Speaking English - How to talk about what you want - Expressing Preference

Hey, this is Alex.

Hola, este es Alex.

Thanks for clicking and welcome to this lesson on preferences and how to show preferences.

Gracias por hacer clic y bienvenido a esta lección sobre preferencias y cómo mostrar preferencias.

Okay, so what are preferences in general?

Bien, entonces, ¿cuáles son las preferencias en general?

Well, preferences refer to things you like better than other things.

Bueno, las preferencias se refieren a cosas que te gustan más que otras cosas.

So if someone asks you, "Do you like reading books or do you like watching TV?"

Entonces, si alguien te pregunta: "¿Te gusta leer libros o te gusta ver la televisión?"

If you want to make a general statement, you would say, "I prefer books."

Si desea hacer una afirmación general , diría: "Prefiero los libros".

You can also say, "I prefer reading books.

También puedes decir: "Prefiero leer libros.

I prefer to read books."

Prefiero leer libros".

So we have three different statements here to show preference, to show that we like something

Así que aquí tenemos tres declaraciones diferentes para mostrar preferencia, para mostrar que nos gusta algo

better than something else.

más que otra cosa.

So we have, "I prefer," "I would prefer," and "would rather."

Entonces tenemos, "Prefiero", "Preferiría" y "Preferiría".

So it's "prefer," "would prefer," and "would rather," and they always begin with the subject.

Entonces es "preferiría", "preferiría" y " preferiría", y siempre comienzan con el sujeto.

Okay, so let's talk about "prefer."

Bien, entonces hablemos de "preferir".

So if you say, "I prefer books," it just means, in general, in most situations, you like books

Entonces, si dices "prefiero los libros", solo significa que, en general, en la mayoría de las situaciones, te gustan los libros

compared with watching television, as we mentioned, okay?

en lugar de mirar televisión, como mencionamos, ¿de acuerdo?

So you can say this in three different ways.

Así que puedes decir esto de tres maneras diferentes.

One, you can follow subject, prefer, with a noun.

Uno, puede seguir sujeto, prefiere, con un sustantivo.

You can also say, "I prefer a book."

También puedes decir: "Prefiero un libro".

You can say, "I prefer reading books," so this is a gerund.

Puedes decir: "Prefiero leer libros", así que es un gerundio.

You can say, "I prefer reading a book," as well.

También puedes decir: "Prefiero leer un libro".

Or you can say, "I prefer to read books."

O puede decir: "Prefiero leer libros".

You can say, "books," or, "I prefer to read a book," as well.

También puedes decir "libros" o "prefiero leer un libro".

So this is a general statement, a general preference that you are stating.

Así que esta es una declaración general, una preferencia general que está declarando.

Okay, what about, "I would prefer?"

Vale, ¿qué hay de "preferiría"?

So what is the difference between these two?

Entonces, ¿cuál es la diferencia entre estos dos?

Well, like we mentioned, "I prefer" is used in a general sense to talk about your general

Bueno, como mencionamos, "prefiero" se usa en un sentido general para hablar sobre tu

preference for something, okay?

preferencia general por algo, ¿de acuerdo?

So most times, you like something better than something else.

Entonces, la mayoría de las veces, te gusta algo más que otra cosa.

When you say, "I would prefer," it means, in this situation, in this instance, I would

Cuando dices "Preferiría", significa que en esta situación, en este caso,

prefer this, okay?

preferiría esto, ¿de acuerdo?

So if you go to a restaurant and the waiter asks you, "Would you like shrimp or would

Entonces, si vas a un restaurante y el mesero te pregunta: "¿Quieres camarones

you like steak?"

o bistec?"

Well, I would prefer shrimp, okay?

Bueno, preferiría camarones, ¿de acuerdo?

So in this situation, I would like this.

Así que en esta situación, me gustaría esto.

So example, again, you can use the same formula.

Entonces, por ejemplo, nuevamente , puede usar la misma fórmula.

I would prefer books.

Preferiría libros.

