You Learn and You Remember
Use aprende for polite “you learn” and recuerda for polite “you remember.” Combine these forms with familiar words and helper verbs from earlier modules.
You learn: aprende
Use aprende when politely saying that one person learns something. Use aprender after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, aprende by itself can mean polite you learn.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with aprende and aprender
You remember: recuerda
Use recuerda when politely saying that one person remembers something. Use recordar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, recuerda by itself can mean polite you remember.
Build the meaning step by step
Interpret with recuerda and recordar
Learn and remember
A: ¿Qué aprende?
B: Aprendo las palabras.
A: ¿Recuerda el mensaje?
B: Sí, recuerdo el mensaje.
A: ¿Puede recordar la respuesta?
B: Sí, puedo recordarla.
Aprende versus aprender; recuerda versus recordar
Use aprende and recuerda when speaking politely to one person about what they learn or remember.
After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives aprender and recordar.
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You read, learn, and remember the words.
Module 28 checkpoint
You can now use aprende / aprender and recuerda / recordar with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and sentence-building blocks.
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