Más preguntas de mis lecciones 2

Question

Hola

OK, this is a short 2 question assistance request for my audio lessons.

1) What is the best way to say audio lessons? The translator says ''Lecciones audio'' but is it really that simple, and direct?

2) there was a word used for "I meant to", which I think was maybe "quise" As in, I meant to call you -- quise llamarte ??? Does that sound right?

Thanks Roger

Answer 1

Rog- the first does sound right to me. Sometimes things really are simple.

In the second, "quise" is the first person preterit for "querer". Literally, this would be "I wanted to call you", but many times is interpreted as "I meant to..".

Good answer Noetol. "Quise" in the first person preterite positive is: I did want, wanted. tried" In the "negative" I did not want, didn't try, refused. (your friend ...viejito):) - viejito, Jun 24, 2012

Wish i had more points to give you Noel. :) - viejito, Jun 24, 2012

Correction ...Noetol" - viejito, Jun 24, 2012

Thanks, viejito!! :))) - Noetol, Jun 24, 2012

Thanks to you both. Y yo lo puedo dar los puntos, y consiguiente, lo hago. - rogspax, Jun 24, 2012

Y una aclaración por favor. Es correcto para escribir ´quise´ con tilde sobre de ´e´. Todavía he aprendido solo pocas palabras en preterito, y todos tienen una tilda, por ejemplo, ´yo tomé´ or él llegó - rogspax, Jun 24, 2012

sidebar, I note that after I voted for best answer, there is now visible, and ¨un-accept´ button. It´s perfect English, but at the same time, something I´ve never seen before: A negative, imperative form of accept. Interesting.¨ - rogspax, Jun 24, 2012

Rog - Querer es iregular en el preterito, y es uno de pocos que no usan la tilde sobre la "e" final. - Noetol, Jun 24, 2012

Answer 2

Roger,

Be careful with the past tenses of the verb "querer" --

Preterite: In the affirmative form, can express (but doesn't always) the idea that someone tried or wanted to do something but didn't; in negative form, it usually means "refused." Quise comer un taco. (I wanted to eat a taco, but didn't.) No quise comer un taco. (I refused to eat a taco.) ... Generally, the imperfect form of querer is less ambiguous for indicating that someone wanted to do something.

Imperfect: Expresses the idea that a person wanted to do something without indicating whether the person did it or not. Quería comer un taco. (I wanted to eat a taco.) No quería comer un taco. (I didn't want to eat a taco.) Note that out of context, neither sentence indicates whether the speaker actually ate a taco.