I would prefer reading books.

Preferiría leer libros.

I would prefer to read books in this situation, okay?

Preferiría leer libros en esta situación, ¿de acuerdo?

What about, "would rather?"

¿Qué tal, "preferiría?"

So she would rather sit on the bus.

Así que preferiría sentarse en el autobús.

So "would rather" does the same thing as "would prefer," except the formula is different.

Así que "preferiría" hace lo mismo que " preferiría", excepto que la fórmula es diferente.

So whereas here, you can have, "I would prefer," followed by a noun, a gerund, or an infinitive,

Entonces, mientras que aquí puedes tener "Preferiría", seguido de un sustantivo, un gerundio o un infinitivo,

here you have to say, again, if this is a subject, subject could be I, you, he, she,

aquí tienes que decir, nuevamente, si se trata de un sujeto, el sujeto podría ser yo, tú, él, ella. ,

it, they, we.

eso, ellos, nosotros.

We're using "she" in this case.

Estamos usando "ella" en este caso.

She would rather, plus the base verb, always, always, always, followed by the base verb.

Ella preferiría, más el verbo base, siempre, siempre, siempre, seguido del verbo base.

She would rather sit on the bus.

Ella preferiría sentarse en el autobús.

Okay, now let's look at how we can form some questions using these expressions.

Bien, ahora veamos cómo podemos formar algunas preguntas usando estas expresiones.

Okay, so when we're looking at forming questions using "prefer" and "would prefer," there are

De acuerdo, cuando buscamos formar preguntas usando "preferir" y "preferiría", hay

a couple of formulas that we can follow to help us form these questions.

un par de fórmulas que podemos seguir para ayudarnos a formar estas preguntas.

So, with "prefer," we use the form, the correct form of the verb "do," so we either "do" or

Entonces, con "preferir", usamos la forma, la forma correcta del verbo "hacer", así que "hacemos" o

"does," depending on the subject.

"hacemos", dependiendo del sujeto.

So "do you," "do they," right, "they do," "you do."

Así que "tú", "ellos" , correcto, "ellos lo hacen", "tú lo haces".

So "do you" or "do they prefer rock music?"

Entonces, "¿usted" o " ¿prefieren la música rock?"

So "do," subject, "prefer," object, "do you prefer rock music?"

Así que "hacer", sujeto, "preferir", objeto, "¿prefieres la música rock?"

"Does," "does he," "does she," "she does," "he does," right?

"Hace", "hace él", "hace ella", "ella hace", "él hace", ¿verdad?

Does he or does she prefer wearing sunglasses?

¿Él o ella prefiere usar lentes de sol?

I don't know, maybe they think it's light all the time.

No sé, tal vez piensan que es luz todo el tiempo.

So for "would prefer," we use "would" plus the subject, "would you," "would they," "would

Entonces, para "preferiría", usamos "would" más el sujeto, "would you", "would they", "would

he," "would she," plus "prefer" to "stand," okay?

he", "would she", más "prefer" a "stand", ¿de acuerdo?

"Would you," "would they," "would he," "would she."

"Tú", "ellos", " él", "ella".

So "would" plus subject, "prefer," object.

Así que "sería" más sujeto, "preferiría", objeto.

So "would you prefer to stand?"

Entonces, "¿preferirías estar de pie?"

Okay, to answer these questions, it's very, very simple, just like "do you," "do they,"

De acuerdo, responder a estas preguntas es muy, muy simple, como "tú", "ellos",

just "yes," "I," "we," "they," "do," "yes," "he," "she," "does," "yes," and this is for

simplemente "sí", "yo", "nosotros", "ellos", "hacen", "sí" "él", "ella", "hace", "sí", y esto es para

"would you prefer," again, if the question is "would you prefer to stand?"

"preferirías", nuevamente, si la pregunta es "¿preferirías estar de pie?"

"Yes," "I would," okay?

"Sí", "lo haría", ¿de acuerdo?

So "yes," subject, and for "would prefer," we use "would" at the end, and "do" for "prefer."

