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Feb 18 2015 10:38am
- I need some help understanding how to form complete sentences using one item from each group of words. I need to write six sentences using these. If someone explains this then I will write six sentences, post them here and hopefully someone can confirm if I'm correct or not.

me/te gusta/gustan bailar / la clase de espanol / la musica clasica las fiestas / leer / sus estudiantes

Attempt: "Me gusta bailo en las fiestas"



- I also need to know how to form a sentence using the correct form or infinitive of each verb. Example:

una estudiante / desear / hablar / con su profesora de biologia

Attepmt: "Una estudiante desea habla con su profesora de biologia."?


I have a few more questions if someone could help me on these. PLEASE AND TY!


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Feb 18 2015 11:03am
me/te gusta/gustan bailar / la clase de espanol / la musica clasica las fiestas / leer / sus estudiantes

You have to only use these?

Your attempt is good although I think you could just say "bailar" because by saying "Me gusta" you are already implying you are talking about what you like.

So, "Me gusta bailar a las fiestas"

and i believe it would be "a" instead of "en"

because you are dancing at parties, not in

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Attepmt: "Una estudiante desea habla con su profesora de biologia."?

This is correct although there is no need for conjugation on "hablar" because "desea" is already conjugated.

Una estudiante desea hablar con su profesora de biologia.


Shoot me a pm if you didnt understand or have any more questions.

This post was edited by DoNaLdDuCk1337 on Feb 18 2015 11:04am
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Ahhhhh thanks! Donaldduck1337!
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Feb 18 2015 11:14am
Study groups are how i got through my spanish classes.

The more you practice speaking the faster you will learn it.
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Feb 18 2015 10:31pm
DoNaLdDuCk1337's instructions are mostly correct except that you would indeed say "bailar en las fiestas" and not "bailar a las fiestas". 'en' means both 'in' and usually 'at' for locations; 'a' tends to only mean 'at' when referring to the time of day.

More specifically regarding whether or not to conjugate the verb, when you say "una estudiante desea hablar", you conjugate 'desear' to 'desea', but you leave 'hablar' unconjugated because "deasa hablar" means "she wants to dance". In other words, the unconjugated infinitive form of the verb corresponds to the english "to do (something)", with the 'to' included.

For simplicity and as a general rule, you can just remember that with two verbs back to back, you only conjugate the first one and leave the second one unconjugated.
This covers over 99% of situations except for when talking about certain actions abstractly in more advanced constructions that you probably won't enocunter, but for all intents and purposes it's a good rule to remember.

If you have any more questions or want to check other sentences, I'd be happy to help. I'm a Spanish major and have worked as a tutor.
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Feb 28 2015 10:04pm
Quote (DoNaLdDuCk1337 @ Feb 18 2015 01:03pm)
me/te gusta/gustan bailar / la clase de espanol / la musica clasica las fiestas / leer / sus estudiantes

You have to only use these?

Your attempt is good although I think you could just say "bailar" because by saying "Me gusta" you are already implying you are talking about what you like.

So, "Me gusta bailar a las fiestas"

and i believe it would be "a" instead of "en"

because you are dancing at parties, not in

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Attepmt: "Una estudiante desea habla con su profesora de biologia."?

This is correct although there is no need for conjugation on "hablar" because "desea" is already conjugated.

Una estudiante desea hablar con su profesora de biologia.


Shoot me a pm if you didnt understand or have any more questions.


What he said, you don't need to double conjugate. Once you conjugate gustar into the right form then you can leave the verb as is.
Quote (DoNaLdDuCk1337 @ Feb 18 2015 01:14pm)
Study groups are how i got through my spanish classes.

The more you practice speaking the faster you will learn it.


Good advice as well. If you need help with something there's always someone who understands and vice versa. I find you learn the most when you're helping people study because you help them which reinforces what you already knew.
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