I always said that the best way to get around Paraguay is to learn a bit Spanish before your trip, or during it or after it (if you want to get back). People there don’t speak English, they will try to understand you, just in case I created this system so you can learn the basics before you arrive there.

First I find it totally necessary you to learn the persons:

1st person = YO, I

2nd person= TU or Vos = You

3rd person = El, Ella = her she

1st plural person- Nosotros= we

2nd plural person- Vosotros= you plural

3er plural person- Ellos= They

 

Once you learn this you can start with the basic conjugations which are:

Ser (to be)  Estar (to be), Tener (have), Salir (exit)- Those are the most important forms of conjugations with verbs that end with “ar”, “er” and “ir”, and the irregular verb  Ser (to be) (that has his unique type of conjugation)

Present:                                                                                      Past:                                                                           Future

Yo soy, estoy, tengo, salgo                                            fui, estuve, tenia, sali                                         sere,  estare, tendre, saldre

Tu eres,  estas, tienes, sales                                         fuiste, estuviste, tenias, saliste                          seras, estaras, tendras, saldras

El es, esta, tiene, sale                                                   fue, estuvo, tenia, salio                                     sera, estara, tendra, saldra

Nosotros somos, estamos, tenemos , salimos               fuimos, estuvimos, teniamos, salimos                       seremos,  estaremos, tendremos, saldremos

Vosotros sois,, estais, teneis                                             

(we don’t use the vosotros version in south america)           instead we use USTEDES and conjugate in 3 person plural.

Ellos son, estan, tienen, salen                                       fueron, estuvieron, tenian, salieron                      seran, estaran, tendran, saldran

 

Now that you know that…I will teach you some useful fraises and words

In most cases for plural, more than 1 object add the letter S at the end, ej. 1 Casa, 2 casas - 1 house, 2 houses.

Si- Yes

No- Not

Buenos Dias - good morning

Buenas tardes- good afternoon

Buenas noches- good night

Hola- Hello

Chau- Bye

Como estas?- How are you

Bien, y tu? Fine and you?

Que hora es? What time is it?

Por favor- Please

Gracias- Thanks

Cual es tu numero de telefono? What is your phone number

Con=  with

Y= and

Para= for

Grande- Big

Pequeño- Small

Cosa= Thing

 

Key questions:

Donde?  Where?

Quien? Who?

Para que? What for?

Por que? Why?

Porque: Because

Con quien? With whom?

A que hora? at What time?

Cuanto cuesta? How much is it?

Cuando?

 

Useful verbs

Comer (eating), tomar (drinking), tener (having), querer (wanting), poder (can), gustar (liking), ir (going), llegar (arriving)

Espero que les haya gustado.

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