Lesson 20: Power Verbs – Other Uses

Let's return back to our power verbs, so these are where we had these sums of QUIERO, NECESITO and TENGO. I want, I need and I have. These all function as modal verbs, what that means is that we can easily add on any full verb onto this which allows us to very easily create sentences. So to say I want to do it would be QUIERO HACERLO. So QUIERO is our modal verb, then we are simply adding on the infinitive, the full verb HACER. So I want to do it, QUIERO HACERLO. Mastering these modal verbs will add a lot of power to our Spanish. So far we have only covered the angle of I, I want, I need and I have. You can see that they all have this O on the end, this is what represents the angle of I. So now what I'd like to do in this video is throw you into the deep end and master all the other angles for these power verbs. This will very quickly take your Spanish to that next level. Let's start with the verb QUERER, to want. Now putting all the angles on one slide it would look like this. So we have 5 angles in total. Notice the patterns that we can hold onto here. This sound of QUIERE is especially important because it covers 3 angles. Then if we take this conjugation and add on an S it puts us into the angle of U. So it becomes QUIERES for you want. Or instead of an S we added on an end to this sound of QUIERE we get QUIEREN which means they want. We'll learn more about patterns in a later video. For now just focus on learning these conjugations. So running down the line we have QUIERO, QUIERES, QUIERE, QUEREMOS and QUIEREN. Feel free to pause the slide here and run up and down the line a few times to help you memorize them. Then we'll run through all the angles and try using them with sentences. Again how would you say I want to do it? What about he wants to do it? How would you ask that as a question? We want to do it. They want to do it. How would you say she wants a coffee? What about she doesn't want a coffee? So QUIERE she wants but NO QUIERE she doesn't want. She doesn't want a coffee. The word for chocolate is CHOCOLATE so it has the same spelling as in English. We're changing our pronunciation when saying it in Spanish. Now say I want chocolate but she wants a coffee. We want to buy it. The word for more is MÁS. How would you say I want more? We want to study more. He wants the book. We want it. She doesn't want it. They don't want to be here. Do you want a coffee? If possible, we want to do it today. Let's move on to our next power verb, NECESITAR, to need. Here's all the angles on one slide. We have This is I need, you need, he sure it needs, we need and they need. Notice how that same pattern from before applies here with the sound NECESITA. This stands for he needs, she needs and it needs. Then if we add on an S, we get you need or an N. This would put us into the angle of they need. Let's run down the line once more. And all of these angles will work as a modal verb, so we can easily add on full verbs just like before. The verb to see is VER. It sounds like the English word bear, but we have a softer B with this. How would you say I need to see it? She needs to see it. You need to see it. We need to see it. They need to see it. They don't need to see it. She needs to be here. Does she need it for today? We need to study now. It's important and they need to do it. I need more time. Take a look at this next one. I need more time to do it. In Spanish, this would translate as Necesito más tiempo para hacerlo. So why is this para appearing in the sentence? We know that this word means for, but it has another use. Para can also stand for in order to. Now, even though in the English sentence we aren't saying in order to, it is still implied here because we could also say I need more time in order to do it. So whenever this phrase of in order to is implied in our English sentence, we have to include it in our Spanish translation. So we'll put in the word para. So it becomes I need more time to or in order to do it. How would you say you don't need to see it today? It's not important. We need a lot more coffee. He needs to be here to see it. Here's our third power verb, tener, to have. Going down the line, we have So I have, you have, he sure it has, we have and they have. Again, we have three angles packed into this middle sound. This is probably the most important one, as it's a very small jump from tiene into tienes or tienen. So from the top, we have Again, you can pause the video here and spend some time familiarizing yourself with these sounds. Let's run through it. How would you say I have it? He has it. You have it. We have it. They have it. She doesn't have it. Do you have the book? We have a red car. To express I know, the sound is To say I know that, the phrase is How would you say I know that she has it? I wonder if you could make that explicit. So, I know that she has it. I know that he is here and that he has it. She has a brother. I have an idea. Do you have it for us? They don't have it for me. We have a very big house. To say for you would be Now say, we have something special for you. I know that he doesn't have time to do it today. Boy.