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I'm Timothy, and this is Learncraft Spanish.

Today we're going to learn two Spanish verbs that both mean take.

The first verb, Tomar, refers specifically to the action of taking something.

Imagine using your hand to pick something up off a table. That action is Tomar.

But in English, sometimes we talk about taking something in a different sense.

For example, I'm going to take my things to his house.

When we say, take here, we're not talking about grabbing something and taking possession of it.

Instead, it means something more like bringing, as in bringing something from one place to

another place. This other verb is Yavor, spelled L-L-L-E-V-A-R. So here's that sentence in Spanish. And actually, Yevar can refer pretty broadly to many different types of actions related to bringing or bearing something. In fact, even wearing clothes can involve the verb

Yevar. For example, he had to wear other clothes at the party.

T'Ovo to get other roba in the fiesta.

Previously, we learned that we can use Ponerse to describe the action of putting on clothes.

But, yvar refers more to the ongoing action of wearing them.

So, for example, I'm going to put on these clothes and wear them all day.

So here the verb,

Yevar is used to refer to the idea of wearing these clothes all day, kind of like taking them around wherever you go. And then, to mar also has an additional meaning. It can sometimes refer to drinking something. So for example, how do you like to take your coffee? How do you like to take your coffee?

So even in English, we sometimes refer to drinking using the verb for taking.

In Spanish, Tomar can be used this way.

So in summary, Tomar involves the action of taking something into your possession, or sometimes into your body,

and javert involves the ongoing, bearing, or bringing of something.

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