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Learning Spanish verbs online is the most effective way to master this difficult part of learning Spanish. Many students have struggled with learning Spanish verbs, in particular irregular verbs, and it is hardly surprising considering the mind-numbingly boring and tedious old school methods that are used to master conjugation. Ever since languages have been learnt the only way a student could eventually master verb conjugation was to recite and memorize verbsover and over again until they could recite them in their sleep. Although effective, this was very time consuming and hardly what could be called enjoyable.

It is a well known fact that it is far easier to learn something if the enjoyment level is high and this is why learning Spanish verbs online has become increasingly popular. There are many sites online that provide information regarding the conjugation of verbs, such as this one, that provide all the necessary information required to study Spanish verbs, but none offer the verb training needed to help students learn difficult conjugation easily whilst at the same time enjoy doing so! There are many sites that offer Spanish verb conjugators, which are very handy, but in all fairness they are all just glorified verb conjugation books, sure they provide the information you require much quicker than if you were trying to find it in a resource book, but apart from that they will not help you master verb conjugation.

If you want to know the best way of learning Spanish verbs online there is only one tool currently available that I would suggest considering which will not only provide the great results you require, but will do so quickly and in a way that makes learning them great fun and that tool is called ‘verbarrator‘. I myself have a copy and have no hesitation recommending it to any person who asks for my advice on the best way to learn Spanish verbs. So if you are looking for the best way of learning Spanish verbs online check it out…it’s not free…but it is a quality verb training tool.

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Spanish Verb Tenses Explained

Spanish verb conjugation is often referred to as the most difficult aspect of learning Spanish as conjugation can be very complex and highly irregular in some cases. What often gets overlooked are the Spanish verb tensesthemselves which is surprising as it is very important to understand when a tense is used, how it is used and when it is used.

Many students who have attacked the conjugation of Spanish verbs have done so without fully knowing about the various Spanish verb tenses they are conjugating in, this in itself, will not affect their ability to master verb conjugation but it does affect how they use their new skill. Hopefully the short glossary below will help to provide some necessary information about Spanish verb tenses:

Compound:
Compound tenses are the group of tenses that consist of more than one element. In the Spanish language, compound tenses are formed by using the auxiliary verb and the past participle, for example: ha contestado which means, ‘he has answered‘.

Past Participle:
The past participle is the form of a verb that indicates a past or completed action or time and is used after the auxiliary verb ‘to have‘ in English and ‘haber‘ in Spanish, for example: abierto - ‘opened‘ in he abierto – ‘I have opened‘

Subjunctive:
The subjunctive is not a tense, as many students believe, but a mood. Although it exists in English it goes almost unoticed as it almost always takes the same form as the indicative. However, in Spanish, it is widely used when expressing doubt, how a person feels about a possibe action, feelings, and a wish,ntent or command for a possible action.

Indicative:
As with the subjunctive the indicative is a mood. It is the most widely used mood and is used in ordinary, typical speech when making statements as in hablo - ‘I speak‘,  ha venido – ‘he has come‘, estoy probando – ‘I am trying‘

Present:
The present tense is where pretty much every student begins and for good reason, it is the most commonly used tense and is used to express an action that is currently being undertaken. hablo ‘I speak‘ or, ‘I am speaking‘

Imperfect:
One of two simple past tenses in Spanish. The imperative is used to express a past action that has not been completed, that occured frequently or that took place over an indefinite period of time eg. decía - ‘I was saying‘

Preterite:
The other simple past tense used to  express an action in the past which has been completed or occured over a definite period of time, eg; dije – ‘I said‘

Perfect:
Another past tense used to describe a completed past action. It comprises the auxiliary verb haber and the past participle, eg he visto – ‘I have seen‘

Pluperfect:
A past tense used to describe an action occurring in the past before another past action and is formed using the imperfect of haber and the past participle: había ido antes de que llegué – ‘he had gone before I arrived‘

Future:
One of the simpler tenses to understand, the future refers to an action that hasn’t happened yet but is expected: abriré mañana -  ‘I will open tomorrow‘

Present Participle or ‘Gerund’:
Not used too much apart from when attached to the verb estar - ‘to be‘ in the present continuous tense. It is the equivalent of the English verb form that ends in -ing for example; escribiendo ‘writing‘.

