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ADVANCED
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Hodder Arnold
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Unauthorized copying of this booklet or the accompanying audio material is prohibited, and may amount to a criminal offence punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment.
First published in UK 2004 by Hodder Headline, an Hachette Livre UK Company, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH. Copyright 2004, 2006 Thomas Keymaster Languages LLC All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited. Further details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, Saffron House, 610 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK. Typeset by Transet Limited, Coventry, England. Printed in Great Britain Impression 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 Year 2010 2009 2008 2007 ISBNs 978 0 340 93899 7, 978 0 340 93903 1
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Introduction
Anyone can learn a language with Michel Thomas!
The amazing teaching method of the worlds greatest language teacher, Michel Thomas, is now available to everyone, not just the rich and famous. These all-audio courses, published by Hodder Arnold, provide an accelerated method for language learning that is truly revolutionary. And they promise a remarkable educational experience that will make your learning both exciting and pleasurable. No books, no pens, no homework, no memorizing just sit back and let the most sought-after language teacher in the world be your guide. In a matter of hours, you will find yourself speaking and thinking in your new language quite naturally and effortlessly.
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The much-anticipated Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas teaching tradition and faithfully follow his unique approach to foreign language learning. The series editor is Dr Rose Lee Hayden, Michels most experienced and trusted teacher. The courses remain faithful to the method Michel Thomas uses in his earlier courses, with the all-audio and building-block approach. The presenter builds on Michels foundations to encourage the student at home to tap into the vast resources of vocabulary common to English and the foreign languages taught here. The student takes part in the audio, following prompts by the presenter, as in Michel Thomas original Foundation and Advanced courses. The teaching is all in English, with the addition of two native speakers to give models for perfect pronunciation and to increase the opportunity for practice. See the end of the booklet for details about all these courses. Try to speak with native speakers whenever possible, as this is invaluable for improving your fluency. Magazines and newspapers (especially those which feature interviews) will give you practice in the most current and idiomatic language. Expose yourself to the language whenever you can you will have firm foundations on which to build.
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His mastery of languages enabled him to adopt many identities (the last one being Michel Thomas), and, once France was liberated, allowed him to join the US Army as an intelligence officer. His unit went on to liberate Dachau, where he interrogated the camp executioner and interviewed survivors. As well as recording the horrors of the Holocaust, he was driven by a personal mission to discover the fate of his own family (he later discovered that they Michel in the uniform of an officer in had all perished in Auschwitz). At the end the French Resistance of the war, he masterminded operations to uncover war criminals and infiltrate underground Nazi groups, and was renowned for his ability to extract confessions without ever recourse to violence. In 1944 Michel was nominated for the Silver Star medal for his service to the US Armys 45th Infantry Division in France. The award was finally presented to him in May 2004, sixty years later. Michels wartime experiences, particularly his torture by the Gestapo when he discovered the ability to block out pain, made him aware of the untapped potential of the human mind. However, it was his deeply held conviction that the biggest weapon in maintaining a free society was education that drove him to devote his life to probing the learning process. Michel moved to Los Angeles in 1947, and he set up a language institute in Beverly Hills. Over a period of twenty-five years, he developed a unique and revolutionary learning system that has made him the worlds leading language teacher. Now, for the first time, his method has been made widely available through the publication of these recordings.
For a full account of his fascinating life, read The Test of Courage: Michel Thomas by Christopher Robbins, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Who has Michel Thomas taught? People came from all over the world to learn a foreign language with Michel Thomas because his method works. His students, now numbering in the thousands, have included well-known people from the arts and from the corporate, political and academic worlds. For example, he taught French to filmstar Grace Kelly prior to her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Michel with Grace Kelly
Michels list of clients include: Celebrities: Emma Thompson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Bob Dylan, Jean Marsh, Donald Sutherland, Mrs George Harrison, Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Nastassja Kinski, Carl Reiner, Raquel Welch, Johnny Carson, Julie Andrews, Isabelle Adjani, Candice Bergen, Barbara Hershey, Priscilla Presley, Loretta Swit, Tony Curtis, Diana Ross, Herb Alpert, Angie Dickinson, Lucille Ball, Doris Day, Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood, Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margaret, Yves Montand, Kim Novak, Otto Preminger, Max von Sydow, Peter Sellers, Franois Truffaut, Sophia Coppola. Diplomats, dignitaries and academics: Former U.S. Ambassador to France, Walter Curley; U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Joseph V. Reed; Cardinal John OConnor, Archbishop of New York; Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia; Armand Hammer; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; Professor Herbert Morris, Dean of Humanities at UCLA; Warren Keegan, Professor of Business at Pace University in New York; Professor Wesley Posvar, former President of the University of Pittsburgh. Executives from the following corporations: AT&T International, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Chase Manhattan Bank, American Express, Merrill Lynch, New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boeing Aircraft, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, Bank of America, Max Factor, Rand Corporation, Bertelsmann Music Group-RCA, Veuve Clicquot Inc., McDonalds Corporation, Rover, British Aerospace.
