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: Spanish verb Querer can be
used to say you want to do different activities 

yo	quiero
tú	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