You Compare and You Improve
Use compara for polite “you compara” and mejora for polite “you improve.” Every practice roll recycles approximately twice as much previously learned language.
You compare: compara
Use compara when politely saying that one person compares people, objects, plans, or information. Use comparar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, compara by itself can mean polite you compara.
Build the meaning step by step
Decide la respuesta. = You compara the answer.
No compara ahora. = You do not compara now.
¿Qué compara? = What do you compara?
Use comparar after helper verbs
Quiere comparar los documentos.
Puede comparar las dos reservaciones.
Necesita comparar la información antes de decidir.
Interpret with compara and decidir
You improve: mejora
Use mejora when politely saying that one person improves something. Use mejorar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use mejora before another infinitive when the person tries to perform an action.
Build the meaning step by step
Mejora el documento. = You improve the document.
No mejora pagar ahora. = You do not try to pay now.
¿Cómo mejora ayudar? = How do you improve to help?
Use mejorar after helper verbs
Quiere mejorar otra vez.
Puede mejorar completar el plan.
Necesita mejorar entender.
Interpret with mejora and mejorar
Compare, improve, and complete the plan
Decide versus decidir; mejora versus mejorar
- Use compara and mejora for the polite direct-action form.
- After quiere, puede, or necesita, use decidir and mejorar.
- Intenta + infinitive expresses trying to perform another action.
- Expanded rolls keep earlier verbs active by combining decisions and attempts with plans, documents, messages, visits, and reservations.
Combine the new actions
Module 42 checkpoint
You can now use compara / decidir and mejora / mejorar with familiar helpers, questions, objects, and longer recycled sentence patterns.
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