Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish verb PODER means ‘to be able to’ or, ‘can’ in English and is a commonly used verb in everyday Spanish, much the same as it is in English. Poder does cause a few problems however as it is a highly irregular verb which is irregular in all tenses with the exception of the imperfect, this includes the tenses of the subjunctive mood and the imperative.

As there is a lot to learn with poder conjugation it is probably best to start with one tense initially and that is why this post will concentrate on conjugating the present tense of poder. There will be future posts covering each of the other irregular tenses and the intention is to interlink all relevant posts…but all in good time.

Poder Conjugation

Conjugation of Poder Present Tense

PODER is one of many vowel changing verbs, in the case of poder in the present tense the o changes to ue in the second and third person singular and the third person plural. Poder has different irregularities in other tenses, which is what makes it particularly difficult to learn, but it is probably best if you just concentrate on this present tense irregularity to start with.

Singular

.

That about covers the present tense of poder except to say that the nature of the Spanish verb poder is such that it often functions as an auxiliary verb, meaning that it usually precedes another verb which, in most cases, is the infinitive.

For example: ‘I can go to the cinema’ would translate as ‘Puedo ir al cine’, this is a physical ability, but if you wanted to ask the question ‘Can you drive?’ you would have to use the verb Saber, which means ‘to know’…therefore ‘¿Sabes conducir?’, confusing isn’t it!

Don’t forget to bookmark this post or do a search for any other verbs and tenses you might be having problems with, if you can’t find what you need, post a comment and I’ll do my best to get the relevant information posted!

……..hasta luego

ps The difficulties that many people face learning how to conjugate poder and similarly irregular verbs can be lessened considerably. You should take a few minutes to read my review of the verbarrator verb training software. This specific educational software makes learning Spanish verb conjugation far less of a problem, helping you to learn difficult conjugations much more quickly and with a great deal more enjoyment than using the standard outdated and tedious traditional methods of study…and yes…I do own and use a copy of this software so I’m not endorsing it blindly!

Check out my review of the verbarrator here …or, if you would rather visit the verbarrator site directly you can do so by clicking on the banner below.

]]> http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/1006/poder-poder-conjugation/feed/ 0 http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/1002/venir-venir-conjugation/ http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/1002/venir-venir-conjugation/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:13:22 +0000 admin http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/?p=1002 Venir

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish verb VENIR means ‘to come’ in English and is as commonly used in Spanish as it is in English. Venir is a highly irregular Spanish verb which is irregular in the present, preterite, future and conditional tenses and also in all of the subjunctive tenses as well as in the imperative.

For now though we will simply concentrate on how to conjugate venir in the present tense and cover all other tenses in future blog posts that will be posted very soon.

Venir Conjugation

Conjugation of Venir in the Present Tense

VENIR is often referred to as a ‘go’ verb because of the use of go as an ending in the first person singular. Venir is also a vowel changing verb, in this case the e changes to ‘ie’ in the second and third person singular and the third person plural.

Singular

.

Please remember to bookmark this page/site and to keep checking back as I will be adding more and more on a regular basis.

Hasta luego

ps. Learning how to conjugate venir can be difficult for many people, as is the case with so many other Spanish irregular verbs. If you are having difficulties you should free up five minutes and check out my review of the verbarrator verb training software. This educational software will not only make learning and memorizing the many different Spanish verb conjugations a great deal easier, it will also help you to do so far quicker than using the outdated and tedious traditional learning methods.

Check out my review of the verbarrator here.

]]> http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/1002/venir-venir-conjugation/feed/ 0 http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/995/spanish-verb-conjugation-practice/ http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/995/spanish-verb-conjugation-practice/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:14:54 +0000 admin http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/?p=995 Spanish Verb Conjugation Practice

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

It should come as little surprise to you that practice makes perfect when it comes to learning Spanish verb conjugation. However, it can become very tiresome going over each verb conjugation time and time again and this is the reason why so many students decide to call it a day trying to learn Spanish beyond a basic level.

