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Here are a couple of sentences and short dialogs about people planning/doing leisure activities. Besides the new vocabulary you should also have a look at how the verbs are conjugated depending on the subject of the sentence.
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María viaja a México. |
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Luis: ¿Qué hacéis por la noche? |
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Raúl: ¿Qué haces mañana? |
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Marco mira la televisión porque hace mal tiempo. |
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Pedro y Mario beben una cerveza. |
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Rosalía escribe a sus padres los domingos. |
| viajar | to travel |
| hacer | to do |
| la noche | night |
| bailar | to dance |
| la fiesta | party |
| mañana | tomorrow |
| practicar | to practice |
| mirar | to watch |
| porque | because |
| mal tiempo | bad weather |
| beber | to drink |
| la cerveza | beer |
| el domingo | Sunday |
| escribir | to write |
| los padres | parents |
Spanish has three different types of regular verbs: -ar, -er, and -ir verbs. The conjugation pattern is the following:
| -ar | viajar | to travel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | -o | viajo | I travel |
| tú | -as | viajas | you travel |
| él | -a | viaja | he travels |
| nosotros | -amos | viajamos | we travel |
| vosotros | -áis | viajáis | you (all) travel |
| ellos | -an | viajan | they travel |
| -er | beber | to drink | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | -o | bebo | I drink |
| tú | -es | bebes | you drink |
| él | -e | bebe | he drinks |
| nosotros | -emos | bebemos | we drink |
| vosotros | -éis | bebéis | you (all) drink |
| ellos | -en | beben | they drink |
| -ir | escribir | to write | |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | -o | escribo | I write |
| tú | -es | escribes | you write |
| él | -e | escribe | he writes |
| nosotros | -imos | escribimos | we write |
| vosotros | -ís | escribís | you (all) write |
| ellos | -en | escriben | they write |
Exercise: Spanish Exercise Regular Verbs
The verb hacer is irregular in the first person singular:
| yo | hago | I do |
| tú | haces | you do |
| él | hace | he does |
| nosotros | hacemos | we do |
| vosotros | hacéis | you (all) do |
| ellos | hacen | they do |
The verb hacer is translated as to do when referring to activities. But it can also be used to talk about weather conditions:
| El tiempo | The Weather |
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| Hace buen tiempo. | The weather is good. |
| Hace mal tiempo. | The weather is bad. |
| Hace frío. | It's cold. |
| Hace fresco. | It's chilly. |
| Hace calor. | It's hot. |
| Hace sol. | It's sunny. |
| Hace viento. | It's windy. |
When speaking about the weather using hacer, the Ud. form (third singular form) is always used.
| el lunes | Monday |
| el martes | Tuesday |
| el miércoles | Wednesday |
| el jueves | Thursday |
| el viernes | Friday |
| el sábado | Saturday |
| el domingo | Sunday |
| mañana | tomorrow |
| pasado mañana | the day after tomorrow |
| ayer | yesterday |
| anteayer | the day before yesterday |
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Una fiesta de entre amigos. Nosotros bailamos y convivimos en el jardin de esa casa.
A party among friends. We dance and enjoy ourselves in the patio (garden) of this house.