Tennnnnn. [[spanish;;]]

[[.___Paije] !]

yo, nosotros, tú, él/ella/usted, ellos/ellas/ustedes.
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Ohh. x3 All right.

So basically like this, then?:

Vivo; vivimos
Usted vive
Esto vive; Ellos viven

Is that correct? Or am I just getting the right idea?

[Ten]

Close. This is hard to do without a-- wait. hmmm.
Perhaps this might work better on iscribble... depending on our abilities to read each other's handwriting.


"Vivo; vivimos"
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These are correct. Vivo (I live) is the yo form of vivir in present tense; vivimos is the same for nosotros.


"Usted vive" -- Yep.

"Esto vive;" -- Esto is an adjective and means "that" (as in "give me that sandwich" not "give me that"). Vive is the él/ella/usted form, which I think is what you meant. However, you missed the tú form altogether.

"Ellos viven" -- y ellas viven y ustedes viven, pero sí.


Trying to do this in a post without a chart/table/columns is too confusing. We'll have to find another way.

[Ten]

Right then. Here are some words that you'll need to familiarize yourself with.

quién = who
qué = what
por qué = why (the literal translation of each word is "for what")
cuándo = when
dónde = where
cómo = how
cuál = which

They showed up a lot in my Spanish classes for the obvious reason - they're question words.

So, remember that vivir means "to live"?
If someone asked you, "¿Dónde vives?" how would you respond? Use a complete sentence, meaning you'll have to use the present tense yo form of vivir. By the way, en is the word for "in" (and also "on").

[[.___Paije] !]

If someone asked you, "¿Dónde vives?" how would you respond? Use a complete sentence, meaning you'll have to use the present tense yo form of vivir. By the way, en is the word for "in" (and also "on").
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Okay...my responce would be...

Vivo en los Estados Unidos de América. ?

But if I were to be state-specific it would be...

Vivo en Kansas. ?

I understand what you're getting at so far. o3o

[Ten]

Both of those are correct. Now let's see... should I teach you the difference between ser and estar, or should I go on with direct and indirect objects?

oi, question for you: did you learn about direct and indirect object pronouns in English class?

[[.___Paije] !]

Both of those are correct.
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: DDD!

I don't really know the difference between ser and estar. e.e

did you learn about direct and indirect object pronouns in English class?
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Nopeee

[Ten]

"I don't really know the difference between ser and estar."
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Of course you don't. But I'll explain it to you.


"Nopeee"
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That makes it a lot more complicated....

So, ser and estar. They both mean "is", but you use them in different situations.

soy; somos
eres
es; son

estoy; estamos
estás
está; están

As you can see, they're both irregular - estar has those accents to differentiate it from esta and ésta, while ser is just weird.

Anyway, ser is used for facts and things that don't (or are hard to) change. Nationality, gender, time, names, what something or someone is, stuff like that uses ser.

Estar is used for conditions - being sick, being in a certain location, how someone or something is.

¿Dónde está? = Where is she?
¿Qué es ése? = What is that?

Oh, random word you should know-- y means "and", if you didn't already know.

La manzana es verde. = The apple is green.
¿Cómo estás? = How are you?

Make sense?