Unfortunately, there has been no other way to master Spanish verbs apart from this way of doing so, as has been the case since people started to learn Spanish…that is until the development and introduction of verb training software programs. The best of these programs is called the Verbarrator and is well worth checking out.

You can do so by clicking on the following link which will take you to a review I’ve written about the program which also contains a video of the program actually being used and a detailed description of the program itself, here’s the link…http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/verbarratorreview.html …and yes…I do actually have a copy and wouldn’t part with it if you paid me!

]]> http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/995/spanish-verb-conjugation-practice/feed/ 0 http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/983/subjunctive-spanish-conjugations/ http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/983/subjunctive-spanish-conjugations/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:53:36 +0000 admin http://www.irregularspanishverbs.com/blog/?p=983 Subjunctive Spanish Conjugations

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Learning Subjunctive Spanish Conjugations is no different to learning the conjugations of verbs and tenses in the indicative, the difficulty is in knowing when you should use the subjunctive in Spanish, as it is rarely used by English speakers and is therefore often understood.

Below are tables containing all the regular subjunctive Spanish conjugations for the three different verb groups.

Please note that this post and the information in it deal only with REGULAR verbs, there are many irregular verbs in the subjunctive which are either dealt with in other posts or will be in the not too distant future.

For the following conjugations the regular Spanish verbs hablar (to speak), abrir (to open) and beber (to drink) will be used.

.
.

.
.

The Subjunctive Spanish conjugations of the present perfect, pluperfect and future perfect are all formed using the past particple of the verb being conjugated as they are in the indicative.

However, the preceding auxiliary verb haber does change as it uses the subjunctive variants of the same tense instead of the indicative:

‘he’ being the present tense of haber in the indicative and ‘haya’ the present tense of haber in the subjunctive.

A great way to master the Spanish subjunctive and other areas of Spanish verb conjugation is to use a Spanish verb training software program such as the verbarrator, and you can find out more about this wonderful piece of educational software by clicking on the banner below.

Hasta Luego

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

When learning past tenses, Preterite vs Imperfect is a question that often causes a few problems for students learning Spanish verbs, and knowing which of these two past tenses to use, and when, can certainly be confusing. However, the following guidelines will provide you with a clear idea as to which tense, preterite or imperfect, should be used.

The Preterite Tense in Spanish

The preterite tense, sometimes referred to as the ”past historic, is used to explain completed actions in the past and will tell you what happened or, what somebody did at a particular time

Examples:

• Conduje el coche – I drove the car
• Cerré la ventana – I closed the window

The Spanish Imperfect Tense

The imperfect tense tells us what was going on, who was doing it or, who used to do it, over an indefinite period of time, with no beginning and no end.

Examples:

• Juan compraba el periódico todos los días – Juan used to buy the newspaper every day.
• El hombre vendía coches – The man was selling cars.

Obviously, getting past the preterite vs imperfect issue is a lot easier when you have tools that will help you learn each tense well, in particular the preterite which has a high number of verbs that are irregular in this tense.

One such tool is called the verbarrator, a recently developed downloadable software program that has had a remarkable impact on how students learn Spanish verbs, helping them to do so much more easily and much more quickly than ever before.

You can check out a review of this software by clicking on this link – Verbarrator Review

For more information on using the preterite and imperfect in Spanish the links below will be of help.

• Spanish Preterite
• Spanish Imperfect Tense Conjugation

Hasta Luego

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish imperfect tense is probably one of the easier tenses to learn due to the fact that there are only three verbs that are irregular in the imperfect tense and they are ser, ir and ver but before covering how the Spanish imperfect is conjugated lets first look at when we should use this frequently used past tense.

The Spanish imperfect tense refers to an action that happened in the past that is:

1. Indefinite: that is to say it has no definite start or end date.
2. Is a continuous or repeated action
3. Happened over a period of time
4. Began in the past but has continued into the present

Spanish Imperfect Tense Verb Endings

As well as only having three irregular conjugations to learn there are only two sets of endings as -er and -ir verbs both share the same endings. The Spanish imperfect is formed using the stem of the verb and the respective imperfect ending.