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Index
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Advanced course: CD 1 Track 1 Introduction Review of the present tense. The key to the present tense is to stress the syllable before last. to buy I am buying it. I dont buy it because its very expensive. Why dont you buy it? (seor) Why arent you buying it? to understand I understand to understand I understand it. comprar Lo compro. No lo compro porque es muy caro. Por qu no lo compra? Por qu no lo compra? comprender comprendo entender Lo entiendo.
If you push down on an e it splits, or caves in, to ie: entender entiendo. comprender does not split because its held up by pr and nd. you understand entiende Why dont you understand me? Por qu no me entiende? Why dont you understand me? Por qu no me entiendes? (to Roberto/Roberta) Why dont you understand me? (to several people) They dont understand me. He is preparing it for me. Por qu no me entienden?
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 2 00:00 00:45 00:57 01:13 He is (right now) preparing it for me. Est preparndolo para m.
Por qu no lo hace?
Spanish -ing tense: -ando is the -ing on the -ar track and -iendo is the -ing on the other track. He is preparing it. (if you put the lo up front) Why dont you do it? Lo est preparando.
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Why arent you doing it? (Roberto) Why dont you do it? (all of you) He is doing it right now. He is leaving (right now).
Por qu no lo haces? Por qu no lo hacen? Est hacindolo. / Lo est haciendo. Est saliendo. Review course Track 4 No comprendo lo que dice. decir Me dicen. Por qu no me dicen? Por qu no me dices? Le decimos. empezar / comenzar Por qu no empieza? Por qu no empiezan? Empiezo ahora. Review course Track 5
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 3 00:00 00:44 01:10 01:41 01:55 02:18 02:43 03:28 03:41 04:08 04:40 04:48 05:04 05:24 05:30 05:44 05:54 I dont understand what you are saying. to say / to tell They are telling me. Why dont you tell me? (to several people) Why dont you tell me? (to Roberto) We are telling you. to start Why dont you start? (seor) Why dont you start? (to several people) I am starting now.
Why dont you start? (Roberto) Por qu no comienzas? Why dont you start? (Roberto) Por qu no empiezas? I am not buying it. Why dont you all buy it? We are buying it. No lo compro. Por qu no lo compran? Lo compramos. Why dont you buy it? (Roberto) Por qu no lo compras?
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 4 00:00 The key sounds for the present tense are: a on the -ar track and e on the -er/-ir track. If you switch tracks (from a to e and e to a), you are in the command tense (the imperative). You are not buying the house. / No compra la casa. He is not buying the house.
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Buy the house! Dont buy it! Dont buy it! (Roberto) Dont buy it! (to a couple)
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In the positive command, the pronoun (the lo etc.) is hooked on to the verb. Buy it! Buy it! (to several people) Dont buy them! (to several people) Dont buy them! (to Roberto) Cmprelo! Cmprenlo! No los compren! No los compres!
In the positive command to Roberto, you dont switch tracks; you just drop the s. Buy it! (Roberto) to call I am calling you. I am calling you. (Roberto) He is calling me. Why dont you call me? (Roberto) Why dont you all call me? We are calling you. We are calling you. (Roberto) Call me tomorrow. Dont call me today! Call me! Call me! (to seor/seora/ seorita) Cmpralo! llamar Le llamo. Te llamo. Me llama. Por qu no me llamas? Por qu no me llaman? Le llamamos. Te llamamos. Llmeme maana. No me llame hoy! Llmame! Llmeme!
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 5 00:00 00:15 00:24 00:46 01:11 go-go verbs have -go in the present tense for I. to have you have We dont have it. I have tener tiene No lo tenemos. tengo
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I have it. I dont have it. I have to / I must I have to see it. you say / you tell I tell I am telling you. (seor) I am telling you. (Roberto) Why dont you tell me? (Roberto) Why dont you tell me? (to a couple) to come She is coming with us. we are coming I am coming to do / to make What are you doing?
Lo tengo. No lo tengo. tengo que Tengo que verlo. dice digo Le digo. Te digo. Por qu no me dices?
Por qu no me dicen? venir Viene con nosotros. venimos vengo hacer Qu hace? Review course Track 7 saber Lo sabe? Lo sabes? Por qu no lo saben? Lo sabemos. s Lo s. No lo s.
