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This second post about the technical part of the spanish language will focus on verbs. Please do try to not to fall asleep XD
So, verbs. Cue, gigantic sigh.
English: Regular and Irregular verbs. Spanish: The same damn thing.
Only, in spanish we have these three categories of regular verbs. The ones that end in -ar, -er, and -ir. Something you might be making faces at right now because in english all regular verbs end in -ed, end of business (This is actually the reason why spanish-speakers love english verbs. SO MUCH EASIER). Relax, and breathe.
In primary school, we’re taught three main verbs we can use as guide to learn how to conjugate almost every other verb of the group. Say hello to,
Amar -> Love
Temer -> Fear
Partir -> Leave, as in leave from a place.
Here I leave you the link to a Real Academia Española (RAE) link with each of these verbs’ conjugation. It’s all very official, and so you don’t get too confused with all the verb tenses, here’s how you can decode them:
Spanish Verb Tenses
The indicative is the easiest of them all, because almost each tense in spanish has its english equivalent, except for the Pretérito Anterior, don’t mess with that one. I included it for the sake of its existence, but we actually rarely use it, so you’re better off ignoring it as well.
The subjunctive is slightly less clear, but still, just follow along with the pretty arrows 🙂 And in case you were wondering, yes, whoever invented these ones was totally looking to torture us all. Each of these little thorns is different so, even though they might look like the ones in the indicative, in spanish, even the slightest difference counts.
And now, the last ones! Easy-peasy ones, so don’t worry!
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Learn how to conjugate each of the model verbs and you’ll have won half the battle. The irregular verbs don’t abide by anyone’s rules, so, take it slow and practice online 🙂
OMG me encanta esta sección Pamela! Ya me suscribí para no perderme ningun artículo! 🙂
BTW.. just visited your Wonderland Guardians Series page! I’m so glad I encouraged you to post an excerpt of The Shadow Curse ! 🙂 So PROUD of you!!!
I LOVE IT!!!
I just PMed you in GR about your writing 🙂
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:3 It makes me so happy it’s useful to you and YAY, the encouragement is always MORE than welcome, THANKS!
Bookmarked! I admit the only sorta Spanish lessons I had was watching Dora the Explorer and trying to teach myself the language by borrowing books from the library. Never really worked. Thanks for this, Pam!
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Here, Dora teaches us english! XD Like ‘Digan derecha ‘Turn right’! You’re welcome, and I’m just happy it’s turning out to be helpful for you guys :’D
OMG ANOTHER SPANISH POST <3
Thank you so much for posting this – you are actually amazing!
I'm trying to learn Spanish with Duolingo…and it doesn't really help you with grammar and stuff, so it's a bit hard…
<3 THIS IS FANTASTIC <3
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No, thank you! I’m so happy you’re finding it useful! To learn this stuff, our teachers used to make us conjugate different verbs every class, using a worksheet with all the tenses. It was beyond tedious, but it’s good practice!