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Originally Posted by Janet  You're absolutely right that it helps to understand grammar to learn a new language. It makes the difference between learning single words and being able to string sentences together.
This could be a really useful thread, so I'm moving it to the Learning Spanish section to start with. |
Janet, I couldn't think which area to place this but I agree, this is a better place for it.
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Originally Posted by Janet I also don't want to insult you, so don't want to make assumptions about the level you're asking this question at. So to start at the very beginning ... |
As the song says ' . . . . Its a very good place to start!'
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Originally Posted by Janet Verbs: doing words, like run, talk, type. These "conjugate", so the full "conjugated" verb of "to talk" is:
I talk (1st person singular)
you talk (2nd person singular)
he/she/it talks (3rd person singular)
we talk (1st person plural)
you talk (2nd person plural)
they talk (3rd person plural)
The actual verb is "to talk", which is what is known as the Infinitive.
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You know, at school when I was taught French, we went through the verbs, so it was:
je travaille, tu, ille, elle, nous and vous etc but I never understood just what they were getting at, we just learnt then verbatim without understanding the real meaning behind them.
I knew Je was I, Tu was You, Ille was he, elle was she and nous was we and vous was they (I think) - is there the similar in Spanish?
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Originally Posted by Janet Nouns: called "substantives". These are things, like dog, chair, ball.
Adverbs & Adjectives: these are describing words, the difference being that adjectives describe Nouns, and Adverbs describe Verbs.
So in the sentence "I hit the red ball firmly", "hit" is the verb, "ball" is the noun, "red" describes the noun, so it's an adjective, and "firmly" describes the way in which I hit the ball, i.e. it describes the verb, so it's an adverb. Adverbs usually end in -ly.
OK so far? Or far too basic?? |
Absolutely perfect, I need it simple, it didn't go in when I was 12 so its even harder for it to go in now I'm 44
Thank you.
So lets say in its absloute basic and I want to go and order a couple of beers,
Dos cerveser por favor (please ignore my spelling, it bad in English never mind Spanish
) is 2 beers please but if I wanted to say 'I would like to buy 2 beers please' what would I say and what would be the breakdown of that sentence re Nouns, Verbs etc.
As I said, I never really got the grip of this nouns/verbs etc.