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Do I need to conjugate 2 verbs if they are next to each other in a sentence?

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I'm trying to say, "he did not want to walk to the museum." Would it be.. "él no quiso caminar al museo" or "el no quise caminó al museo"

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updated Mar 7, 2013
edited by aakkm45
posted by aakkm45

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You don´t conjugate two verbs next to each other in the same clause. So it would be ¨él no quiso (not quise) caminar al museo.¨

updated Mar 8, 2013
posted by sinmeta
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This is to just start a debate.

Do we ever conjugate two consequtive verbs in an English phrase?

I wonder if anyone can think of one.

Oh yes shouldn't it be

Él no quería caminar al museo.

updated Mar 7, 2013
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
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The -ar, -er, and -ir on the end of Spanish verbs indicates the infinitive (unconjugated) form of the verb and corresponse to the word "to" before the verb in the English infinitive. In English: to speak, to eat, to live correspond to hablar, comer, vivir in Spanish.

updated Mar 7, 2013
edited by Jubilado
posted by Jubilado