You Follow and You Guide
Use sigue for polite “you follow” and guía for polite “you guide.” Every practice roll recycles approximately twice as much previously learned language.
You follow: sigue
Use sigue when politely saying that one person follows something or continues along a path. Use seguir after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, sigue by itself can mean polite you follow.
Build the meaning step by step
Sigue las instrucciones. = You follow the instructions.
No sigue la guía. = You do not follow the guide.
¿Qué sigue? = What do you follow?
Use seguir after helper verbs
Quiere seguir las instrucciones.
Puede seguir la guía.
Necesita seguir el mensaje importante.
Interpret with sigue and seguir
You guide: guía
Use guía when politely saying that one person guides someone. Use guiar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Context separates guía meaning “you guide” from guía meaning “guide” as a noun.
Build the meaning step by step
Guía al visitante. = You guide the visitor.
No guía a la persona. = You do not guide the person.
¿Dónde guía al visitante? = Where do you guide the visitor?
Use guiar after helper verbs
Quiere guiar al visitante.
Puede guiar a la persona.
Necesita guiar al visitante aquí.
Interpret with guía and guiar
Follow, guide, and help
A: ¿Sigue las instrucciones?
B: Sí, sigo la guía.
A: ¿Puede guiar al visitante?
B: Sí, lo guío y le muestro la oficina.
A: ¿Cuándo regresa?
B: Regreso después de terminar el trabajo.
Sigue versus seguir; guía versus guiar
Direct polite action: use sigue and guía when speaking politely to one person.
After a helper verb: use seguir and guiar after quiere, puede, or necesita.
Context: sigue can mean “you follow” or “you continue,” while guía can be a verb or the noun “guide.”
Combine the expanded actions
Interpret: You follow the important instructions, guide the visitor through the office, answer the question, and send the information before you return.
Sigue las instrucciones importantes, guía al visitante por la oficina, responde la pregunta y envía la información antes de regresar.
Module 37 checkpoint
You can now use sigue / seguir and guía / guiar with familiar questions, helpers, objects, and expanded sentence-building blocks.
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