Micro Class Spanish Verbs

Using Verbs in Combinations to Express What You Want to Say

“-AR” Verbs “-ER” Verbs “-IR” Verbs

Infinitive:

ablar Comer Escribir

Stem

Habl Com Escrib

Past Participle Suffix:

Ado Ido Ido

Present Participle Suffix:

Ando

Iendo

Present Progressive:

Estoy Hablando Estoy Comiendo Estoy Escribiendo

Perfect Past:

He Hablado

He Comido He Escrito (irregular past part.)

Habitual in the Present:

Suelo Hablar

Suelo Comer Suelo Escribir

Habitual Past:

Solía Hablar Solía Comer Solía Escribir

Imperfect Past:

Estaba Hablando Estaba Comiendo Estaba Escribiendo

Immediate Past:

Acabo de Hablar Acabo de Comer Acabo de Escribir

The Future:

Voy a Hablar Voy a Comer Voy a Escribir

Obligation:

Tengo que Hablar Tengo que Comer Tengo que Escribir

Possibility:

Puedo Hablar Puedo Comer Puedo Escribir

Knowing How to:

Sé Hablar Sé Comer Sé Escribir

Present Progressive:

I am talking I am eating I am writing

Perfect Past:

I have spoken I have eaten I have written

Habitual in the Present:

I usually talk I usually eat I usually write

Habitual Past:

I used to talk I used to eat I used to write

Imperfect Past:

I was talking I was eating I was writing

Immediate Past:

I just talked I just ate I just wrote

The Future:

I am going to talk I am going to eat I am going to write

Obligation:

I have to talk I have to eat

have to write

Possibility:

I can talk I can eat I can write

Knowing How to:

I know how to talk I know how to eat I know how to write

The ability for you to use (almost) ALL verbs

in Spanish is

made possible by

your

knowing:

A.) Present tense of Estar,

B.) Present tense of Haber,

C.) Present Tense of Soler,

D.) Present Tense of Tener,

E.) Present tense of Acabar,

F.) Present Tense of Ir,

G.) Present tense of Poder,

H.) Present Tense of Saber,

I.) Imperfect tense of Soler

J.) Imperfect tense of Estar.

That´s 50 words you must know, plus how to form both the

infinitive and the

past and present participles

of the verbs you wish to use in combination.

Is it worth

to learn these fifty words and how to form the participles in order to get this far this fast

in terms of forming sentences and

communicating?

You Betcha!

One of the more difficult things for the beginning conversationalist in Spanish is using verbs to construct sentences.

With our approach to using our Dynamic Dozen verbs, we have made it relatively simple to get started getting simply by using 7
of those verbs which you can learn in conjugated form (7 in present tense and 2 of the 7 in imperfect past tense) and which you
can combine with other verbs for which you do not know the conjugations to express the thought you wish to convey.

Using this technique, you can use (almost) ALL verbs in Spanish in without having to know the conjugations for those verbs.

Again, purists might say that Present Progressive is not the same, for example, as the Present Tense. In the purist sense, this is
true.

In the most practical sense, it doesn´t matter, because the meaning is so close that the Spanish speaker with whom you are
conversing will understand exactly what it is you´re saying.

So, below, we´ve given you a look at the some of the more common tenses and subtleties of verbs that will enable you to convey
just what you wish, without the requirement that you know the conjugation for every verb you wish to use.

In fact, I think you will discover that you don´t and won´t use most of the verbs you will learn in conjugated form.

To accomplish the the objectives of using the 7 verbs as illustrated below, you will need to know the following:

Present Tense of                             Estar
Imperfect Tense of                          Estar
Present Tense of                             Haber
Present Tense of                             Soler
Imperfect Tense of                          Soler
Present Tense of                             Acabar
Present Tense of                             Ir
Present Tense of                             Poder
Present Tense of                             Saber

In addition, you will have to know how to form the past participle and the present participle of verbs you wish to use with these
words above.

To form the past participle, drop the "ar", "ir", or "er" ending of the verb and add "ado" for verbs ending in "ar" and add "ido" for
verbs ending in "er" and "ir".

To form the present participle, drop the "ar", "er", or "ir" ending of the verb and add "ando" for "ar" verbs and "iendo" for verbs
ending in "er" or "ir".