"Sí, yo hablo español."
Translation:Yes, I speak Spanish.
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Take care with Si (NO accent) → If and Sí (WITH accent) → Yes - they are very easily mistaken, if your eyes are as old as mine!
Although I'm sure you already figured this out, to anyone else with this question: hablo - I speak. habla - He/She speaks.
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Both "sí, yo hablo español" and "sí, hablo español" are correct. Yes, your sentence is how it would be said 99% of the time, but adding the "yo" is just as correct (just less common since the "yo" is implied by "hablo").
I said "Sí, hablo español." But it counted it wrong beacause i didnt use 'yo' but 'yo hablo' and 'hablo' mean the same thing.
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You do not need an article when you say you speak a language. It is just "hablo inglés" or "hablo alemán".
I am new to this app, and so far i love it. I will be visiting Argentina in a few months, i am hoping this app will help me learn but i see talk of regional dialects, am i in the proper lessons to visit Argentina or should i look for a different app? Someone let me know please
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Because verbs have to be conjugated to match the pronoun, "hablar" is the infinitive form of the verb (un-conjugated), and "hablo" is the "yo" conjugation.
haha i dont even speak Spanish, that was really weird to write that: "yes i do"
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Usted habla.
Él habla.
Ella habla.
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No, it is "Tú hablas español" or "Usted habla español" depends on politeness and "yo hablo español".
In Spanish the verb change by its pronoun (yo, nosotros, ustedes ,ella...).
So there are a lot of verb forms (hablo, habla ,hablas, hablan...).
While English it is more simpler. You only have two forms "I SPEAK Spanish" and "He/She/It SPEAKS Spanish).
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"Habla" is the wrong conjugation for "yo". Both males and females say "(yo) hablo" to say "I speak".
I just noticed that if you tap the highlighted word you will be given their definition.
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In English you say:
I speak
You speak
she speaks
Notice how in English we add an S to the verb when using it with the third person (3rd person = he, she, it etc.. | 2nd person = You | 1st person = I). It's called verb conjugation. This is more obvious with the verb "to be."
I am
you are
she is
we are
You are (plural you)
they are
That's the difference between Hablo and Hablas, they are different conjugations of the same verb.
I speak = yo hablo
You speak = tu hablas
she speaks = ella habla
we speak = nosotros hablamos
you speak (plural) = ustedes hablan (Americas) vosotros habláis (spain)
they speak = ellos hablan
I suggest looking up verb conjugation online, not just in Spanish, but in English as well. English conjugation is so easy we're barely aware of it, so you'll look at some English conjugation tables and have an aha moment pretty quickly. You've been doing it your whole life.
www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-spanish-verb-conjugation-3079157 [intro. to Spanish verb conjugation}
this is my favorite site for conjugation tables, this is the page for the verb hablar: http://www.wordreference.com/conj/EsVerbs.aspx?v=hablar For now, don't look at anything but the list for "presente" in the "indicativo" section.
I just got this wrong because I wrote "Yes, I do speak English", which is technically nore correct.
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"Yes, I speak beer" was one of the possible choices and I can't stop laughing!
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Can anyone please help me to understand the difference between hablas and hablo and where to use them correctly?
It's frustrating because I don't know the difference between habla, hablo and hablos and there is no explanation.
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I speak Spanish, I speak English, a Spanish man, it is a boy/girl, and various simple variations over and over for twenty sentences ... and this is supposed to be Level 4!
This appears to have been so for the last 2 years. Will we be getting a real set of Level 4 exercises soon. I was expecting something rather more advanced at this stage in the proceedings. :-(
It really sounds like the speaker says "jo" instead of yo. Is that an alternate or usual pronunciation?
