Lesson 24 · Usage
Teach
Fill it in 5
Say it 3
Review 4
The many uses of quedar
quedar / quedarse
Say these out loud
Why it works
Quedar con someone = to arrange to meet: quedamos a las ocho.
Quedarse = to stay: me quedé en casa.
Me queda = I have left; me queda bien = it suits me; queda lejos = it is far.
Why not me quedé con
me quedé con ellos a las ocho
I kept them at eight
Says you kept them. To arrange a meeting, quedar takes no se: quedé con ellos.
In a full sentence
Quedo con Marta y llevo café a la oficina.
I’m meeting Marta and bringing coffee to the office.
Quedar con means to arrange to meet someone.
Hoy me quedo en casa; falta un compañero.
Today I’m staying home; a colleague is absent.
Quedarse means to remain in a place.
Esta camisa me queda bien, aunque cuesta demasiado.
This shirt suits me, although it costs too much.
Quedar bien means that something suits you.
Me quedan dos días; dejo la guardia el viernes.
I have two days left; I finish on-call duty Friday.
Me quedan says how much time is left.
5 gaps to fill, then 3 sentences from the English · say or type each one