Entonces, "sí", sujeto, y para "preferiría", usamos "would" al final y "do" para "prefer".

Okay, and if you want to say "no," again, very simple if you've studied the verb "do."

Bien, y si quieres decir "no", de nuevo, muy simple si has estudiado el verbo "hacer".

"No, I don't."

"No, no lo hago".

Do you prefer rock music?

¿Prefieres la música rock?

"No, I don't.

"No, no lo hago.

I prefer jazz."

Prefiero el jazz".

"No, he or she doesn't."

"No, él o ella no".

Does he or she prefer jazz to rock music?

¿Prefiere el jazz a la música rock?

"No, she prefers rock."

"No, ella prefiere el rock".

Okay, when you're doing "would prefer," would you prefer to stand instead of sit, maybe

Bien, cuando estás haciendo "preferiría", ¿preferirías estar de pie en lugar de sentado, tal vez

on the bus?

en el autobús?

You just answer with "no, I wouldn't," or "would not," right?

Solo respondes "no, no lo haría" o "no lo haría", ¿verdad?

Okay, so now let's look at forming a question with "would rather."

Bien, ahora veamos cómo formar una pregunta con "preferiría".

Okay, and finally, when we're looking at forming questions with "would rather," we can also

Bien, y finalmente, cuando buscamos formar preguntas con "preferiría", también podemos

form this simple formula.

formar esta fórmula simple.

So we have the sentence here, the question, "Would you rather read?"

Así que aquí tenemos la oración, la pregunta, "¿Prefieres leer?"

Okay?

¿Bueno?

So, we have "would" followed by the subject, followed by "rather," and then we have the

Entonces, tenemos "would" seguido del sujeto, seguido de "preferiblemente", y luego tenemos el

verb.

verbo.

So, "Would you rather read?"

Entonces, "¿Prefieres leer?"

"Yes, I would," when you answer, "Yes, subject, I would," or "No, I would not."

"Sí, lo haría", cuando responda: "Sí, sujeto, lo haría" o "No, no lo haría".

Now, it's very important here to look at the contraction we can make.

Ahora, es muy importante aquí ver la contracción que podemos hacer.

"I would not" can also be "I wouldn't," or "No, I would rather not."

"No lo haría" también puede ser "No lo haría" o "No, preferiría no hacerlo".

So, "No, I, subject, would rather not."

Entonces, "No, yo, sujeto, preferiría no hacerlo".

Now this can also be shortened to "No, I'd," "I would," "I'd rather not."

Ahora bien, esto también se puede acortar a "No, lo haría", "lo haría", "preferiría no hacerlo".

Okay, so again, "Would you rather read?"

Bien, de nuevo, "¿Prefieres leer?"

"Yes, I would," or "No, I would not," "No, I wouldn't," or "No, I would rather not,"

"Sí, lo haría", o "No, no lo haría", "No, no lo haría", o "No, preferiría no hacerlo",

"No, I'd rather not."

"No, preferiría no hacerlo".

Now, it's very important to note, you know, you might think, "Well, here you're saying

Ahora, es muy importante tener en cuenta, ya sabes, podrías pensar: "Bueno, aquí estás diciendo

'I would,' 'I'd.'

'Yo lo haría', 'Yo lo haría'.

How come here you can't say 'Yes, I'd'?"

¿Cómo es que aquí no puedes decir 'Sí, lo haría'?"

It's just a rule.

Es solo una regla.

You simply can't.

Simplemente no puedes.

Okay, so you must say, "Yes, I would."

Está bien, entonces debes decir: "Sí, lo haría".

Okay, so to test your understanding of showing preferences with "prefer," "would prefer,"

De acuerdo, para evaluar su comprensión de mostrar preferencias con "preferir", "preferiría"

and "would rather," please check out the quiz on www.engvid.com.

y "preferiría", consulte el cuestionario en www.engvid.com.

My name is Alex.

Me llamo Alex.

Take care.

Cuidarse.