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 6 00:00 00:07 00:15 00:26 00:37 00:44 00:52 00:58 01:05 to know Do you know it? Do you know it? (Roberto) Why dont you know it? (to several people) We know it. I know I know it. I dont know it.
In Spanish, there are two verbs for to know. One is for general knowledge (saber); the other is for acquaintance with a person or place (conocer). to know somebody I know I dont know him. conocer conozco No lo conozco.
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Advanced course: CD 1 Track 7 00:00 00:10 00:35 00:47 00:52 01:02 Do you know Pedro? Use of the personal a Do you know my friend? Do you know Madrid? I dont know him. I dont know it. Conoce a mi amigo? Conoce Madrid? No lo conozco. No lo s. Conoce a Pedro?
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 8 00:00 00:14 00:20 00:30 00:36 00:44 00:55 01:03 01:08 01:11 01:19 01:50 01:57 02:02 02:09 02:21 02:38 02:59 03:08 03:26 03:37 03:46 go-go verbs I am saying / I am telling I am doing / I am making I am doing it. I have it. I am telling you. (Roberto) I am coming to leave I am leaving I am leaving tomorrow. At what time are you leaving? to put I am putting I am putting it here. Where are you putting it? Why dont you put it here? (Roberto) digo hago Lo hago. Lo tengo. Te digo. vengo salir salgo Salgo maana. A qu hora sale? poner pongo Lo pongo aqu. Dnde lo pone? Por qu no lo pones aqu?
Verbs containing poner correspond to English verbs with -pose: componer (to compose), oponer (to oppose), suponer (to suppose) I suppose to bring I am bringing it. to hear I am hearing supongo traer Lo traigo. or oigo
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Advanced course: CD 1 Track 9 00:00 00:19 00:29 00:38 00:49 01:04 01:10 01:17 01:20 02:06 02:17 02:53 03:21 03:44 03:56 04:07 04:46 04:51 05:00 05:07 05:47 06:17 06:39 06:50 07:19 07:45 07:56 08:12 08:22 08:33 09:26 09:38 All the go-go verbs change to ga-ga in the command tense. Come with me! Dont leave! Dont leave! (Roberto) Tell me! Dont tell me! Tell it to me! Dont tell it to me! Tell it to him! Dont do it! Dont do it! (Roberto) Dont do it! (all of you) Do it! (all of you) I want to do it. I can do it. I cannot do it. I am doing it. (I am right now in the process of doing it.) Do it! I am not doing it. Why dont you all do it? Dont do it now. Dont put it there. Bring it. Bring me something. Bring it to me. Dont bring it to me today because I dont need it today. I hear it. Hear it! Venga conmigo! No salga! No salgas! Dgame! No me diga! Dgamelo! No me lo diga! Dgaselo! No lo haga! No lo hagas! No lo hagan! Hganlo! Quiero hacerlo. Puedo hacerlo. No lo puedo hacer. Estoy hacindolo. / Lo estoy haciendo. Hgalo! No lo hago. Por qu no lo hacen? No lo hagan ahora. No lo ponga all. Trigalo. Trigame algo. Trigamelo. No me lo traiga hoy porque no lo necesito hoy. Lo oigo. igalo!
Whenever you have two pronouns, the personal one comes first.
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Tell it to me; dont tell it to him. Dgamelo; no se lo diga. But dont tell it to him today. Pero no se lo diga hoy.
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Advanced course: CD 1 Track 10 00:00 01:15 01:24 01:36 02:02 02:13 02:29 02:47 02:58 03:44 03:57 With the go-go verbs in the positive command to Roberto, you drop the -go altogether. Tell it to me. Dont tell it to me. (Roberto) Dont tell it to me. (to several people) Tell it to me. (Roberto) Come with me. (Roberto) Have it. Put it here. (Roberto) Dont put it there; put it here. (Roberto) Dont leave. (Roberto) Dont leave. (all of you) Dmelo. No me lo digas. No me lo digan. Dmelo. Ven conmigo. Tenlo. Ponlo aqu. No lo pongas all; ponlo aqu.
No salgas. No salgan.
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Advanced course: CD 1 00:00 How and when to use the subjunctive (command tense). The command tense has the same push as the present tense. Its rarely used in English. In the sentence it is important that you be here, be is subjunctive.
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 12 00:00 The subjunctive is used quite a lot in Spanish. To form the subjunctive you just switch tracks, from a to e and from e to a. It is used to express doubt or uncertainty. It is important that you be here. Es importante que est aqu. It is important that you call me. Es importante que me llame. It is important that you all call me. It is very important for you (Roberta) to call me later. It is not necessary that you wait for me. Es importante que me llamen.
