Archive:Spanish/Computers

Chapter 19 (Computers)

Communication

• cara a cara - face-to-face
• carta - letter
• comunicarse - to communicate
• me comunico - I communicate
• te comunicas - you communicate
• enviar - to send
• tarjeta - card

On the computer

• bajar - to download
• buscar - to search
• cámara digital - digital camera
• canción - song
• composición - composition
• computadora portátil - laptop computer
• crear - to create
• curso - course
• tomar un curso - to take a course
• diapositiva - slide
• dirección electrónica - e-mail address
• documento - document
• escribir por correo electrónico - to send an e-mail address
• estar en línea - to be online
• grabar un disco compacto - to burn a CD
• gráficos - graphics
• información - information
• informe - report
• laboratorio - labratory
• navegar en la Red - to surf the Web
• página Web - Web page
• presentación - presentation
• sitio Web - Web site
• visitar salones de chat - to visit chat rooms

Usage

• complicado(a) - complicated
• ¿Para qué sirve? - What's it for?
• ¿Qué te parece? - What do you think?
• rápidamente - quickly
• Sirve para... - It's used for...

Verbs

• tener miedo - to be afraid

Pedir (to ask for)

Pedir, like hacer, is a verbs that has an irregular yo conjugation.

• pido - I ask for
• pides - you ask for (singular)
• pide - he/she asks for
• pedimos - we ask for
• pedís - you ask for (plural)
• piden - they ask for

Note: Remember that usted and ustedes conjugate in 3rd person form.

Servir (to serve)

Servir is also a verb that has an irregular yo conjugation.

• sirvo - I serve
• sirves - you serve (singular)
• sirve - he/she serves
• servimos - we serve
• sirvís - you serve (plural)
• sirven - they serve

Note: See above.