Verb conjugation
The 50 verbs a beginner needs most. Each page has the present, the two past tenses, the future and the present perfect, with audio on every form, the vosotros forms used in Spain, the commands, two sentences you could say today, and the thing about that verb that trips people up.
Spanish keeps its oldest verbs irregular, and those are exactly the verbs you need first. Learn these before any rule.
to be, for identity
soy, eres, es
to be, for state and location
estoy, estás, está
to have
tengo, tienes, tiene
to go
voy, vas, va
to do, to make
hago, haces, hace
to be able to, can
puedo, puedes, puede
to want, to love
quiero, quieres, quiere
to say, to tell
digo, dices, dice
to know a fact
sé, sabes, sabe
to see
veo, ves, ve
to give
doy, das, da
to come
vengo, vienes, viene
to put
pongo, pones, pone
to go out, to leave
salgo, sales, sale
to bring
traigo, traes, trae
to hear
oigo, oyes, oye
to know a person or a place
conozco, conoces, conoce
Regular endings, but the vowel in the middle changes whenever it is stressed: pienso, but pensamos. One pattern, four versions.
to think
stem change, e to ie
to start, to begin
stem change, e to ie
to close
stem change, e to ie
to understand
stem change, e to ie
to feel, to be sorry
stem change, e to ie
to come back, to return
stem change, o to ue
to find
stem change, o to ue
to sleep
stem change, o to ue
to play a game or sport
stem change, u to ue
to ask for, to order
stem change, e to i
to follow, to carry on
stem change, e to i
Learn the endings on one of these and they work on hundreds of other verbs. A few change a letter to keep a sound, which the page for each says.
to speak
regular -ar
to eat
regular -er
to live
regular -ir
to work
regular -ar
to need
regular -ar
to study
regular -ar
to buy
regular -ar
to take, to drink
regular -ar
to wait, to hope
regular -ar
to take, to carry, to wear
regular -ar
to cook
regular -ar
to learn
regular -er
to drink
regular -er
to open
regular -ir, irregular participle
to write
regular -ir, irregular participle
to read
regular -er, one spelling change
to pay
regular -ar, one spelling change
to arrive
regular -ar, one spelling change
to look for
regular -ar, one spelling change
Verbs that carry a me, te or se, and gustar, which works backwards: the thing you like is the subject.
The eight verbs a beginner meets first, laid out for A4 and licensed for classroom use.
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