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escribir
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 13 00:00 00:24 01:12 01:31 01:50 Words in Spanish never start with sc, st or sp. Theres always an e at the beginning: esc, est, esp to study Why dont you write to me? Write to me! Because its very important that you write to me. estudiar Por qu no me escribe? Escrbame! Porque es muy importante que me escriba.
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 14 00:00 00:34 In Spanish, you cannot say I want you to write to me. You have to say I want that you write to me. I love you. (I want you.) Te quiero.
Advanced course: CD 1 Track 15 00:00 01:11 01:30 01:43 02:01 02:29 03:34 04:19 04:48 05:03 05:19 What do you want me to write to him? I want you to do it. I want you to do it. (Roberto) I want all of you to do it. (to several people) What do you want me to do? Why dont you want me to tell it to him? I think that he can do it. I dont think he can do it. I want you to call me later. I want you to write to me. Qu quiere que le escriba?
Quiero que lo haga. Quiero que lo hagas. Quiero que lo hagan. Qu quiere que yo haga? Por qu no quiere que se lo diga? Pienso que puede hacerlo. No pienso que pueda hacerlo. Quiero que me llame ms tarde. Quiero que me escriba. Review course Track 16 Lo comprar.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 1 00:05 01:47 Review of the future tense I will buy it.
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We will buy it. He will buy it. They will buy it. You will buy it. (Roberto) I will write to you. He will write to you. We will write to you. You will write to me. They wont write to me. to take I wont take it. We will take it. They wont take it.
Lo compraremos. Lo comprar. Lo comprarn. Lo comprars. Le escribir. Le escribir. Le escribiremos. Me escribir. No me escribirn. tomar No lo tomar. Lo tomaremos. No lo tomarn.
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Advanced course: CD 2 Track 2 00:00 00:47 01:00 01:05 01:08 01:12 01:21 01:26 01:30 01:38 01:44 01:48 02:16 02:19 To form the future of the go-go verbs: add a d before the usual future endings. I will have I will leave we will leave they will leave you will leave (Roberto) I will come we will come you will come (Roberto) to sell I will sell I will sell it. I will put I wont put it here. tendr saldr saldremos saldrn saldrs vendr vendremos vendrs vender vender Lo vender. pondr No lo pondr aqu.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 3 00:00 There are three ways to express the future tense in Spanish: I will call you tomorrow (Le llamar maana), Im going to call you
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tomorrow (Voy a llamarle maana), I call you tomorrow (Le llamo maana) I will call you tomorrow. I call you tomorrow. to stay / to remain oneself I am staying we are staying he is staying they are staying you are staying (Roberto) I am going to stay. I want to know how long you are going to stay. I will stay here a few days. Le llamar maana. / Voy a llamarle maana. Le llamo maana. quedarse me quedo nos quedamos se queda se quedan te quedas Voy a quedarme. Quiero saber cunto tiempo va a quedarse. Me quedar aqu unos das.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 4 00:00 00:46 00:54 01:05 01:13 01:51 02:07 decir and hacer in the future tense I will tell I will do I wont do it. I will tell you later why we wont do it. He wont tell me. He wont tell me why he wont do it. dir har No lo har. Le dir ms tarde por qu no lo haremos. No me dir. No me dir por qu no lo har.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 5 00:49 00:59 02:03 Make a reservation. Make a reservation. (Roberto) Do it. Haga una reservacin. Haz una reservacin. Hazlo.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 6 00:00 To go into the woulds you use ra. The same r that you hit for will, you also hit for would.
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river I would leave we would leave He would do it. I wouldnt do it. They wouldnt do it. We wouldnt do it. I wouldnt tell you why we wouldnt do it. to wait he will wait he wouldnt wait to prepare I will prepare it. He wouldnt prepare it. I like I like to see it. I dont like to do it. I would like to see it. I would like to see you.
ro saldra saldramos Lo hara. No lo hara. No lo haran. No lo haramos. No le dira por qu no lo haramos. esperar esperar no esperara preparar Lo preparar. No lo preparara. me gusta Me gusta verlo. No me gusta hacerlo. Me gustara verlo. Me gustara verle.
