You Plan and You Prepare
Use planea for polite “you plan” and prepara for polite “you prepare.” Every practice roll recycles approximately twice as much previously learned language.
You plan: planea
Use planea when politely saying that one person plans something. Use planear after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, planea by itself can mean polite you plan.
Build the meaning step by step
Planea la visita. = You plan the visit.
No planea el trabajo. = You do not plan the work.
¿Qué planea? = What do you plan?
Use planear after helper verbs
Quiere planear la visita.
Puede planear el trabajo.
Necesita planear la reunión.
Interpret with planea and planear
You prepare: prepara
Use prepara when politely saying that one person prepares something. Use preparar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use prepara for the direct polite action and preparar after helper verbs.
Build the meaning step by step
Prepara el documento. = You prepare the document.
No prepara la información. = You do not prepare the information.
¿Dónde prepara todo? = Where do you prepare everything?
Use preparar after helper verbs
Quiere preparar el documento.
Puede preparar la oficina.
Necesita preparar la reservación.
Interpret with prepara and preparar
Plan, prepare, and finish
A: ¿Qué planea?
B: Planeo la visita.
A: ¿Prepara los documentos ahora?
B: Sí, preparo todo aquí.
A: ¿Cuándo termina?
B: Termino antes de que llegue el visitante.
Planea versus planear; prepara versus preparar
Direct polite action: use planea and prepara when speaking politely to one person.
After a helper verb: use the infinitives planear and preparar after quiere, puede, or necesita.
Sequence: plan first, then prepare what the plan requires.
Combine the expanded actions
Interpret: You plan the visit, prepare the documents, guide the person, and return after you finish everything.
Module 38 checkpoint
You can now use planea / planear and prepara / preparar with longer connected sentences that recycle familiar helpers, actions, questions, objects, and sequence words.
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