The basics

Question

Hola,

I have a question (or two) on the basic's of Spanish.

How do you know when to use the certain variations of the word, I

Such as, Estoy, Yo, Soy etc etc

and the word, The

los, el etc etc

I know these are pretty simple questions, but I feel somewhere along the way I have been trying to learn a little bit of Spanish, I must have missed where each one is used.

Gracias

Matt

Answer 1

Welcome to the forum. I can tell by the questions that you are not enrolled in a Spanish class and are trying to do it on your own. That's fine, but it will take alot of work and some pretty good books to get you in the right direction.

However, one thing that you can do right away is to go to the Learn Spanish tab on the left. There are 60 free Spanish lessons there, starting at the very beginning, which is important. Learning a language is like learning music. You may wish to play a beautiful Beethoven piece, but until you have had the practice and lessons and time, time, time, you will not be able to do it.

So, instead of looking for the answers to your specific questions, which really won't help you at this point, please go to lesson #1 here and start from there.

Good luck on your journey!

Not enrolled in any Spanish class, you're right haha. Ok, I will check that out. Thank you :-) - macca124, Dec 2, 2010

muy bien! - margaretbl, Dec 2, 2010

Answer 2

Matt, welcome here and Estoy is I am. So if someone asked you: "Como estás", it would be "how are you". If you are "bad" then say "Estoy mal". If you are "good" or "happy", choose "Estoy bien" or "Estoy feliz".

Yo is I. For an example for present tense: Comprar turns into Compro if you are talking about yourself.

Los is if you have "Libros. Look at the ending. "Os" means plural masculine. La pizza means the pizza. The ending is "A". So, it would be la which is singular feminine. There is Spanish songs about this on YouTube.

I hope that I have answered your question.