Languages you speak and your culture.

[Paraiba Ocean]

Vous parle françias? J'ai étudié le français pour un semestre.

@lonely: Pues, es okay.

[Chibi Chan]

No hablo espanol.

[Paraiba Ocean]

Se hablo español. LOL. I'm willing to help anyone who wants to learn though. XP

[Empyreal Maiden]

Help Me! *Waves arms around* We skipped the chapter oncommand forms in my Spanish class, please explain!

[Paraiba Ocean]

Commands? Like repitan and escribir en el papel?

[syarafire]

Command forms? Ud. commands or tu commands? Or both?

*iz lame and can help with teh Spanish*

[Empyreal Maiden]

paraibaocean said:

Commands? Like repitan and escribir en el papel?

Tu command forms plz.

[darkblood_alchemist]

infinitive --> yo form -->take off "o" --> add "a" for ir/er verbs, "e" for ar verbs

ex: Hablar -->hablo--> habl- --> hable

Or am I thinking of the wrong thing? *scratches head*

[Empyreal Maiden]

I know hable (accent on e) is the past tense, "I spoke"

[Paraiba Ocean]

Backwards, darkblood, amor. At least in present tense.

In the Spanish dictionary, verbs are found in the infinitive form.

Hablar=to talk
Bailar=to dance
Comer=to eat
Vivir=to live
Compartir=to share
Amar=to love
Entiender=to understand/comprehend

For -ar verbs (an example)

Hablar-->Habl-->Hablo. I speak.
Hablar-->Habl-->Hables. You speak.
Hablar-->Habl-->Hable. You (formal)/he/she speaks.
Hablar-->Habl-->Hablamos. We speak.
Hablar-->Habl-->Habláis. Y'all speak. (This is only used in Spain.)
Hablar-->Habl-->Hablan. You all/they speak.

For er and ir verbs, it's similar.

Comer-->Com-->Como. I eat.*
Comer-->Com-->Comes. You eat.
Comer-->Com-->Come. You (formal)/he/she eats.
Comer-->Com-->Comemos. We eat.
Comer-->Com-->Coméis. Y'all eat. (Spain use)
Comer-->Com-->Comen. You all/they eat.

Compartir-->Compart-->Comparto. I share.
Compartir-->Compart-->Compartes. You share.
Compartir-->Compart-->Comparte. You (formal)/he/she shares.
Compartir-->Compart-->Compartimos. We share.
Compartir-->Compart-->Comparís. Y'all share. (Spain.)
Compartir-->Compart-->Comparten.

*This is where accents come to play in writing. If you write "como se dice" you will be saying "i eat do say". That makes no sense. So write "cómo" when saying how.

[Empyreal Maiden]

I'm still confused about the command forms, did I miss it? *checks post again*

[Paraiba Ocean]

I'm more confused about what command forms you're asking for. Can you sort of explain or give an example of what you mean?

[Empyreal Maiden]

When one is commanding or telling someone to do something like, "Go to your room!" or something like that ^^; sorry if I'm not making sense.

[syarafire]

Para's got it right with her chart thing. Those are the tu command forms. xD

[darkblood_alchemist]

^ No, she has present tense verbs. With tu commands, there is only one form for each verb (different form for ud.)

@empty -- I just checked with my bro (AP student) and he says that that's how you do it. So if you want to say "(you) clean the room!" it would be:

limpiar(to clean)-->limpio-->limpi-->limpie

!Limpie el cuarto!

(I would have used the example you gave, but ir(to go) is irregular)