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For the past tense with have, as in I have spoken, use haber (the diving board from which you dive into the past). For -ar verbs you dive into -ado, but if it is not an -ar verb you dive into -ido. The endings for haber are like the endings for will (-r, -remos, -r, -rn, -rs), but you replace the r with h: he, hemos, ha, han, has. I have bought I have bought it. We have bought it. They have bought it. He has sold it. we have eaten he has left he comprado Lo he comprado. Lo hemos comprado. Lo han comprado. Lo ha vendido. hemos comido ha salido
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Advanced course: CD 2 Track 8 00:04 00:27 00:32 01:07 01:14 01:22 01:31 01:37 03:02 03:08 03:46 04:05 04:23 04:35 04:59 05:23 05:29 05:33 05:36 The simple past (without diving): I bought it instead of I have bought it I spoke I took it. I called I accepted I didnt accept it. I bought it. I waited I will wait He spoke / you spoke / she spoke I speak I am buying it. He bought it. I sold I left she left / you left I understood he understood / you understood habl Lo tom. llam acept No lo acept. Lo compr. esper esperar habl In the simple past, the stress is on the last syllable: past is last.
Review course Track 23 hablo Lo compro. Lo compr. vend sal sali comprend comprendi Review course Track 24 Lo vendi. No lo vend. Por qu lo vendi? Por qu no lo vendi? perder Lo perd. Cundo lo perdi? A qu hora sali?
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 9 00:00 00:40 00:46 01:11 01:21 01:52 02:06 02:10 02:18 02:24 Endings for the simple past (- and -, and - and -i) He sold it I didnt sell it. Why did you sell it? Why didnt you sell it? to lose I lost it. When did you lose it? At what time did you leave?
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When did you arrive? I called you yesterday. Yesterday last night He called me last night. I call myself He called you. to start I started At what time did you start? At what time are you leaving? (all of you) At what time did you leave? (seor) I didnt eat. Why didnt you eat? I called you this morning. At what time did you call me? He is calling you. He called me. Why didnt you call me? I wrote to you. He wrote to me. Why didnt you write to me? I saw it. I didnt see it. Did you see it? I didnt understand it.
A qu hora lleg? Le llam ayer. ayer anoche Me llam anoche. me llam Le llam. empezar / comenzar empec A qu hora empez? A qu hora salen?
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A qu hora sali? No com. Por qu no comi? Le llam esta maana. A qu hora me llam? Le llama. Me llam. Por qu no me llam? Le escrib. Me escribi. Por qu no me escribi? Lo vi. No lo vi. Lo vio? No lo comprend. / No lo entend. Review course Track 25
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 10 00:00 00:27 00:35 00:46 For they and you all the ending for the simple past on the -ar track is -aron. they spoke They called me. At what time did you call me? (to a couple) hablaron Me llamaron. A qu hora me llamaron?
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they arrived At what time did you arrive? (to a couple/several people)
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 11 00:00 00:13 I arrived here two hours ago. For ago you say it makes: hace Llegu aqu hace dos horas.
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 12 00:00 00:33 01:00 01:06 01:17 01:26 01:38 02:07 02:14 02:31 02:44 02:50 They didnt arrive yet. (They still didnt arrive.) Todava no llegaron.
no comieron Me escribieron. Me hablaron. no me quedo me qued se qued no se qued se quedaron Review course Track 28 Por qu no me llamaste?
For they and you all the ending for the simple past on the -er/-ir track is -ieron. they left At what time did you leave? (to several people) they didnt eat They wrote to me. They spoke to me. I am not staying I stayed he stayed he didnt stay they stayed salieron A qu hora salieron?
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 13 00:00 00:23 00:38 01:06 01:19 For you, Roberto/Roberta the ending for the simple past on the -ar track is -aste. you spoke (Roberto) At what time did you call me? (Roberto) Why didnt you call me? (Roberto) hablaste A qu hora me llamaste?
For you, Roberto/Roberta the ending for the simple past on the -er/-ir track is -iste.
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At what time did you leave? (Roberto) Why didnt you sell it? (Roberto) Why didnt you sell it? (seorita) Why didnt you sell it? (to several people) They sold it. He didnt buy it. They bought it.
A qu hora saliste? Por que no lo vendiste? Por qu no lo vendi? Por que no lo vendieron? Lo vendieron. No lo compr. Lo compraron. Review course Track 29
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Advanced course: CD 2 Track 14 00:00 00:22 00:40 01:06 01:19 01:30 01:42 02:01 02:10 02:21 02:34 For we the ending for the simple past is just -mos. So for -ar and -ir verbs the simple past is the same as the present. we spoke we speak we are arriving / we arrive we arrived We arrived yesterday. We arrive tomorrow. you left (Roberto) we left we leave / we are leaving hablamos hablamos llegamos llegamos Llegamos ayer. Llegamos maana. saliste salimos salimos
For we in the past you either have -amos or -imos. For -er verbs you use imos, so there is a difference between the simple past and the present. we sold we are selling we eat / we are eating we ate vendimos vendemos comemos comimos
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 15 00:00 01:39 go-go verbs in the past all follow the same pattern, which is different from other verbs. They dont follow the past is last rule. I did / I made hice
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I did it. He did it. He didnt do it. Why didnt you do it? I didnt do it. He made a reservation for us. I told I told you. He told me. Why didnt you tell me? Why didnt you tell it to me? Why didnt you tell it to him? I put (past) he put Where did you put it?
