Learn Spanish Free- Present Tense Verb To Be Ser

Present Tense Verb To Be Ser

To say: I am You say Yo soy You are You say Tú eres
The word "yo" might be pronounced a bit different depending where you are. I can sound /eo/ or /jo/
Ser is used to identify people and things:
Yo soy estudiante. ( I am a student.)
Tú eres maestra. ( You are a teacher.)
Ser is used to express nationality:
Yo soy peruano. (I am Peruvian.)
Tú eres venezolana. ( You are Venezuelan.)
Ser is used to express personality:
Yo soy______________. ( I am______________.)
Yo soy inteligente. ( I am intelligent.)
Yo soy simpática. ( I am amusing.)
Yo soy trabajadora. ( I am a hard-working woman.) ( I am a female worker.)
Yo soy paciente. ( I am patient.)
Yo soy graciosa. ( I am funny.)
All the adjectives about myself in one sentence:
Yo soy inteligente, simpática, trabajadora, paciente y graciosa.
 NOTICE: Commas to separate the adjectives, the word "y" ( and) to join the last two words. Also the accent on the word simpática over the first letter a=á.
 To find out what you are like: You ask: ¿Cómo eres? or ¿Eres + adjective?
 ¿Eres atrevido? ( Are you generous?)
 Sí, (yo) soy atrevido. (Yes, I am adventurous, bold)
 No, (yo) no soy atrevido. (No, I am not adventurous, bold.)
 ¿Eres generosa? (Are you generous?)
 Sí, (yo) soy generosa. (Yes, I am generous)
 No, (yo) no soy generosa. (No, I am not generous.)
 ¿Eres graciosa? (Are you funny?)
 Sí, (yo) soy graciosa. (Yes, I am funny.)
 No, (yo) no soy graciosa. (No, I am not funny.)
What if I give you a choice: ¿Eres ordenado o desordenado?
 (Yo) soy ordenado. (I am organized, tidy.) (Yo) soy desordenado. ( I am disorganized, untidy.)
 Yo no soy ni ordenado o desordenado. ( I am not organized or disorganized.)
 ¿Eres deportista o artístico? (Are you athetic or artistic?)
 (Yo) soy deportista. (I am athletic.)
 (Yo) soy artístico. ( I am artistic.)
 (Yo) no soy ni deportista ni artístico. (I am not athletic or artistic.)
 ¿Eres trabajador o perezoso? (Are you hard-working or lazy?)
 (Yo) soy trabajador. (I am hard-working.) (Yo) soy perezoso. ( I am lazy.)
 (Yo) no soy ni trabajador ni perezoso. ( I am not hard-working or lazy.)
 Are there any phrases I can use with ser?
 A veces (sometimes)
 A veces soy paciente. (Sometimes, I am patient.)
 muy (very)
 (Yo) Soy muy trabajadora. ( I am a very hard-working woman.)
 bastante (quite, kind of, fairly, rather)
 (Yo) Soy bastante simpática. (I am quite amusing.)
 nunca (never)
(Yo) Nunca soy ordenada. (I am never organized/tidy.)
 siempre (always) (Yo) Siempre soy desordenada. (I am always disorganized/ untidy/ messy)

Learn Spanish- Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

 Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

Part I

In this video we start a series of videos about how to learn thousands of Spanish words instantly.

How?

Learn cognates:

They are words that are similar or identical in the way they are

written and their meaning in Spanish and English.

What?

Both languages share many cognates, because they use

Latin root words which they share. Also Greek.

How do you know that?

Well, the truth is, I used them to help me learn vocabulary in

English. So, it can help you learn words in Spanish.

To start, we will change the -ty in English to the -dad in Spanish:

 

Cognates that begin with A:

English                                                            Spanish

adversity                                                          adversidad

affinity                                                              afinidad

atrocity                                                             atrocidad

austerity                                                           austeridad

authority                                                           autoridad

activity                                                              actividad

austerity                                                           austeridad

authority                                                           autoridad

activity                                                              actividad

Cognates that begin with B:

English                                                            Spanish

barbarity                                                            barbaridad

brevity                                                               brevedad

Cognates that begin with C:

English                                                            Spanish

charity                                                               caridad

clarity                                                                claridad

commodity                                                        comodidad

commutativity                                                   conmutatividad

commodity                                                        comodidad

concavity                                                          concavidad

continuity                                                          continuidad

convexity                                                          convexidad

contrariety                                                        contrariedad

cruelty                                                              crueldad

curiosity                                                           curiosidad

Cognates that begin with D:

