they are the same in simple past. - MattM, Sep 9, 2010

Answer 4

Answer : tomaste, tomó, tomé, tomaron, tomamos

(tú) took, (ella) took, I took, they took, we took

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Remember: to go & to be are the same in the Simple Past (Preterit)

New word list: (she) went, (you) were, (we) went, (they) were, (I) was

fuiste, fue, fui, fuimos, fueron

Answer 5

Bandit, maybe we should make up a little story using the tenses. This probably sounds awful in Spanish but I thought I would give it a try. I may be in trouble with a subject pronoun or two but the subjunctive makes it a little tricky.

New word list: (she) would be, (you) had been, (we) will be, (they) were, (I would) have been

fueron, seremos, habría sido, sería, habías sido

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Mis padres fueron los que nos introdujeron. Ella me dijo que seremos juntos pronto. Si yo habría sido más receptivo sería conmigo ahora. Dije a ella, 'si habías sido paciente, habríamos sido bueno juntos'.

My parents were the ones that introduced us. She told me we will be together soon. If I would have been more responsive she would be with me now. I told her," if you had been patient, we would have been good together."

Answer 6

Answer : tomaste, tomó, tomé, tomaron, tomamos

(tú) took, (ella) took, I took, they took, we took

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New word list: (she) would be, (you) had been, (we) will be, (they) were, (I would) have been

fueron, seremos, habría sido, sería, habías sido

Answer 7

old word list:

fuiste – (you) were

fue – (she) went

fui – (I) was

fuimos – (we) went

fueron – (they were)

New word list:

(tú) saw, (ella) saw, I saw, they saw, we saw

vi, viste, vio, vimos, vieron

Question: So in English were and was are the tense of (ser – to be) and went the tense of (ir – to go)? Very nice I didn’t know they were the same in Spanish! - bandit51jd, Sep 9, 2010