Lo hice. Lo hizo. No lo hizo. Por qu no lo hizo? No lo hice. Hizo una reservacin para nosotros. dije Le dije. Me dijo. Por qu no me dijo? Por qu no me lo dijo? Por qu no se lo dijo a l/a ella? puse puso Dnde lo puso?
Advanced course: CD 2 Track 16 00:00 00:41 01:09 01:36 01:50 01:56 02:08 02:13 02:47 02:58 03:02 03:15 03:37 04:15 04:35 04:48 06:03 to be able I couldnt do it. He couldnt do it. I could to want I wanted I wanted it. He wanted it. wine he came He came with wine. I came I had he had I was he was they put poder No pude hacerlo. No pudo hacerlo. pude querer quise Lo quise. Lo quiso. vino vino Vino con vino. vine tuve tuvo estuve estuvo pusieron
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 1 00:13 00:18 00:23 00:28 00:45 01:40 01:53 01:59 02:08 02:35 02:44 02:54 03:06 they could we could you could (Roberto) he couldnt They told me. Why didnt you tell me? (to a couple) They didnt tell me. They came with me. They didnt have it. He didnt want it. They wanted it. You wanted it. (Roberto) We didnt want it. pudieron pudimos pudiste no pudo Me dijeron. Por qu no me dijeron?
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 2 00:00 00:41 01:12 01:56 02:34 03:38 Review of the diving past I have bought it. I have not bought it. Where have you bought it? (Roberto) Where did you buy it? He has not sold it. Lo he comprado. No lo he comprado. Dnde lo has comprado?
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 3 00:00 00:16 00:32 01:18 01:28 He would buy it. I wouldnt buy it. They wouldnt buy it. We wouldnt buy it. Lo comprara. No lo comprara. No lo compraran. No lo compraramos.
Review course Track 34 Review course Track 35 Review course Track 36 Review course Track 37 ir Voy a hacerlo. Lo har. No lo haramos. No lo haremos. Le dir mas tarde. No me dira. No le diramos. Lo tendr para usted. No saldr. No saldra. No saldremos. No saldramos. Lo pondra aqu. Lo pondremos aqu. No lo pondramos aqu. No vendra con nosotros. No lo vendera. Vendra aqu con nosotros y lo vendera.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 4 00:00 00:46 00:52 01:01 01:24 01:41 02:30 02:39 02:54 03:07 03:33 go-go verbs with will and would He wont leave. He wouldnt leave. We wont leave. We would not leave. I would put it here. We will put it here. We wouldnt put it here. He wouldnt come with us. He wouldnt sell it. He would come here with us and he would sell it.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 5 00:00 00:31 00:55 01:06 01:21 01:42 02:04 02:27 hacer and decir with will and would I will do it. We wouldnt do it. We wont do it. I will tell you later. He wouldnt tell me. We wouldnt tell you. I will have it for you.
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He is going to do it. They are going to do it. We are going to do it. I will go. I will go to I will go to see it. I wouldnt go. We wouldnt go.
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 7 00:06 00:26 00:43 I will be able to do it. He wont be able to do it. He wouldnt be able to do it. Podr hacerlo. No podr hacerlo. No podra hacerlo.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 8 00:00 00:54 01:05 01:21 01:46 02:01 02:24 can you ? vs. could you ? for polite requests Can you tell me / Will you tell me Can you tell me/Will you tell me where it is. Could you tell me where it is? Could you come with me? Can you wait for me? / Will you wait for me. Could you wait for me? Puede decirme?
Puede decirme dnde est? Podra decirme dnde est? Podra venir conmigo? Puede esperarme?
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 9 00:00 01:35 01:44 01:57 02:35 02:46 02:55 03:16 Use of deber I must do it now. You must do it. I have to do it. How much is it? How much does it cost? How much do I owe? I will have to do it. Debo hacerlo ahora. Debe hacerlo. Tengo que hacerlo. Cunto es? Cunto cuesta? Cunto debo? Tendr que hacerlo.