English                                                           Spanish

density                                                             densidad

divisibility                                                         divisibilidad

dignity                                                              dignidad

dimensionality                                                  dimensionalidad

distributivity                                                      distributividad

Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly

Part II

Learn Spanish-How to Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly Part II

Cómo Aprender Miles de Palabras en Español Instantáneamente  Parte II

 1. First Step:
           Learn Cognates:
            a. Change -ty of English to -dad in Spanish
2. Second Step:
            Learn vocabulary with the article to help you with the gender of the word.
3. Third Step:
            Use a word three times and it is yours. I would say seven times.
            Make sentences and talk to yourself using those words.
4. Fourth Step:
            Think in Spanish and use it all the time in person-to person or through the net.
5.  Fifth Step:
            Read books because the grammar is better. Not textbooks but novels, stories, etc.
6. Sixth Step:
            Practice, practice, practice!
7. Seventh Step:
            Use flashcards
 Examples of how to increase vocabulary:
  Learn Cognates
            a. Change -ty of English to -dad in Spanish.

Words that begin with E:
            English                              Spanish
eccentricity                                    excentricidad
entity                                              entidad
equality                                          igualdad
ethnicity                                        etnicidad

Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
facility                                           facilidad
faculty                                           facultad
fatality                                           fatalidad
felicity                                           felicidad
fertility                                          fertilidad
finality                                          finalidad
fraternity                                       fraternidad
frivolity                                         frivolidad

Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
generality                                      generalidad
generosity                                     generosidad
gravity                                          gravedad

Did you noticed?
They are all feminine words!
They all end in -D

 Second Step
Learn vocabulary with article to help you with the gender of the word.
Words that begin with F:
            English                              Spanish
the library                                      la biblioteca
the class                                         la clase
the building                                   el edificio
the office                                       la oficina
the dormitory                                la residencia
the pen                                          el bolígrafo
the notebook                                 el cuaderno

 Third Step

Use a word three times and it is yours. I would suggest seven times. Makes sentences and talk to yourself using those words.
La igualdad es muy important. (Equality is very important.)
Hay más felicidad en dar que en recibir. (There is more happiness in giving than in receiving.)
(Yo) compro un cuaderno en la librería. (I buy a notebook at the bookstore.)
¿Dónde está el bolígrafo? (Where is the pen?)


Check the videos:  Present Tense Verb To Be – Ser
                               How to Learn 1000's of Spanish Words Instantly
                               -Part I

Learn Spanish-Listen and Practice- Escuchar y Practicar

Listen and Practice- Escuchar y Practicar

In this video, you listen to the words,phrases or sentences and repeat or write them in a piece of paper to see if you have them right.

Learn Spanish- How to Greet Someone in Spanish- Basic Conversation

Learn Spanish-How to Greet Someone in Spanish- Basic Informal Conversation

¡Hola! Learn Spanish! In this video we are going to talk about how to greet someone using a basic informal conversation.

 Hola (Hello, hi)

¿Cómo estás tú? (How are you?)

¿Cómo estás? (How are you?)

¡Tanto tiempo sin verte! (Long time no see!)

  An informal way to greet would be:

¿Cómo estás tú?(How are you?)

But if you want to greet an older person or someone you do

not know you use:

¿Cómo está usted? (How are you?)

So, you use the usted-form for formal and the tu-form for

the informal (friends, young teens, children, pets, people

you know well).

¿Cómo está usted? for adults, people you do not know.

 Other greetings are:

Buenos días (Good morning)

Buenas tardes (Good afternoon)

Buenas noches (Good night)

NOTICE: that buenos días is the only one that has an _O in

buenos. That is because días is a masculine word

therefore, it needs an adjective to be masculine

and in this case it is" buenos".

Buenas tardes and buenas noches are both

feminine.

So, do not write buenos tardes or buenos noches

You need to match the adjective that describe the

word in this case:

Buenos días (masculine with masculine)

Buenas tardes (feminine with feminine)

Buenas noches (feminine with feminine)

 So , short encounter:

Hay dos personas (There are two people)

Se encuentran en la plaza central. (They find each other at

the main plaza.)

Se llaman Sr. Lopez y Sra. García. (They are named Mr.

Lopez and Mrs. García.)

