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Lesson 5 ¿Qué te gusta hacer?


Dialogue

Vocabulary
Todo el tiempo All the time
¡Hasta mañana! See you tomorrow!
Divertido Fun
Raúl: ¡Hola, Sofía! ¿Te gustan los deportes?
Sofía: Buenos días. Me encanta jugar al fútbol. ¿Y tú?
Raúl: No, no me gusta. Sin embargo, practico natación todo el tiempo/siempre.
Sofía: Ah, no sé nadar. ¿Juegas al ajedrez?
Raúl: Sí, me encanta; es un juego muy divertido.
Sofía' ¡Adiós, Raúl!
Raúl: ¡Hasta mañana!

Translation (wait until the end of the lesson).

Sports and Activities

Spanish Vocabulary • ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Deportes y Actividades Sports and Activities

Inglés Español
A sport Un deporte
A game Un juego
An activity Una actividad
To play (a game) Jugar
To play (an instrument) Tocar
To practice Practicar
Soccer El fútbol
American Football El fútbol americano
Rugby El rugby
Tennis El tenis
Cricket El críquet
Swimming La natación
Judo El judo
Chess El ajedrez
To sing Cantar
To read Leer
To swim Nadar
To watch TV Ver la tele
A lot Mucho
Many Muchos
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Stem-changing Verbs

Jugar the first type of irregular verb; known as a stem-changing verb. Basically, in the "I", "you", "he/she/it" and "they" forms, the u or o changes to a ue. The jugar example is written out below.

Spanish Verb • ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Jugar To play

Inglés Español
I Juego
You Juegas
He/She/It Juega
We Jugamos
You all Jugáis
They Juegan
Other verbs that follow this pattern
Notes
Examples

Go to the exercises.

Compound Sentences

So far, everything we've written has been simple sentences "My name is Santiago" (Me llamo Santiago); "The city is noisy" (La ciudad es ruidosa); "I play american football" (Juego al fútbol americano). Wouldn't it be fantastic if we could join them up? Below are some little words that will make our sentences longer, and more meaningful. You use them just like you do in English.

Also, everything we've written has been positive ("I do this, I do that"). To make it negative, we just add a word in front of the verb: no (meaning "not") or nunca (meaning "never"). For example, No juego al rugby (I don't play rugby"); Nunca como manzanas ("I never eat apples"). It's as simple as that.

Spanish Vocabulary • ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Conjunctions Conjunciones

Inglés Español
And Y
Or O
Because Porque
But Pero
Also También
So Así
Note
Examples

Go to the exercises.


¿Qué opinas sobre los deportes?

To ask someone about their opinions in Spanish, use Qué opinas sobre ("What is your opinion about") then the thing you want their opinion on (¿Que opinas sobre los deportes? means "What do you think about sports?").

Gustar

There is no verb for "to like" in Spanish. Instead, you use gusta (meaning "it pleases") and a personal pronoun; you say that "it pleases me" or "I am pleased by it". The personal pronouns are shown below.

Spanish Verb • ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Gustar To please

Inglés Español
Me Me
You Te
Him/Her/It Le
Us Nos
All of you Os
Them Les
Notes

Love and Hate

Just saying you like or dislike something is a bit dull. Saying you love something is really easy. Instead of gusta, use encanta (Me encanta leer means "I love reading"). To say you hate something, use the regular verb Odiar (odio, odias, odia, odiamos, odiáis, odian).

You can also use nada or mucho to add emphasis to gusta. For example, No me gusta nada ver la tele ("I don't like watching TV at all"); Me gusta mucho el ajedrez ("I like chess a lot").

Examples

Go to the exercises.

Summary

In this lesson, you have learned:

You should now do the exercise related to each section (found here), and translate the dialogue at the top before moving on to lesson 6...

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