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I will have to do it. (from deber) Deber hacerlo. I would have to do it. You should tell me. (Roberto) Tendra que hacerlo. / Debera hacerlo. Deberas decirme.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 10 00:13 00:25 01:22 I have sold it. I would have sold it. I wouldnt have sold it. Lo he vendido. Lo habra vendido. No lo habra vendido.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 11 00:00 00:38 01:06 01:26 01:34 02:14 02:36 02:43 02:58 03:03 03:18 03:34 03:46 04:49 05:11 diving forms: some verbs that dont dive into -ado and -ido made in Spain I have done it. I havent done it. I wouldnt have done it. I have told you. He has told me. I would have told you. to see seen I havent seen it. We would have seen it. It would have been possible. It wouldnt have been possible that way. hecho en Espaa Lo he hecho. No lo he hecho. No lo habra hecho. Le he dicho. Me ha dicho. Le habra dicho. ver visto No lo he visto. Lo habramos visto. Habra sido posible. No habra sido posible as.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 12 00:23 00:38 01:07 01:36 01:43 I am doing it. I am doing it every day. Estoy hacindolo. Lo hago todos los das.
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she was speaking you were speaking (seor) they were speaking they were calling they were buying they were selling They were doing it. They were telling me. We were telling you. We were doing it.
hablaba hablaba hablaban llamaban compraban vendan Lo hacan. Me decan. Le decamos. Lo hacamos.
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 13 00:14 00:58 01:19 02:09 02:58 03:26 I was going I was going to do it. I was not going to tell you that I was going to do it. He was going to be here. iba Iba a hacerlo. No iba a decirle que iba a hacerlo. Iba a estar aqu.
You have not told me that No me ha dicho que iba a you were going to arrive today. llegar hoy. I would have waited for you. Le habra esperado.
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 14 01:07 01:16 01:25 He told me. / You told me. You didnt tell me. You didnt tell me. (Roberta) Me dijo. No me dijo. No me dijiste.
Advanced course: CD 3 00:00 Simple past forms: tener tuve, estar estuve, haber hube
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 16 00:00 01:15 01:27 01:30 01:46 Simple past forms: hacer hice/hizo/hicieron/hiciste/hicimos they had you had (Roberto) we had they said tuvieron tuviste tuvimos dijeron
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We told you. You didnt tell me that you were going to arrive today. You didnt tell me that you were going to arrive today. (Roberta) I would have waited for you. I would have waited for you. (Roberta)
No me dijiste que ibas a llegar hoy. Le habra esperado. Te habra esperado. Review course Track 47 esperaba Le esperaba. Te esperaba. Me esperaba. Lo haca. Le deca.
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 17 00:11 00:22 00:29 00:35 00:46 01:57 02:21 02:30 I was waiting I was waiting for you. (I was awaiting you.) I was awaiting you. (Roberto) He was waiting for me. How to identify the w-ing tense He was doing it. I was telling you.
The w-ing tense is used more in Spanish than in English. It expresses a line in the past. It could be a straight line (I was doing it) or a broken line (I used to do it). He did it every day. he is speaking he spoke he spoke (very often / every day) Lo haca todos los das. habla habl hablaba
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 18 01:02 02:20 02:36 02:51 03:34 03:42 04:07 04:56 He did it this morning. He told me every day. He put it here. He put it here every day. I cannot see it. I dont know where it is. He put it here this morning. He was telling me. Lo hizo esta maana. Me deca. Lo puso aqu. Lo pona aqu todos los das. No puedo verlo. No s dnde est. Lo puso aqu esta maana. Me deca.
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 19 00:00 01:04 01:10 01:13 01:18 01:23 01:36 02:11 02:26 02:47 03:02 03:19 03:26 03:29 03:34 Use of the simple (dot) past for saber I knew / I found out he knew they knew you knew (Roberto) we knew I went I went to see it last night. He went to see it. they went he went you went (Roberto) we went We went to see it. supe supo supieron supiste supimos fui Fui a verlo anoche. Fue a verlo. fueron fue fuiste fuimos Fuimos a verlo.
Review course Track 49 Review course Track 50 Review course Track 51 No tena el tiempo. Estaba ocupado. Fue posible. era fue
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 20 00:00 00:40 00:58 02:13 ser (to be) has the same simple (dot) past form as ir. It was possible. was (in the w-ing) was (in the dot past)
Advanced course: CD 3 Track 21 00:00 01:49 02:18 03:24 03:36 It is in the nature of some verbs to express a line in the past (saber, tener, estar). I used to know I didnt know you were going to arrive today. I didnt have the time. I was very busy. saba No saba que iba a llegar hoy.
