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Hacer means to do or to make.
 
  Key vocabulary
    ¿qué? what? cuando hace buen tiempo when the weather is good
    los fines de semana weekend cuando hace mal tiempo when the weather is bad
    con with me gusta I like
    te gusta you like le gusta he likes
    No va a ninguna parte He doesn't go anywhere. No voy a ninguna parte. I don't go anywhere.

Conjugating hacer (to do, to make)

 

Spanish

English

 
 

Subject

Verb

  Subject Verb

Singular

 

Plural

1st (yo) hago   (nosotros/as) hacemos
2nd (tú) haces   (vosotros/as) hacéis
3rd (él, ella, Ud.) hace   (ellos, ellas, Uds.) hacen
 
 

Subject

Verb

  Subject Verb

Singular

 

Plural

1st I do   we do
2nd you do   you (plural) do
3rd he, she, it, you does   they, you (plural) do

 
  To talk to someone about everyday activities ask:
     
 

¿Qué haces  ____ ?

What do you do ___? Singular, familiar form Used when you are talking to someone you would used with.  The blank would be filled in with a time period.
 

(¿Qué haces los fines de semana?)

What do you do on the weekends? Notice that when you are saying on weekends, the word on is not translated. 
 

¿Qué haces  cuando ___ ?

What do you do when ___? Singular, familiar form Used when you are talking to someone you would used with. 
 

(¿Qué haces cuando hace mal tiempo?)

What do you do when the weather is bad? In this situation, you are talking to someone about what they do when a certain condition exists.
Since the questions are asking tú /you (second person singuarl), you must answer yo/I (first person singuarl).
 

Voy a ___.
Me gusta + infinitive.
No voy a ninguna parte.

I go to ___.
I like ____.
I don't go anywhere.
Notice that the yo/I form is used to answer.  Prepositional phrases can be added to the answer to make it more specific.
 
  To talk about someone about everyday activities ask:
     
  ¿Qué hace  ____ ? What does he/she do ___? Singular, third person form: Used when you are talking about someone else.  The blank would be filled in with a time period.  The subject of this sentence can be él, ella, or one proper name
        (¿Qué hace los sábados?) What does he/she do on Saturdays? Notice that when you are saying on Saturdays, the word on is not translated.  The subject of this sentence can be él, ella, or one proper name
  ¿Qué hace  cuando ___ ? What does he/she do when ___? Singular, third person form: Used when you are talking about someone else.  The blank would be filled in with a time period.  The subject of this sentence can be él, ella, or one proper name
        (¿Qué hace Vincente cuando
           hace mal tiempo?)
What does Vincent do when the weather is bad? In this situation, you are talking to someone about what they do when a certain condition exists.  The same verb form would be used if él or ella was the subject.
Since the questions are asking tú /you (second person singuarl), you must answer yo/I (first person singuarl).
 

Va a ___.
Le gusta + infinitive.
No va a ninguna parte.

He/she goes to ___.
He/she likes ____.
He/she doesn't go anywhere.
Notice that the third person singular form is used to answer.  Prepositional phrases can be added to the answer to make it more specific.
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