Friday, December 10, 2010

Conjugation of QUERER and Its Use To Express Plans in Spanish

One of the most commonly used Spanish verbs is the verb "Querer". If you look up the meaning of the verb "Querer" in a dictionary, you see that it has many meanings. Among others, it means "to want".  

Querer is an irregular verb and its conjugation is as follows
"Escuchar y cantar" - vintage record set
escuchar y cantar: Spanish verb Querer can be
used to say you want to do different activities 


yo
quiero
quieres
él/ella/usted
quiere
nosotros/nosotras
queremos
vosotros/vosotras
queréis
ellos/ellas/ustedes
quieren


Look at the parts colored with green. Apart from them, the conjugation of "querer" is just like that of a regular verb ending with "er".

When "querer" is used together with the infinitive form of another verb,  it describes an intention. That's why querer is especially useful when you want to explain what you plan/want/intend to do.

Structure:
Querer + Infinito      

Examples:
  • yo quiero ir a un concierto (ir: to go, "I want to go to a concert")
  • ella quiere ver la tele (ver: to watch, "She wants to watch television")
  • él quiere leer un libro (leer: to read, "He wants to read a book")
  • ellos quieren descansar (descansar: to rest, "They want to rest")
In the class, we practised the same structure with some basic Spanish verbs. Below, I summarized those verbs which express activities and hobbies. Obviously, these are the verbs we are expected to know as beginners. You will see in the table that some Spanish verbs are used with prepositions, but we have not covered those verbs up to now in the class. That's why, at the moment I'm memorizing them just as they are without taking too much care about the grammar.


cocinar
to cook
ver la tele
to watch TV.
ir al gimnasio
to go to gymnasium
collecionar sellos
to collect stamps
cantar
to sing
salir de noche
to go out at night
leer novelas
to read novels
jugar al futbol
to play football
descansar
to rest
escuchar musica
to listen to music
estudiar español
to study Spanish
hacer fotos
to make photos
basear
to go for a walk
ver un partido de futbol
to watch a football match
ir a un concierto
to go to a concert
aprender otros idiomas
to learn other languages

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