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Advanced course: CD 3 Track 22 It is in the nature of some verbs that their past tense is usually a line (querer) 00:00 00:56 01:11 I wanted I wanted to do it. I would want quise / quera Quise hacerlo. / Quera hacerlo. querra
Review course Track 52 Review course Track 53 Review course Track 54 quisiera Me gustara hacerlo. Querra hacerlo. Quisiera hacerlo. Review course Track 55 Podra hacerlo.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 1 0.06 00:50 01:03 I would want is also used for I would like. me gustara or quisiera are often used instead of querra. He wanted to do it. They wanted to do it. Quiso hacerlo. Quisieron hacerlo.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 2 00:30 02:26 02:38 03:47 I might want I would like to do it. I would want to do it. I would like to do it.
It is important to have a sharpened awareness of your own language: will you tell me does not express the future tense in English; its a polite request. Will you please ... Puede ...
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could in English means both was able and would be able. podra is could if it is not clearly in the past. would be able Could you tell me? I couldnt see it. I couldnt do it. podra Podra decirme? No pude verlo. No poda hacerlo.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 6 00:00 01:55 02:07 03:34 04:05 04:42 Formation of the past subjunctive from the they form of the simple past (-aron and ieron). The past subjunctive is used after if. if I knew if I were there I would tell you I was having si supiera si estuviera all le dira tena If I had the time, I would do it. Si tuviera el tiempo lo hara.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 7 00:40 02:36 02:44 03:38 03:56 04:41 I had sold it. they had if I had sold it if I had seen it I would have bought it. If I had known it, I would have told you. Lo haba vendido. hubieron si lo hubiera vendido si lo hubiera visto Lo habra comprado. Si lo hubiera sabido, le habra dicho.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 8 01:09 01:43 I might do it If I knew it, I would tell you. hiciera Si yo lo supiera, le dira.
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Advanced course: CD 4 Track 9 00:00 01:14 03:05 03:26 would and would have I would do it. I would buy it. I would have bought it. Lo hara. Lo comprara. Lo habra comprado.
Review course Track 61 Review course Track 62 Lo compraba. Lo venda. Lo ha vendido. Lo hemos vendido. Lo han vendido. Lo vendan. si lo vendiera Lo hubiera vendido. si hubiera estado all anoche Lo habra visto. Y lo habra comprado. Lo hubiera comprado. Review course Track 63 Review course Track 64 ojal Ojal que venga. No estoy seguro. No estaba seguro. No saba que viniera.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 10 00:00 00:25 02:21 02:34 02:42 02:53 03:33 04:56 05:29 07:01 07:13 07:32 I was buying it. He was selling it. He has sold it. We have sold it. They have sold it. They were selling it. if I sold it I might have sold it. if I had been there last night I would have seen it. And I would have bought it. I might have bought it.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 11 00:24 00:46 00:55 01:03 01:23 I dont think that he may come. No pienso que venga. I am not sure. (a line) I wasnt sure. I didnt know that he might come. (at that moment) I wasnt sure. No estuve seguro.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 12 00:00 00:36 00:41 The expression ojal is used with the subjunctive. I hope that Hopefully (that) he may come.
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Advanced course: CD 4 Track 13 00:00 00:41 00:49 01:10 Review of poder in the past to look for I was looking for it. I lost it and I was looking for it but I couldnt find it. buscar Lo buscaba. Lo perd y lo buscaba pero no pude encontrarlo.
Review course Track 65 Review course Track 66 Lo haba comprado. si me hubiera llamado anoche y si me hubiera dicho que iba a llegar hoy Review course Track 67 Review course Track 68 Si lo hubiera sabido, lo habra hecho. Lo hubiera hecho. No habra podido hacerlo. Review course Track 69 debera habra podido habra debido Le habra esperado. Habra hecho una reservacin. Habramos cenado. Habra sido muy interesante.
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Advanced course: CD 4 Track 14 01:18 01:50 02:05 02:34 I had bought it. if you had called me last night and if you had told me that you were going to arrive today
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 15 00:00 00:48 01:04 01:20 01:34 01:59 Exceptions in the w-ing tense: iba (ir), era (ser), vea (ver) I would have waited for you. I would have made a reservation. We would have dined. It would have been very interesting.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 16 00:00 01:09 02:37 If I had known it, I would have done it. I might have done it. I wouldnt have been able to do it.
Advanced course: CD 4 Track 17 00:00 01:09 01:18 would have to (should) could have should have
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You should have told me. You could have told me. He would have told me. You should have done it. He would tell me.
Habra debido decirme. Habra podido decirme. Me habra dicho. Habra debido hacerlo. Me dira.
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