 Mr. Lopez greets Mrs. García:

- Buenas tardes. ¿Cómo está usted?

She answers:

-Buenas, muy bien, gracias , ¿Y usted?

-Bien gracias. ¡Tanto tiempo sin verle!

-Sí estoy bien ocupada con mis nietos.(Yes, I'm very busy

with my

grandchildren.)

-Entiendo. ¡Hasta otro día!

 Other ways to greet informally:

¿Qué tal? (How are you doing?)

The answer could be:

más o menos (more or less)

bien (well)

muy bien (very well)

mal (bad)

 Small quiz at the end of the video

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Learn Spanish-10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine-10 Reglas para Saber Cuando un Nombre es Masculino o Femenino

Learn Spanish-10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine-10 Reglas para Saber Cuando un Nombre es Masculino o Femenino

 

As we have been learning Spanish; we noticed that: Nouns Have Gender!!

So, What are nouns?

Nouns (un sustantivo) is a word that is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.

English: male beings, female beings, or neuter things

male: man, grandfather, boy

Female: woman, grandmother, girl

Neuter: tree, yard, love

In Spanish, all nouns have gender. Even adjectives and numbers have gender as they describe the noun.

Masculine (for male)	Feminine (for female)
El niño (boy)	La niña (girl)
El hombre (man)	La mujer (woman)
El maestro (teacher)	La maestra (teacher)
El papá (dad)	La mamá (mom)

What about? Carro (car) flor (flower)

Are you confused yet?

We all have been taught that if a word ends in -o is masculine and in -a is feminine.

So, What happens when a word does not end in -o or -a?

We use:

Masculine: -L, -O, -N, -E, -R, -S and -Ma, -ta as in el mapa

Feminine: -A, -D, -ÓN, -Z, -IS, -IE, -UMBRE as in el agua (el instead of la as not to have two a+a)

10 Rules to Help Know When a Noun is Masculine or Feminine

Rule One: If a noun ends in -o, it's probably masculine

el libro, el huevo, el carro, el barco, el juego, el bolígrafo, el diccionatio, el escritorio, etc.

Exceptions: la mano, la fotografía, la radio ( some places it is a masculine word to refer to the electronic device)

Rule two: If a noun ends in -a, it's probably feminine.

La casa, la boca, la camisa, la ventana, la librería, la piscina, la oficina, la cartera, la alerta

Exceptions:el día, el mediodía, el sofá, el tranvía, el alerta. Greek origin words ending in :-ma, -ta and -pa are masculine: el idioma, el poema, el problema, el planeta, el mapa

The words are feminine but use”el” and “un since the emphasis is on the first syllable when is an “a” (as not to have a+a=la agua)

el agua, el águila, el área, el hacha (h is silent), el alma, el hada

When plural, these words use las and unas: las aguas, unas almas.

Use the feminine form of the adjective if there is one: El agua está fría. (The water is cold)

Rule Three: If a noun ends in -D, it's probably feminine

                     la libertad, la universidad, la ciudad, la verdad, la felicidad, la pared, la red, la sed, etc

                    Exceptions: el ataúd, el césped, el ardid

Rule Four: If a noun ends in -E, it's probably masculine or feminine

Masculine: el café, el tomate, el restaurante, el coche, el baile, el traje, el parque, el estante, el pie

Feminine: la carne, la noche, la gente, la leche, la calle, la sangre, la clase

Nouns ending in -aje and in -ambre might be masculine:

-aje: el equipaje, el paisaje, el viaje, el aterrizaje

-ambre: el calambre, el pelambre, el alambre, el enjambre

              Exceptions: el hambre (h is silent like in agua and águila)

                                  Tengo mucha hambre.

                                  La pelambre, la raigambre

Nouns ending in -ie, -nte and -umbre will probably be feminine

           la serie, la cumbre, la corriente, la fuente, la costumbre la incertidumbre, la superficie,etc

          Exceptions: el diente, el puente,etc

Rule Five: If a noun ends in -L, it's probably masculine

                  el papel, e; árbol, el animal, el hospital, el material, el metal, el hotel

                  Exceptions: la sal, la piel, la cárcel, la miel, la vocal

Rule Six: If a noun ends in -N, it's probably masculine

                 el pan, el examen, el camión, el almacén, el capitán, el catalán el cinturón, el botón, etc

                Exceptions: la imagen, la orden, la razón, la sartén (In many places of the Americas &