Hablar – to speak: Regular Conjugation of an -ar verb in the Spanish Imperfect Tense

Comer – to eat: Regular Conjugation of an -er verb in the Spanish Imperfect Tense

Please note that the same endings are used for verbs ending in -ir.

For more about the irregular verbs in the Spanish Imperfect simply click on the following links:

• Ser Imperfect Tense
• Ir Imperfect Tense
• Ver Imperfect Tense

Hasta Luego

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Ver is one of only three verbs that are irregular in the Spanish imperfect tense, the others being ser and ir. Although irregular, ver imperfect tense doesn’t need too much effort to master as it retains all the endings that other -er verbs use but it’s stem, ‘v’ is extended to include an ‘e’...‘ve’, as shown in the table below.

Ver Imperfect Tense Conjugation

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish preterite is a past tense consisting of one word, compared with the Perfect which has two, the auxiliary verb and the past participle, here are the essential aspects of the Spanish preterite.

• It is firstly a tense in one word both in Spanish and in English
• It describes a single, completed action in the past: for example, ‘I said‘, ‘Paul spoke‘, ‘we ate‘ and so on.
• What it is important to remember is it can be used in conversation just as well as in the narrative, which is the part outside the dialogue describing past actions.

Here are the endings for the Spanish preterite for each of the three groups of verbs; ar, er and ir.

Hablar – to speak

Comer – to eat

Vivir – to live

The biggest problem with learning the Spanish preterite is the large number of irregular verbs that must be mastered. The most important and most commonly used of these irregular verbs are dar, estar, haber, hacer, poder, poner, querer, saber, tener, venir, ser, ir and decir.

Learning each of the conjugations for each of these verbs is not going to be easy but… a verb training tool, such as the verbarrator, will not only provide you with the best possible help but it will also enable you to learn verb conjugation so much faster than if you were using traditional methods of study.

Take your first step towards mastering Spanish verb conjugation by taking 5 minutes to read this Verbarrator review, and you will then see how you and your studies can benefit greatly from using it.

Other Useful posts about conjugating verbs in the Spanish preterite:

• Dar Preterite Conjugation
• Estar Preterite Conjugation
• How to Conjugate Haber Preterite Tense
• How to Conjugate Hacer in the Preterite Tense
• Conjugating Poder Preterite Tense
• Poner Preterite Tense
• Querer Preterite Tense Conjugation
• Saber Preterite Tense Conjugation
• Tener Preterite: Tener Preterite Conjugation
• Conjugation of Venir Preterite Tense
• How to Conjugate Ser in the Preterite
• The Spanish Verb Ir Preterite Tense Conjugation: Preterito
• How to Conjugate Decir Preterite Tense

Hasta Luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

DECIR is an irregular stem changing Spanish verb. The conjugation table below shows Decir preterite conjugation clearly with the stem of Decir, ‘DEC’ changing to ‘DIJ’ in all forms.

Decir Preterite Conjugation

There are many other verbs that are irregular like decir preterite, many of which can be found in the category ‘preterite’ which is linked to beneath this post under the heading: ‘Filed under’

Hasta luego
Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

VENIR which means ‘to come‘ in Spanish is a highly irregular verb in every tense, with the exception of the imperfect. Venir preterite conjugation is what is known as a stem changing irregular verb as are so many other verbs that are irregular in the preterite. In Venir’s case the stem is ‘VEN’, in the preterite tense however this stem changes to ‘VIN’ and this is shown clearly in the table below.

Venir Preterite Conjugation

There are many other verbs that are irregular in the preterite, many of which can be found in the category ‘preterite’ which is linked to beneath this post after the heading: ‘Filed under’

Hasta luego
Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish verb Saber meaning ‘to know‘ is irregular in all but the imperfect tense. Saber preterite conjugation is, like so many other irregular verbs in the preterite, a stem changing conjugation. Saber’s stem of ‘sab’ changes to ‘sup’ as highlighted in the table below.

