oh my gosh, i know, right!!??!?!?!

what?

We all know why were here.. but it looks like you were right!

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!

you can

You can, The subject(yo) is implied with the conjugation.

yes you can

sometimes it will make a mixed sound of b and v like bv

no, sometimes it has "sound" of "b"

yes

Although I'm sure you already figured this out, to anyone else with this question: hablo - I speak. habla - He/She speaks.

hablo - use when speaking about yourself habla - use when speaking to someone formally (pair with usted) or about someone (girl/boy)

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 guess it could be both ways.

You do not need an article when you say you speak a language. It is just "hablo inglés" or "hablo alemán".

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.

Either of them

both ways, i think.

yes, since y is usually pronounced j

Usted habla.
Él habla.
Ella habla.

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).

"Habla" is the wrong conjugation for "yo". Both males and females say "(yo) hablo" to say "I speak".

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 speak = yo hablo = hablo You speak = tu hablas = hablas He/she speaks = él/ella habla = habla

In most situations you can omit the pronoun, unless you want to emphasize it for some reason or if there could be an ambiguity, such as in he case of "él" and "ella". But there is no big problem if you choose not to omit the pronoun; at most it may sound a bit redundant if it is not really necessary.

Notice that there is no "hablos"

While “yo” can be omitted in almost any situation because there is no possible ambiguity, Duolingo’s phrase is perfectly correct. You may want to keep the pronoun if for example you want to emphasize that it is you who speaks Spanish, not someone else, and similar cases. But the use of “yo” is not wrong. In the worst case it may sound a bit redundant if it is not really necessary, and probably you do not want to use it several times in one sentence. But in general you will decide to use it or not mostly depending on context and the flow of the conversation. As a native Spanish speaker born and living in Argentina I see that the use or not of “yo” is never an issue and I would recommend people learning Spanish to relax about it and save the energy for better causes.

There is a correspondence between the ending of any verb and the pronoun (person) such as in many other languages. In Spanish, there are usually more variants than in English.

To speak = hablar

I speak = yo hablo

you speak = tú hablas / usted habla

he/she speaks = él/ella habla

we speak = nosotros hablamos

you speak = vosotros habláis / ustedes hablan

they speak = ellos/ellas hablan

Notice that for the second person singular “you” can be translated as both “tú” (informal, familiar) or “usted” (more formal and polite in most countries). In the case of “usted” the ending is the same as for the third person.

Something similar happens with the second person plural “ustedes”. Incidentally, “ustedes” is used both as formal and informal in most Latin American countries and therefore “vosotros” is not used. “Vosotros” is used almost exclusively in Spain.

I repeat here my previous post. There is a correspondence between the ending of any verb and the pronoun (person) such as in many other languages. In Spanish, there are usually more variants than in English.

To speak = hablar

I speak = yo hablo

you speak = tú hablas / usted habla

he/she speaks = él/ella habla

we speak = nosotros hablamos

you speak = vosotros habláis / ustedes hablan

they speak = ellos/ellas hablan

Notice that for the second person singular “you” can be translated as both “tú” (informal, familiar) or “usted” (more formal and polite in most countries). In the case of “usted” the ending is the same as for the third person.

Something similar happens with the second person plural “ustedes”. Incidentally, “ustedes” is used both as formal and informal in most Latin American countries and therefore “vosotros” is not used. “Vosotros” is used almost exclusively in Spain.

The verb ending does not change with gender, if that is your question. Both a woman and a man would say "yo hablo" (yo habla is incorrect). Similar with other persons, for example, notice that he/she speaks = él/ella habla

I have posted a detailed explanation in a previous post of this same thread.

I have posted a detailed explanation in a previous post of this same thread.

As for "hablás" it has to do with a particular form of the second person singular, used in Argentina and probably a few other places of which I am not completely sure.

So the following expressions are equivalent:

you speak = tú hablas = vos hablás

You should not worry too much about that last particular form as "tú hablas" will be understood everywhere even if rarely used in those few places.

Verb ending is not affected by gender. Women and men say "hablo". "Hablas" is second person: "you speak".

"hablo" 1st person, "hablas" 2nd person and "habla" 3rd person

Please see a detailed explanation that I gave in one of my previous posts. In addition notice that "hablos" does not exist

Please see one of my posts above (the longest one)

I think you mean "hablas", because I don't think you have already come across "hables" at that stage.

Like in many languages, Spanish verbs change their endings in correspondence with person and number:

I speak: (yo) hablo
he/she/it speaks: (él/ella) habla
we speak: (nosotros) hablamos
they speak: (ellos/ellas) hablan
you speak: singular informal (tú) hablas, singular formal (usted) habla, plural informal (vosotros) habláis, plural formal (ustedes) hablan

The verb changes its ending depending on the person. "hablo" is "(I) speak" and "hablas" is "(you) speak".

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"español" is not "English", but "Spanish"

"(yo) no hablo español."

You just have to learn the verb endings. See the respective comments on this page.
They work for other verbs as well.

about which answer? We have no clue what you are talking about if you don't tell us this answer.

Nobody can know what you submitted, if you don't provide e.g. a screenshot.

Please read the other comments first before repeating already answered questions. See e.g. my comment on this page.

EN Espanol is the way that you say it. :)

joh. :)

And it isn't. Duolingo completely ignores punctuation. So there must have been another error.