Language Transfer Spanish notes
Lesson 26
Quedarse and Saying What You're Going to Do
Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.
This lesson builds longer sentences with quedarse and combines it with voy a, quiero, debo, tengo que, puedo, and pienso. It finishes by introducing llamarse.
New vocabulary
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| quedarme | to stay / remain |
| quedarte | to stay yourself (informal) |
| quedarnos | to stay ourselves |
| esta noche | tonight |
| siete | seven |
| voy a | I'm going to |
| quiero | I want |
| debemos | we must / we should |
| tengo que | I have to |
| tienes que | you have to |
| puedo | I can |
| podemos | we can |
| piensas | you think / you plan |
| llamar | to call |
| llamarse | to be called |
| me llamo | my name is |
| te llamas | your name is |
Example sentences
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Te quedas aquí. | You are staying here. |
| No te quedas aquí. | You are not staying here. |
| ¿No te quedas aquí? | Aren't you staying here? |
| ¿Por qué no te quedas aquí? | Why aren't you staying here? |
| Voy a quedarme. | I'm going to stay. |
| Voy a quedarme hasta las siete. | I'm going to stay until seven. |
| Quiero quedarme. | I want to stay. |
| ¿Quieres quedarte? | Do you want to stay? |
| Debemos quedarnos. | We must stay. |
| Tengo que quedarme. | I have to stay. |
| Tienes que quedarte aquí. | You have to stay here. |
| Puedo quedarme. | I can stay. |
| No puedo quedarme esta noche. | I can't stay tonight. |
| Podemos quedarnos. | We can stay. |
| No podemos quedarnos esta noche. | We can't stay tonight. |
| ¿Piensas quedarte aquí esta noche? | Are you planning to stay here tonight? |
| Nos hemos quedado. | We have stayed. |
| No nos hemos quedado. | We have not stayed. |
| Te has quedado. | You have stayed. |
| ¿Te has quedado? | Have you stayed? |
| ¿Tú no te has quedado? | Haven't you stayed? |
| Me llamo... | My name is... |
| Te llamas... | Your name is... |
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | What's your name? |
Key notes
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Once quedarse is comfortable, it becomes a good verb for practicing many useful sentence frames: voy a, quiero, tengo que, puedo, pienso.
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Llamarse is reflexive, so Spanish says I call myself rather than using a separate verb like to be named.
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This lesson also revisits the perfect tense with reflexive verbs: nos hemos quedado, te has quedado.