Saber Preterite Conjugation

Check out other verbs in that are irregular in the preterite by clicking on the Category: ‘Preterite’ below (Filed under:…)
Hasta luego
Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish verb Querer meaning ‘to want‘ is frequently used and is also irregular in all but the imperfect tense. Querer preterite conjugation is a stem changing irregular tense as the stem of querer changes from ‘quer’  to ‘quis’ as detailed in the table below.

Querer Preterite Conjugation

On a final note…should you be struggling with Spanish verb conjugation (and lets face it who isn’t!) you will benefit greatly from a verb training software program such as the verbarrator. Take 5 minutes to give this Verbarrator Review a read to find out how using such a tool will be extremely beneficial in learning querer preterite and your studies in general.

Hasta luego
Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

The Spanish verb Poner meaning ‘to put’ is yet another frequently used Spanish verb that is extremely irregular. Poner preterite tense conjugation is quite different in its irregularity compared to the other indicative tenses as the stem ‘pon’ changes to ‘pus’ as shown in the table below.

Poner preterite is a difficult verb tense to master, especially when you also consider how many other verbs and tenses you will need to learn as well, so the use of a good verb training program that will not only help you learn verb conjugation better but more quickly too, or should I say more efficiently. Spend 5 minutes reading this Verbarrator Review and you will see how beneficial it will be to your studies!

Poner Preterite Tense Conjugation

Hasta luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Poder, the Spanish verb meaning ‘to be able to’ or ‘can’, is a highly irregular verb that is used frequently and is therefore important to know, poder preterite is no exception and the conjugation is covered below.

Before going over the conjugation of poder preterite you would be wise to spend 5 minutes reading about a verb training program that will not only help you learn verb conjugation better but quicker too, just follow this link Verbarrator Review now!

Poder in the Preterite Tense

Hasta luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Conjugating haber, or rather knowing how to conjugate haber, in all tenses is very important as haber’s primary use in Spanish is as an auxiliary verb and as such it will be used a great deal when using the perfect tenses of all verbs. However, this particular post will cover the conjugation of haber preterite tense which is highly irregular.

Before checking out the conjugation of haber preterite you should first consider for a moment how many verbs and various conjugations you will need to be proficient at using to be a fluent Spanish speaker and then you will realize the enormity of the task ahead of you! This is why you need to take note of any learning/study aids that become available that will make the task of learning much easier and quicker. One such tool is the verbarrator!

I’m sure you would agree that if a training program could make a big impact on the time taken to learn Spanish verb conjugation then sparing 5 minutes to learn more about it would be time well spent! If so, you need to check out this Verbarrator Review now!.

Haber in the Preterite Tense

Hasta luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Learning how to conjugate dar preterite tense can be difficult due to the fact that it is highly irregular but here is a table showing its different forms.

Dar in the Preterite Form

If you would like to know how you can learn Spanish verbs quickly and more effectively then the best way to do so is with a verb training tool. The best Spanish verb training tool currently available is the verbarrator, which you can learn more about by reading this Verbarrator Review.

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Hacer Conjugation is not easy to learn as it is a highly irregular Spanish verb, in fact the conjugation of hacer involves irregularities in all but one tense, the imperfect and not only will you need to master the conjugations of hacer but you will also need to know all the expressions that are commonly used in Spanish that use hacer too.

There is a lot to take on board and that is why I have broken all of the conjugations of hacer down into more manageable bitesize chunks which are linked to at the end of this post.

One way to make learning hacer conjugation easier and a lot more enjoyable is to use an interactive verb training program. I use the word ‘enjoyable’ with great emphasis because learning verb conjugation isn’t the most exciting of tasks, in fact it is extremely time consuming and tedious and is often the reason why so many students quit learning Spanish, so enjoying study is vital in order to be as successful as possible.

One such program is the ‘Verbarrator’ and I highly recommend it’s use for not only learning hacer conjugation but all Spanish verbs as it has been a great help to me personally. So, before clicking on any of the links below, do yourself a favour and give yourself the best possible chance of success and spend 5 minutes checking out this Verbarrator Review.

