📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 10 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 2 · Work, school and the future
Mis planes — plans out loud
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 10 of 30: The unit's exit: your plans, in full sentences. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
esperar
to hope (and to wait)
ehs-peh-RAR
espero que sí
I hope so
ehs-PEH-roh keh SEE
quiero ser médico
I want to be a doctor
KYEH-roh sehr MEH-dee-koh
la meta
the goal
lah MEH-tah
tener éxito
to succeed
teh-NEHR EHK-see-toh
el examen
the exam
ehl ehk-SAH-mehn
las vacacionesplural
the vacation
lahs bah-kah-SYOH-nehs
después de los estudios
after the studies
dehs-PWEHS deh lohs ehs-TOO-dyohs
nosotros sabremos la respuesta
we will know the answer
noh-SOH-trohs sah-BREH-mohs lah rrehs-PWEHS-tah
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
The unit's exit: your plans, in full sentences. Espero tener éxito en el examen. Quiero ser médico. Después de los estudios, viajaré. Esperar takes que plus a verb, or an infinitive when it is your own plan: espero viajar.
Y también · And also
Say three true plans — one for this week, one for this year, one for your life. The futures of saber and querer round out the shortened stems: sabremos la respuesta el lunes; querrán venir con nosotros.
Ojo · Watch out
esperar means to hope AND to wait — the context decides: espero el tren (I am waiting for the train), espero que sí (I hope so). And ser before a job takes no article: quiero ser médico.
saber, futuro — the table
yo sabré · tú sabrás · él/ella/usted sabrá · nosotros sabremos · ustedes sabrán · ellos/ellas sabrán
querer, futuro — the table
yo querré · tú querrás · él/ella/usted querrá · nosotros querremos · ustedes querrán · ellos/ellas querrán
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with esperar.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out saber, futuro and querer, futuro in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.