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Learn Core Spanish Verbs: Querer, Poder, and Preferir

Learn the present tense of the essential Spanish verbs 'querer' (to want), 'poder' (to be able), and 'preferir' (to prefer) for expressing wants and abilities.
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Lesson#1
In this deck, we'll learn three very useful Spanish verbs: 'querer', which means 'to want'; 'poder', meaning 'to be able' or 'can'; and 'preferir', which means 'to prefer'. They are essential for expressing wants, abilities, and preferences.
Lesson#2
Let's start with 'querer', meaning 'to want'. The present tense forms are: ‘quiero’, which means ‘I want’; ‘quieres’, which means ‘you want’ when speaking to a friend; ‘quiere’, which means ‘he wants’, ‘she wants’, or ‘you want’ formally.
Quiz#3
How do you say 'I want' in Spanish?

quiero

Quiz#4
How do you say 'you want' in Spanish, when speaking to a friend?

quieres

Quiz#5
How do you say ‘he wants’ or ‘she wants’, which is the same as ‘you want’ in a formal context, in Spanish.

quiere

Lesson#6
‘We want’ is ‘queremos’; ‘queréis’, means ‘you all want’ when speaking to a group of friends; and ‘quieren’ means ‘they want’ or ‘you all want’ formally.

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