Here are the links to the bitesize posts that will help you with learning hacer conjugation:
How to Conjugate Hacer in the Preterite Tense
Hacer Past Tense
Hacer Present Tense: How to Conjugate the Present Tense of Hacer
Hacer Subjunctive: Conjugation of Hacer in the Subjunctive Tenses
Hacer Future Tense: How to Conjugate Hacer in Future Tense
Hacer Past Participle and Hacer Present Perfect Tense

Hasta Luego, Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Normally, the past participle is formed by using the stem of the verb and adding ‘-ado’ for those verbs ending in -ar and ‘-ido’ for those that end in -er or -ir. However, some verbs are irregular and hacer past participle is one such example. The past participle for hacer is ‘Hecho’, this is important to know as the past participle is used in all the perfect tenses, both indicative and subjunctive.

The most commonly used of the perfect tenses is the present perfect. Hacer present perfect uses the present tense of the irregular verb ‘haber’, meaning to have, as the prefix followed by hacer past participle and this is shown in the table below.

Hacer Present Perfect

Check out these earlier posts about conjugating hacer:
How to Conjugate Hacer in the Preterite Tense
Hacer Past Tense
Hacer Present Tense: How to Conjugate the Present Tense of Hacer
Hacer Subjunctive: Conjugation of Hacer in the Subjunctive Tenses
Hacer Future Tense: How to Conjugate Hacer in Future Tense

Hasta Luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

All tenses of Hacer in the Subjunctive are irregular and will therefore need a lot of studying in order to memorize them. Thankfully, in all hacer subjunctive tenses it is not the endings that are irregular, as they follow the pattern of regular -er verbs in the subjunctive, but the stem of the actual verb.

In hacer present subjunctive the stem changes from ‘hac-‘ to ‘hag-‘ and in the subjunctive imperfect and future it changes to ‘hic- and all these changes are highlighted in bold red below.

Learning Spanish verb conjugations, such as those encountered with the highly irregular verb hacer is very difficult, especially when you consider that hacer is only one of many irregular verbs in Spanish that are used on a daily basis. That is why a good verb training software program is essential when it comes to mastering Spanish verbs as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.

I have only ever used one such program that has been of true benefit to me and my advice would be to check out this There is one that I would like to suggest as it was, and still is, an invaluable aid to me when I was studying Spanish verbs and I would advise you to check out this Verbarrator Review to see for yourself the benefits of using such a program. Just click on the link and take 5 minutes to check it out… you will find it as beneficial as I did I’m sure!

Hacer Subjunctive

Present Subjunctive of Hacer

Imperfect Subjunctive of Hacer

Future Subjunctive of Hacer

Here are some previously posted articles that relate to the Spanish verb hacer and its conjugations:
How to Conjugate Hacer in the Preterite Tense
Hacer Imperfect Tense: How to Conjugate Hacer in the Imperfect
Hacer Past Tense
Hacer Present Tense: How to Conjugate the Present Tense of Hacer
Hacer Future Tense: How to Conjugate Hacer in Future Tense
Hasta Luego

Danny

Click Here to learn how to conjugate irregular Spanish verbs quickly and with ease

Hacer future tense is irregular and as such will require special attention when being studied. Hacer in the future, although irregular does still use the same endings as regular -er verbs in the future tense. The irregularity occurs within the stem of the verb where ‘hac’ is replaced by ‘har’. This irregularity in the future tense of hacer is highlighted in bold red in the conjugation table below.

Learning irregular Spanish conjugations, such as hacer in the future tense can be achieved a lot quicker and better with the use of a good verb training software program. There is one that I would like to suggest as it was, and still is, an invaluable aid to me when I was studying Spanish verbs and I advise you to check out this review of it to see for yourself. Just click on the link and take 5 minutes to have a look you may find it as beneficial as I did! Verbarrator Review.

The Future Tense of Hacer

Here are some earlier posts relating to the different conjugations of the Spanish verb hacer:
How to Conjugate Hacer in the Preterite Tense
Hacer Imperfect Tense: How to Conjugate Hacer in the Imperfect
Hacer Past Tense
Hacer Present Tense: How to Conjugate the Present Tense of Hacer

Hasta Luego

Danny