Verb Flashcards
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there is, there are
hay
To speak
Hablar
hablo hablas habla hablamos habláis hablan
To eat
Comer
como comes come comemos coméis comen
To live
Vivir
vivo vives vive vivimos vivís viven
To be (perm)
Ser
soy eres es somos sois son
To be (temp)
Estar
estoy estás está estamos estáis están
Uses of Ser
the hour, day, and date place of origin occupation nationality religious or political affiliation the material something is made of possession relationship of one person to another certain impersonal expressions where an event is taking place essential qualities
Uses of Estar
geographic or physical location
state or condition
many idiomatic expressions
progressive tenses
Ser and Estar (contrasting uses)
When the verb “to be” is followed by a noun, the verb SER is always used.
When an adjective follows the verb, decide between “essence” and “condition”
To tell where something is from, use ser
To tell where something is located right now, use estar
To tell where an event is taking place, use ser
To have
To come
Tener / Venir
tengo / vengo tienes / vienes tiene / viene tenemos / venimos tenéis / venís tienen / vienen
o:ue stem-changers (Example-to sleep)
Similar:
absolver – to absolve acordarse (de) – to agree on almorzar – to eat lunch aprobar – to approve cocer – to bake colgar – to hang conmover – to move (emotionally) contar – to count, to tell costar – to cost demoler – to demolish demostrar – to prove, demonstrate devolver – to return (an object) disolver – to dissolve doler – to hurt dormir – to sleep encontrar – to find envolver – to wrap llover – to rain moler – to grind morder – to bite morir – to die mostrar – to show mover – to move (an object) poder – to be able to probar – to prove, sample, test promover – to promote recordar – to remember remover – to remove resolver – to resolve retorcer / torcer – to twist revolver – to mix, shake rogar – to beg, pray (ruego) soler – to be accustomed to, to usually be/do (suelo) sonar – to sound, ring (sueno) soñar – to dream (sueño) tostar – to toast tronar – to thunder volar – to fly (vuelo) volver – to return (from somewhere)
Dormir
duermo duermes duerme dormimos dormís duermen
e:ie stem-changers (Example: Cerrar -to close)
Similar:
acertar – to guess advertir – to advise, warn atender – to attend to atravesar – to cross calentar – to warm/heat (up) cerrar – to close comenzar – to begin confesar – to confess consentir – to consent convertir – to convert defender – to defend descender – to descend despertarse – to wake up divertirse – to have fun, enjoy oneself empezar – to begin, start encender – to light encerrar – to enclose, encircle entender – to understand fregar – to scrub gobernar – to govern helar – to freeze (it freezes - se hiela) hervir – to boil (el hervidor hierve -the kettle boils) mentir – to lie negar – to deny nevar – to snow pensar – to think perder – to lose preferir – to prefer querer -to want, love recomendar – to recommend remendar – to mend sentar(se) – to sit down sentir – to feel sugerir – to suggest tropezar – to stumble, trip
Cerrar
cierro cierras cierra cerramos cerráis cierran
e:i stem-changers (Example: Repetir to repeat)
Similar:
colegir – to deduce competir – to compete conseguir – to get, obtain corregir – to correct decir (yo digo) - to say despedir – to dismiss, fire, say goodbye to elegir – to elect freír – to fry gemir – to groan, moan impedir – to impede medir – to measure pedir – to ask for, order perseguir – to follow, pursue, persecute reír(se) – to laugh seguir – to follow, continue servir – to serve sonreír(se) – to smile vestir(se) – to get dressed
Repetir
repito repites repite repetimos repetís repiten
to Be
to Go
to Give
Estar Ir Dar
estoy voy doy estás vas das está va da estamos vamos damos estáis vais dais están van dan
To be going to do something
Ir a + infinitive
voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van
