Lesson 71

Counting, Hoping, and Depending

Language Transfer Complete Spanish is by Mihalis Eleftheriou. Listen to the original audio first; use these notes for revision.

Contar = to count / to tell (recount a story). O→ue: cuento = I tell/count. Un cuento = a story. Contar con = to count on ("count with").

After esperar que → subjunctive: Espero que venga = I hope he comes.

Ver subjunctive: veo → vea (from the -go form — see Lesson 85 for more on this).

Sentences practiced

Spanish	English
Contar.	To tell/count.
Cuento.	I tell/count.
Quiero que me cuentes.	I want you to tell me.
Quiero que me cuenten algo.	I want them to tell me something.
Quiero que cuentes conmigo.	I want you to count on me.
Espero que cuentes conmigo.	I hope you count on me.
Esperamos que cuenten con María.	We hope they count on Maria.
Esperamos que lo cuenten a María.	We hope they tell Maria about it.
Espero que vean.	I hope they see.
Espero que comprendas a David.	I hope you understand David.
Espero que comprenda a David.	I hope you (formal) understand David.
Quiero que vea al hombre.	I want him/her to see the man.