learning spanish now

Before we begin...

Reminders:

1. Most present tense verb forms have several equivalents in English. For example, the form hablo may be translated in numerous ways:
   

   		I speak		(customary action)
   		I am speaking		(action in progress)
   hablo		I do speak		(emphatic form)
   		I will speak		(near future action)
   		do I speak		(interrogative form)
   		I have been speaking		(action started in the past but still in progrerss)

    

2. The subject pronouns that accompany these verbs are:
   

   singular				plural
   yo	I			nosotros, nosotras	we
   tú	you	(familiar)		vosotros,  vosotras	you	(familiar pl., Spain)
   usted	you	(formal)		ustedes	you	(formal)
   él	he			ellos	they	(masculine or mixed)
   ella	she			ellas	they	(feminine)