Getting a grip - the sequel

Now, I've never claimed to a Spanish Teacher.
Just like you, I'm still learning, taking regular lessons, and I pretty much write this blog on the fly, without too much preparation, as ideas pop into my head.
So, occasionally, I miss things.

This morning, I woke up realising I'd left out a fairly important example from my last posting.
Ironically, it was the subject of the previous post.
'Tengo que' -'I have to' can, of course, be followed by any verb in its infinitive form.
'Tengo que llamar a mis padres' - I have to call my parents
'Tuve que ir a la escuela' - I had to go to school
'Tendré que preparar la cena' - I will have to prepare dinner.
Obviously this means that its partner 'deber' can be used in the same way
'Debo pagar' - I should pay.

I also remembered that adjectival phrases can be followed by an infinitive, so you can say
'Es interesante verlo' - It's interesting TO see it'
'Es difícil hacer' - It's hard TO do
This is also a good way of avoiding the subjunctive, using an infinitive after an adjective, so you can say
'Es importante comer' -  it's important TO eat, instead of
'es importante que comas' - it's important THAT you eat
Not that you should avoid the subjunctive. It's an important part of everyday Spanish but, until you're confident with it, it's nice to have an alternative.

Let's also throw in the word 'Como' (how), in the sense of 'how to', so -
'No sé COMO hacerlo' - I don't know HOW TO do it

Now let's mix the two together, and get
'Es interesante ver como hacerlo' - It's interesting to see how to do it
That's three verbs in one sentence, and the only conjugation we had to do was 'Es'

That's all for now but, if any other examples occur to me, I'll add them in a future post.