You See and You Hear
Use ve for polite “you see” and oye for polite “you hear.” Notice people, places, sounds, and information while recycling familiar language from Modules 1–13.
You see: ve
Use ve to say what one person sees and to ask polite questions about what is visible.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, ve by itself can mean polite you see.
Build the meaning step by step
Use ver after familiar helper forms
After puede, quiere, or necesita, use the unchanged form ver: puede ver, quiere ver, necesita ver.
Practice ve and ver
Interpret each prompt before revealing the answer.
You hear: oye
Use oye to say what one person hears and to ask polite questions about sounds or spoken information.
One new building block
Use oye for what reaches someone’s ears. In polite questions, ¿Me oye? means Do you hear me?
Build the meaning step by step
Use oír after familiar helper forms
After puede, quiere, or necesita, use oír: puede oír, quiere oír, necesita oír.
Practice oye and oír
Combine hearing with earlier verbs and familiar sentence blocks.
Use seeing and hearing in a short exchange
Use the conjugated form alone and the infinitive after a helper
- Ve means polite “you see”; ver follows helper verbs.
- Oye means polite “you hear”; oír follows helper verbs.
- Small object words can come before these verbs: me ve, la oye.
- Questions can be formed with intonation: ¿Ve el hotel? and ¿Oye la música?
Connect what you see and hear
Interpret this without looking back:
Ve adónde va y oye lo que dice.
Module 14 progress
You can now say what someone sees and hears while combining these forms with familiar helpers and earlier module vocabulary.