Collins Dictionaries - Easy Learning Spanish Conversation

When talking to people you know, you’ll want to say what you think of things. In Spanish there are two main ways of doing this. You can either use creoor pienso, both of which mean literally I think . Or you can use me parece, which means literally it seems to me.

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Don’t forget to add que( that ) after me parece, creoand pienso. It’s optional in English, but not in Spanish.

When you’re with friends and colleagues, you’ll probably want to suggest doing things together. One simple way of doing this is to use podríamos( we could ) followed by the infinitive. podríamoscomes from the verb poder. For more information on poder, see here.

Just as in English, you can also make a suggestion simply by asking ¿Por qué no…?( Why don’t… ?).

Another way to make suggestions is to use ¿Y si… ?( How about…?) and a verb in the present tense.

If you want to state your opinion, the Spanish en mi opiniónis just like the English in my opinion .

When you want to ask someone what they think of something, you can use the verb pareceragain, only this time in the phrase ¿Qué te parece…?( What do you think of…? ).

To agree or disagree with what other people say, you can use estoy de acuerdo( I agree ) or no estoy de acuerdo( I don’t agree ).

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Remember that contigois the way to say with you to someone you speak to as tú.

In Spanish, the verb tener( to have ) is used in the phrase tener razón( to be right ). For more information on tener, see here.

You’ll want to make plans with business associates and friends. If you want to talk about a definite arrangement, for instance I’m seeing him tonight, you often use the future tense in Spanish. For more on the future tense, see here.

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