                 Spain it's used as masculine – el sartén)

If a noun ends in -ion, it's probably going to be feminine

                 la reunión, la televisión, la opinión, la nación, la acción, la canción, la religión,etc

                 Exceptions: el camión, el avión, el bastión, el escorpión

Rule Seven:If a noun ends in -R, it's probably masculine

                    el amor, el dolor, el sudor, el color, el calor, el valor, el rigor, el pulgar, el error, el mar,etc

                  Exceptions: la labor,la flor, la mar (Mariner language and poetry)

Rule Eight: If a noun ends in -S, it's probably masculine

                    el lunes,el viernes, el mes, el análisis, el gis (Mexico), el país, el inglés, el estrés, etc

                    Exceptions: la tos, la diabetes la mies, la res

         Nouns ending in -sis will be feminine: la crisis, la dosis, la tesis,etc

         Nouns ending in -itis will be feminine: la apendicitis, la artriris, la hepatitis, etc

Rule Nine: If a noun ends in -Z, it's probably feminine

                   la vez, la cruz, la luz, la paz, la voz, la nariz, la vejez, la nuez, la lucidez

                   Exceptions: el lapiz, el arroz, el pez, el matiz, el haz

Rule Ten: if a noun ends in vowel with an accent on it, it's probably masculine

                 el café, el té, el champú, el rubí, el tabú

Other nouns will change meaning depending on if they are masculine or feminine

masculine	feminine
El capital (capital money)	La capital (city)
El cura (priest)	La cura (cure)
El coma (coma)	La coma (comma)
El papa (pope)	La papa (potato)
El corte (cut)	La corte (court)
El frente (front)	La frente (forehead)
El cometa (comet)	La cometa (kite)
El mañana (tomorrow)	La mañana (morning)
El parte (message,report)	La parte (part, portion)
El pendiente (erring)	La pendiente (hill or slope)
El orden (order, arrangement)	La orden (order, command)
El pez (fish)	La pez (tar)

Animals show their gender in their names:

 

Masculine	Feminine
El perro (dog)	La perra
El caballo (horse)	La yegua
El gato (cat)	La gata
El gallo (rooster)	La gallina (hen)
El toro (bull)	La vaca (cow)
El pato (duck)	La pata
El león (lion)	La leona (lioness)
El venado (deer- buck)	La venada (deer-doe)

Other animals are either masculine or feminine by default and you have to specify “macho” or “hembra”

 

Masculine	Feminine
El tiburón	La rana (la rana macho to specify male frog)
El gusano	La abeja
El gorila	La jirafa
El pez	La serpiente
El sapo (not masculine of rana)	La mariposa
El rinoceronte	La ardilla
El chimpacé	La ballena
El canguro	La araña

Learn Spanish- Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la Letra C

 Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la LetraC

Learn Spanish- Pronunciation of the Letter C- La Pronunciación de la Letra C

Even though, Spanish seems easy to pronounce. Remember that there is not an exact match with the letter and its sounds. Therefore some letters are pronounced differently depending on the vowel that is located after. This is the case of the letter C.

The letter C has two different sounds, but also where you say it.
The first sound, it is found mainly in Spain there is a sound /θ/ like in cesta /ˈθesta /.
 In the Americas, we use the sound /s/in its place. One can say that it is a minor phoneme in the Spanish Language; even though, in Spain can be differentiated thanks to the pairing of like concejo /konˈθexo / and consejo /konˈsexo / or caza /ˈkaθa / and casa /ˈkasa /.

Remember than in the Americas it would be: concejo/konˈsexo / and consejo /konˈsexo/ or caza /ˈkasa / and casa /ˈkasa/.

The second sound would be the /k/ sound when followed by certain vowels. It would be like concejo /konˈθexo / and consejo /konˈsexo / or caza /ˈkaθa / and casa /ˈkasa /.

In Spain, the letter Cc (ce) has two phonemes. One that sounds /θ/ c+e and c+i. Cerilla /θeˈɾiʎa / and

cielo /θjelo /.

The other phoneme is /k/ when c+a, c+o, c+u /ka/ /ko/ and /ku/

The phoneme /ka/ as in casa; /ko/ as in coche and /ku/ as in cubo.

When the letter c is followed by the letter l or r (cl) (cr), it has the same phoneme sound /k/ as in clase and cráneo. When the letter c is at the end of the word, it also has the sound of /k/ as in bloc.

