"I want to learn Spanish"

Question

The 'about me' section of my profile simply states, "I want to learn Spanish". But the hardest part about learning a new language is I don't often get a chance to actually use it. So I would like to use Spanish on this site as much as possible, starting with my profile.

Is "quiero aprendo español" a correct translation for this sentence? If not, what did I do wrong and how should I say it instead?

you would be welcome to sit in one of our chats...let me know;) - 00494d19, Dec 29, 2010

Thanks! :) - batmanx1111, Dec 29, 2010

Answer 1

Querer is a great verb because you only have to conjugate it and then you can follow it by a verb in it's infinitive form - very handy!

Quiero aprender español ..... I want to learn Spanish.

Quiero ir .... I want to go

Queremos comer ..... We want to eat

¿Quieres venir? ..... Do you want to come?

etc etc

Answer 2

It would be better for you to start with the lessons in this site but I'll tell you what I know any way. Spanish verbs are conjugated depending on the endings they have which can be either ar, er or ir. If there are two verbs in the sentence then the first verb gets conjugated and the second one remains in its infinitive form just as Kiwi girl mentioned above. Conjugations are as follows;

		-ar	-er	-ir
Yo	I	-o	-o	-o
Tu	You	-as	-es	-es
El/Ella/Usted	He/She/ You formal	-a	-e	-e
Nosotros	We	-amos	-emos	-imos
Vosotros	You plural	-ais	-eis	-is
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes	They/They/You plural formal	-an	-en	-en

For example;

-ar	-er	-ir
Hablar (to speak)	aprender (to learn)	Vivir (to live)
hablo	aprendo	vivo
hablas	aprendes	vives
habla	aprende	vive
hablamos	aprendemos	vivimos
hablais	aprendéis	vivis
hablan	aprenden	viven

According to what we have above;

"Hablo español" would be "I speak spanish" , "Vivo en España" would be "I live in spain" , "Quiero hablar español" would be "I want to speak spanish".

You might want to check this out. Infinitives are explained in the Reference articles of Spanishdict.com

I hope this is enough to get you started

Very helpful, thank you :) - batmanx1111, Dec 29, 2010

Answer 3

what is your name?