{"id":53665,"date":"2020-01-24T01:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53665"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:30","slug":"spanish-verb-querer-to-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/spanish-verb-querer-to-want\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish verb Querer To Want: Spanish Lesson 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the sixth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course looking at the Spanish verb Querer To Want<\/strong>. We will practice using it in the context of a Spanish-speaking bar or cafeteria when ordering drinks.<\/p>\n

In our two previous lessons we have focused on two other fundamental Spanish verbs: Ser (To Be)<\/a> and Tener (To Have)<\/a>. We learned that verbs are doing\/action words and every sentence has one. Querer<\/em> is another extremely useful Spanish verb. Let’s learn how to conjugate it and practice using it with some new vocabulary…<\/p>\n

El verbo Querer (The verb To Want)<\/h2>\n

(Yo) Quiero: I want
\n(T\u00fa) Quieres: You want
\n(\u00c9l\/Ella) Quiere: He\/She wants<\/p>\n

As explained in the previous lessons, the pronouns Yo, T\u00fa, \u00c9l, Ella<\/em> are all in brackets because they are optional.<\/p>\n

To practice using Querer<\/em> let’s first learn some useful Spanish vocabulary relevant to bars and cafeterias:<\/h4>\n

(El) Caf\u00e9: Coffee
\n(El) T\u00e9: Tea
\n(La) Cerveza: Beer
\n(La) Coca Cola: Coca Cola
\n(El) Vino: Wine
\n(El) Zumo de naranja: Orange juice
\n(El) C\u00f3ctel: Cocktail
\n(El) Batido: Milkshake
\n(La) Infusi\u00f3n: Herbal tea
\n(La) Sidra: Cider<\/p>\n

Masculine & Feminine<\/h2>\n

You will see that each drink has either an El<\/em> or La<\/em> before it. El<\/em> and La<\/em> both mean The<\/em> in Spanish. El<\/em> is used with ‘masculine’ nouns\/things and La<\/em> is used with ‘feminine’ nouns\/things. In English nouns do not have gender, but in Spanish they do. Every noun is either masculine or feminine and it is important to be aware of the gender of each noun you are using as other elements of your sentence will need to be altered according to this. For example, if you wish to say “A milkshake” you will say “Un batido” (not “Una batido”) because Batido<\/em> is a masculine noun and if you wish to say “A herbal tea” you will say “Una infusi\u00f3n” (not “Un infusi\u00f3n”) because Infusi\u00f3n<\/em> is a feminine noun.<\/p>\n

Un: A\/An (for masculine nouns\/things)
\nUna: A\/An (for feminine nouns\/things)<\/p>\n

\"Spanish<\/p>\n

Let’s practice now using the Spanish verb Querer To Want<\/strong>, our new drinks vocabulary, and Un<\/em> or Una<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Quiero una cerveza: I want a beer
\nNo quiero una cerveza: I don’t want a beer
\n\u00bfQuieres una cerveza?: Do you want a beer?<\/p>\n

Ella quiere un c\u00f3ctel: She wants a cocktail
\nElla no quiere un c\u00f3ctel: She doesn’t want a cocktail
\n\u00bfElla quiere un c\u00f3ctel?: Does she want a cocktail?<\/p>\n

Asking for things in Spanish<\/h2>\n

It is important to be aware that in Spain people are quite ‘direct’ when ordering things such as drinks and food. It is not rude to say “Quiero…” (I want…). You will also hear people saying “Ponme…” (Put me…) or “Dame…” (Give me…) in bars and cafes. Spanish people would not use “Me gustar\u00eda…” (I would like…) when ordering drinks or food.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at a typical conversation in a Spanish speaking bar:<\/h4>\n

Waiter: Hola, buenas tardes. (Hello, good afternoon.)
\nCustomer: Hola. Quiero\/Dame\/Ponme una Coca Cola. (Hello. I want\/Give me\/Put me a Coca Cola.)
\nWaiter: Muy bien. \u00bfAlgo m\u00e1s? (Very good. Anything else?)
\nCustomer: Nada m\u00e1s. (Nothing else.)
\nWaiter: Toma. (Here you are.)
\nCustomer: Gracias. (Thank you.)<\/p>\n

That is all for this lesson about the Spanish verb Querer To Want<\/strong>. Please try to practice what you have learned by creating your own similar sentences using Querer<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the sixth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course looking at the Spanish verb Querer To Want. We will practice using it in the context of a Spanish-speaking bar or cafeteria when ordering drinks. In our two previous lessons we have focused on two other fundamental Spanish verbs: Ser (To Be) and Tener […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1652],"class_list":["post-53665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-beginner-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53684,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53665\/revisions\/53684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}