In the Americas, the letter Cc (ce) has a phoneme /s/ instead of the phoneme /θ/.We would say:

cerilla/seˈɾiʎa / and cielo/ˈsjelo /. 

 Like in Spain, also have the /k/ sound with the phoneme /k/

when the c is paired with c+a c+o c+u ca/ka/ co/ko/ cu/ku/. Also when it is paired with the l and r as in casa, coche, cubo, clase, cráneo, and when placed at the end of the word bloc.

So, let's practice- vamos a practicar.

In the Spanish pronunciation:

cebolla /θeˈβoʎa /; in the Americas cebolla /seˈβoʎa /

cena /ˈθena /                                                    /ˈsena /

cine / ˈθine/                                                      / ˈsine/

cierto / ˈθierto/                                                / ˈsierto/

cama/ˈkama)                                                   

cochino(koˈʧino)
cuello(ˈkweʎo)
clima(ˈklima)
crema(ˈkɾema

Learn Spanish- When to Use Qué and Cuál-Cuando Usar Qué y Cuál

Learn Spanish- When to Use Qué and Cuál

                            Cuando Usar Qué y Cuál

In this video, we will learn few rules to help us decide when to use qué and cuál.

 Qué and cuál are words that can be confusing to people

learning Spanish, because they both are often translated as

the same words into English.

 The two words, when they have accents, are used as

pronouns in questions to mean "what" or "which." They can

stand for either feminine or masculine objects as well as

ideas or concepts.

 Without accents, they normally aren't used in questions and

most often are connecting words or, as they are called,

relative pronouns, translated "which" or "that."

Isn't qué "what" and cuál "which" ?

Not always. In Spanish there are guidelines to help choose

when to use qué or cuál. 

 When to Use Qué: "What?"

1. Qué is used when asking for definitions, explanations

           ¿Qué es una ciudad?( What is a city?)

           ¿Qué hace un presidente? (What does a president do?)

           ¿Qué significa "parapet"?( What does "parapet" mean?) 

     2. Qué is used before a noun:

          ¿Qué libro estás leyendo? (Which book are you reading?

          ¿Qué carro prefieres? (Which car do you prefer?)

      3. Qué is used before a noun: "What" "What a"

           ¡Qué casa tan fea! (What an ugly house!)

      4. Qué is used to choose between items of different groups.

           ¿Qué compramos, un disco o un libro?

             (What do you buy a CD or a book?)

      5. Qué is used before adjectives "How!"

           ¡Qué hermosa es tu bebé! (How beautiful is your baby girl!)

NOTE: Latin American Spanish often uses Cuál or Cuales before nouns instead of Qué:

            ¿Cuál muchacha? (What [which] young woman?

            ¿Cuál casa es la tuya? (Which [what] house is yours?)

     6. Qué has some common idiomatic uses:

              ¿Qué hora es? (What time is it?)

               ¡Qué lástima! What a shame!

               ¡Qué hermoso! ( How beautiful!)

               ¡Qué día más horrible! (What a horrible day!)

               ¡Qué susto! (What a fright! )

               ¡Qué bonito! (How pretty!)

               ¿Qué tanto? (How much?)

               ¿Y qué? ¿Y a mí qué? (So what?)

               ¿Para qué? ¿Por qué? ( Why?)

 ¿Cuál?

1. Cuál usually is used before es and other forms of ser when not seeking a definition:

             ¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono? (What is your phone number?)

            ¿Cuáles son las ciudades más grandes?

               (What are the biggest cities?)

2. Cuál is used for more than one choice:

               ¿Cuál miras? (Which one are you looking at?)

       But, ¿Qué miras? (What are you looking at?)

               ¿Cuál prefieres? (Which one do you prefer?)

       But, ¿Qué prefieres? (What do you prefer?)

              ¿Cuál es el más caro? (Which is the most expensive?)

 ¿Cuales?

Is the plural of ¿Cuál?

The answer to this question is plural.

              ¿Cuales son tus películas favoritas?

              (Which are your favorite movies?)

 ¿Cuál(es)?

Is not used as an adjective by all Spanish speakers.

             ¿Cuál de los dos libros quieres?

             (Which of the two books do you want?

But,     ¿Qué libro quieres?

             (Which [what] book do you want?)

 Cuales and Qué

         ¿Cuáles quieres? (Which ones do you want?)

