Yo intentaro a estudiar español.

Question

Yo intentaro a estudiar español.

I'm trying to study Spanish.

Please correct.

Thank You

Answer 1

Yo intento estudiar español.

1. Your conjugation of intentar is incorrect. Before you add the o ending, you need to drop the stem of the verb, ar. So it goes from intentar -> intent -> intento.
2. Intentar does not take an a before a verb.

Hope this helps

Oops! I didn't mean to do that. - 0074b507, Apr 24, 2011

how do you know which verbs (like intentar) take (or don't take) a before a following verb? - hharmony, Apr 24, 2011

as far as I know, you just have to remember. - someone09, Apr 24, 2011

Answer 2

Yo intento estudiar español.

But, why don't simple say, "yo estudio español" ? If study means to try, to hard work, and everything else... (just a thought)

Answer 3

So far, nobody's mentioned a finer point, that of the unnecessary subject pronoun, "yo". Since it's out of context, it's impossible to say it should not be used, but I would guess here that it should be left out. The verb conjugation implies "yo", and that makes the "yo" redundant.

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Intento estudiar español

or

Estudio español.

Spanish loves redundancy. Why should subject pronouns be any different? - 0074b507, Apr 24, 2011

Answer 4

Ah, but there is a big difference between attempting to do/accomplish something and actually doing/accomplishing it! Intento leer unos libros escritos en español, pero primero necesito estudiar esañol!

...and practice typing...español. :-) - 0074b507, Apr 24, 2011