About querer. 5 minutes of Spanish- English version

 

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Thank you very much for being here participating in this podcast about Spanish, a language that we love and that today summons us.

 

And today is the second podcast of the year 2024 and it is the 179th edition.

 

So, in all the podcasts you are not going to say the same thing, third, fourth, fifth podcast, is that there is no creativity?

 

Of course, there is and that's why today's topic is the verb “querer”.

 

But last week we talked about what we want for this new year or our resolutions, and now the verb “querer”.

 

Exactly, we align ourselves with our resolutions and with the topics we are discussing in the Thursday Spanish Club, if you were not there, join us and participate, it's free.

 

And I already know the day, it’s “jueves”! I mean Thursday

 

Yes, Thursday at 2:00 Cabo time on Zoom and we have a Facebook group for materials and comments. Today the idea is to explore this verb, its uses and words that derive from it.

 

The verb "querer" is fundamental in Spanish. It means to desire, love or have a preference for something or someone. Its present tense conjugation is: yo quiero, tú quieres, él/ella quiere, nosotros/nosotras queremos, ellos/ellas quieren. Querer in English is to want, to desire, to wish.

 

It is irregular in the present tense changing the e for ie, except in we which keeps the same root "quer."

 

We want to eat

 

I want to work

 

He/she wants a new house

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Me too! In another context:

 

I'll have a squash blossom quesadilla and a mushroom quesadilla, please.

 

And it is also the verb of love, we are going to need it a lot on February 14th....

 

It was a good verb for that day

 

The girls in the past would take a flower and petal by petal they would say: I love you a lot, a little or nothing and they would take the petals off the flower, one by one.

 

And what happened?

 

What do you me with what happened? You were taking off petals one by one saying I love you very much, (you throw the petal away), little (you throw the petal away), nothing and so in the end when the poor flower had no more petals, the last thing you said was your situation with the handsome boy in your mind...he loved you very much, little or nothing.

 

My goodness, how unecological and ….

 

A bit ridiculous, but that's how we were a few years ago. The truth is that querer is the verb of both romantic and familial love.

 

Te quiero mucho / I love you

 

Me too!

 

Quiero mucho a mis amigos / I really love my friends / I love my dog.

 

The verb in the past tense is also irregular, I wanted to work in finance, but I ended up as a Spanish teacher.

 

Quisiste hacer la tarea pero te dio flojera. You wanted to do your homework but you got lazy

He didn't want to eat.

 

We wanted a short podcast but...there are too many things to comment....

 

There is a very romantic song: I loved you, I love you and I will love you.

 

No, don’t worry I won’t sing

 

I'll want is the future querré, querrás, querrá querremos, querrán.

 

For more practice you can listen to the romantic song by Manolo Galván, we leave you the link on Facebook or here.

 

It’s a bit old that song…

 

Now, let's take a look at some words that derive from "querer":

 

Querido/a: This word is used as an adjective to express affection towards someone.

 

For example, to your wife "My dear, I love being with you" You can also say, “mi queridita”.

 

Querencia: This term means the special affection or inclination towards a place, a place to which you always return.

 

Cherub: This word is used to describe a small child or angel. For example, "Cherubim are symbols of innocence and love."

 

The verb "querer" and its derivatives are powerful words to express feelings, desires and preferences in Spanish.

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“Te queremos mucho!” - We love you very much!

 

See you soon

 

Bye-bye.