But,   ¿Qué quieres? (What do you want?)

 Now, choose between ¿Qué? o ¿Cuál?

(Watch video for answers)

                               ¿________te gusta hacer en el invierno?

                               ¿________de los dos prefieres, un CD o un disco?

                               ¿________es tu color favorito?

                               ¿________quieres hacer esta noche?

                               ¿________son tus zapatos, los negros, los rojos o los blancos?

                               ¿________es un chupacabra?

                               ¿________carro te gusta más?

                               ¿________coche te gusta más?

Note: In Latin American Spanish, you might hear:

                                      ¿Cuál carro te gusta más? or ¿Cuál coche te gusta más?

Car: carro, automóvil,vehículo, coche

Spain: coche

Learn Spanish- The Verbs That End In -AR – Los Verbos Que Terminan en -AR

Present Tense of -ar Verbs ( Los Verbos -ar en el Presente)

                      Mini-dialogue in a party for us: the foreign students.

Oscar: ¿No desean ustedes bailar?

            (Don't you want to dance?)

Julio: ¡Cómo no! Yo bailo con Luisa. Ella habla inglés.

         (Of Course! I'll dance with Luisa. She speaks English.)

Marta: Yo hablo francés y bailo con Robert.

           (I speak French and dance with Robert.)

Oscar: Y yo bailo con Nancy.

           (And I dance with Nancy.)

Nancy: Sólo si pagas las bebidas. ¡Bailas muy mal!

            (Only if you buy (pay for) the drinks! You dance very badly!)

Who made or might have made the following statements?

Yo bailo con Robert. (I dance with Robert.) ___________________ 

Yo hablo inglés. (I speak English.) __________________

Yo hablo alemán. (I speak German.) ________________ 

As you can see, there were a few -ar verbs in this mini-dialogue:

bailar (to dance)

hablar (to speak)

pagar (to pay[for])

Before we begin:

What is a verb?

A verb (un verbo) is a word that tells of an action or state of being.

The house is in Miami.

We run.

The infinitive (El Infinitivo)

Is a verb that has not been changed.

An infinitive verb cannot tell us who

or what does something or when it is done.

In English: the infinitive is translated to:

to dance, to pay [for], to speak.

In Spanish: all infinitives end in:

-ar, -er, or -ir. The regular -ar verbs are the

largest group of verbs in Spanish.

                                                          Hablar (to speak)

Singular                                                                                     Plural

yo hablo                                                                         nosotros hablamos

tú hablas                                                                        nosotras hablamos

usted (Ud.) habla                                                           vosotros habláis

él habla                                                                          vosotras habláis

ella habla                                                                       ustedes (Uds.) hablan

                                                                                                ellos hablan

                                                                                                ellas hablan

Did you noticed what happened to the endings of the verb “hablar” (to speak)?

Hablar habl-

                    -o

                    -as

                    -a

                    -amos

                    -áis

                    -an

Some important -ar verbs:

bailar (to dance) enseñar (to teach)

buscar (to look for) escuchar (to listen [to])

cantar (to sing) nadar (to swim)

comprar (to buy) practicar (to practice)

ayudar ( to help) regresar (to return)

estudiar (to study) tomar (to take, to drink)

cocinar (to cook) trabajar (to work)

dibujar (to draw) tocar ( to play)

In Spanish the word “for” is included in the verbs like:

pagar (to pay for)

buscar (to look for)

When two verbs are used one after the other, the second verb is in the infinitive form:

Necesito trabajar (I need to work)

Desean bailar también. (They want to dance too.)

In English, we need to use the subject or personal pronouns.

However, in Spanish, they are not required. 
 

We might use them for clarification, emphasis, or contrast.

1.Clarification: When the context does not make the subject clear:

usted/ella/él habla.

2. Contrast: Subject pronouns are used to contrast two individuals or group:

Ellos hablan mucho; nosotros hablamos poco.

(They talk a lot; we talk a little.)

3. Emphasis: Subject pronouns are used to emphized the subject when in English you would stress it with your voice: 

                                                  Yo hablo bien. ( I speak well)

Negation:

A Spanish sentence is made negative by placing the word “no” before the conjugated verb. No equivalent for the English words “do” or “does” in negative sentences exists.

El señor no habla inglés. (The man does not speak English.)

No, no necesitamos dinero. (No, we do not need money.)

¡Hasta luego! See you later!