Unit 7 Guidebook: talk about school
KEY PHRASES
Talk about school
Yo quiero estudiar español.
I want to study Spanish.
I want to study Spanish.
Yo necesito leer un libro.
I need to read a book.
I need to read a book.
¿Tú estudias medicina?
Do you study medicine?
Do you study medicine?
No, yo no estudio medicina.
No, I don't study medicine.
No, I don't study medicine.
Yo no comprendo la pregunta.
I don't understand the question.
I don't understand the question.
Yo no escribo mucho.
I don't write a lot.
I don't write a lot.
TIP
¡Yo no comprendo!
It's easy to make a negative statement in Spanish: simply say no before the verb.
Yo no estudio inglés.
I don't study English.
I don't study English.
Lo siento. Yo no comprendo.
I'm sorry. I don't understand.
I'm sorry. I don't understand.
TIP
¡Quiero hablar español!
Escribir, estudiar, and leer are all verb forms called infinitives.
Yo quiero escribir.
I want to write.
I want to write.
In English, infinitives always have the word to at the start (like to study or to read). But in Spanish, they don't require any extra words. To say I want to study, you'd just say Yo quiero estudiar.
Yo necesito leer.
I need to read.
I need to read.