Spanish I - Unit 26 continued…

1. Then you can come – Entonces puede venir
2. You can come with me – Puede venir conmigo
3. You are going to come with me – Va a venir conmigo
4. I mean – Quiero decir
5. Why are we going to see him? - ¿Por qué vamos a verlo?
6. Come – venga
7. To my house - A mi casa
8. I have seen Jose - He visto a Jose
9. You have seen him a lot? - ¿Lo ha visto mucho?
10. I have seen him – lo he visto
11. When have you seen him? - ¿Cuándo lo ha visto?
12. Yesterday – ayer
13. Many times – muchas veces
14. Again – otra vez
15. I am going to see a movie – Voy a ver una película

One thing to note about all these expressions: they are in the "usted", formal tense. In Mexico if you were talking with a bar girl (puta) this would sound a bit "off", it would be more idiomatic to use the familiar "tu" form of address, i.e, "Como te llamas?" rather than "Como se llama usted?" In Costa Rica and South America they use "vos" rather than "tu" as in Mexico.

Pimsleur does introduce the familiar "tu" eventually. Not sure if it's in course 1 or not...

Also, WRT "venga". That's the formal command form of venir (come). The familiar command form of venir is "ven", which sounds *exactly* like "Ben". So if you find yourself wondering why somebody is calling you "Ben"...they're probably telling you to come with them. People named Ben must be awfully confusing to Mexicanos.

Yeah, I was thinking about that myself. I am hoping they will get to the familiar tense in Spanish II.

I do know some of the conjugations for the familiar tense though. hablas, quieres, tienes, etc.

Would the familar for "Have you seen him" be "lo has visto?"

Thanks Phoenixguy. I guess we can disregard my first sentence in the previous post.

Yes, it would be "Lo has visto?"