Free Spanish verbs guide

What's inside

• How Spanish verbs workThe -ar, -er and -ir families, how the ending tells you who, why the I is usually dropped, and the four ways to say you: tú, usted, vosotros and ustedes.
• The present tensehablar, comer and vivir in all six persons, then the eight verbs you hear most: ser, estar, tener, ir, hacer, poder, querer and decir, with what breaks the pattern in pink.
• Stem changersThe boot pattern for e to ie, o to ue and e to i, shown with querer, pensar, poder, dormir and pedir, plus the verbs that are odd only in the yo form, like tengo, hago, salgo and conozco.
• Past and futureThe past of hablar, comer and vivir, the irregular fui, tuve, hice, dije and pude, ir a + verb for plans, and the other past, era, estaba, tenía and iba, for how things were.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in shows, like ¿Qué haces?, No puedo and ¿Qué pasó?, to read and name the form, then ten verbs to put in the right form. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn a few basic words first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say the six endings of hablar out loud.
3. Say one column of a table each day, then cover it and say it again.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same forms in shows with Kitsumi.

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• 100 Spanish phrases from showsThen pick up the lines series use all the time: ¡No me digas!, te quiero or te amo, ¡Déjame en paz! and what güey really means.
• Basic Spanish wordsStart here. How every letter sounds, then 218 first words with el and la in colour.

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