Present Continuous:
This tense is only used to describe actions that are actually taking place at the time of use, and is formed by using the present tense of the verb estar and the present participle: estoy escribiendo ‘I am writing‘

Conditional:
The conditional tense does not refer to a particular period of time unlike the past, present and future tenses but instead it is used, as it’s name suggests, when a condition is involved but in Spanish it is often linked to the future tense hence why it is known both as el condicional and el futuro hipotético (the hypothetical future).

In English the conditional would be formed by using the auxiliary verb would…for example: ‘I would wash if I were dirty‘, but in Spanish it is rendered by a single verb form, eg; cerraría ‘I would close‘

Imperative:
The imperative is a tense that is used when giving orders or suggestions..¡Escribe! - Write!

That should help you for the time being, however, should you need further information about any of the tenses above use the search facility at the top of this page and I am sure there will be a post on this blog somewhere that will be more than helpful.

However, if you are struggling with Spanish verb conjugation may I suggest checking out my verbarrator review. It’s a fantastic verb training program as my review explains and should you decide that it’s just what you need I’ll throw in my verb conjugation book called ‘2000+Spanish Irregular verbs‘ selling for $16 for FREE!

If you would like to read another post why not check out my previous post entitled 1001 Spanish Verbs it’s not quite as straightforward as it sounds!

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1001 Spanish Verbs

1001 Spanish verbs was a program that you could download to your PC relatively cheaply and it provided the full conjugation for each of those verbs in the 12 most important tenses used in the Spanish language. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to find this program for the PC nowadays and it now seems to be available for downloads to mobile phones only.

However, the question you should be asking is whether or not you actually need a program, or book, that provides the full conjugation for that number of verbs?

The simple answer to this question is ‘no’ and here is an explanation of why the answer is a negative. As you are no doubt aware, there are many thousands of regular verbs in Spanish, and these verbs fall into three groups. These three groups are comprised of verbs that end in either, -ar, -er or -ir.

Regular verbs are so-called because they follow exactly the same Spanish verb conjugation pattern as other verbs that use the same ending, this means you would only really need a full list of regular verbs and a single full conjugation sheet for each verb group in order to find the necessary form.

The only problem with Spanish, as with many other languages, are the high numbers of irregular Spanish verbs that there are…over 2000 to be precise! This, in itself, is enough to panic a Spanish language student especially as learning the conjugations of irregular Spanish verbs is considered the most difficult task when learning the language.

Two thousand seems an awfully large number of verbs with irregularities to learn and if you had to learn each one it would be, without a doubt, but when you consider first of all, that many of these verbs will be very rarely used, if at all, and secondly that these 2000 plus verbs can be further broken down into 66 or so different types of irregular patterns and the task appears much more doable!

So to recap…3 regular conjugation patterns and 66 irregular conjugation patterns, that is 69 different formations if my calculator is correct which is a long way from the 1001 Spanish verbs in the title. This being the case all you would need are the conjugation patterns for these 69 and lists containing regular -ar,-er and -ir verbs and irregular verbs for each irregularity.

The biggest problem that faces most, if not all, students of Spanish is that of actually learning verbs and how they are conjugated. Having all the verb sheets you need is great but unless you have an effective method of learning them you will still struggle. For years the only way to learn verbs was to recite and recite some more until you had memorized them…very tedious and boring, not to mention time consuming!

Well this has all changed with a revolutionary new software program that not only focuses the mind on specific problem areas but does so without the student ever becoming bored and the results are fast too with many users reporting excellent results. This revolutionary verb training software is called verbarrator and it demotes verb books and other verb programs to being only needed as reference tools.

If you would like to know more about how the verbarrator is revolutionizing verb study check out my detailed and honest review here and should you then decide that the program is exactly what you need and decide to purchase, you would be wise to do so from my site rather than from anywhere else. This is because you will also receive a copy of my book ‘2000+ Spanish Irregular Verbs‘ completely free which normally costs $16! (You can also check out the ‘only slightly biased’ review of this book on my site using the link above!)

For further reading why not read my post about why the Spanish verb haber is the most important verb in the Spanish language.

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Need Help With Learning Spanish Verbs

If you are in urgent need of a helping hand with learning Spanish Verb Conjugation do not be too concerned, you are certainly not alone. Almost every student of Spanish requires assistance at one time or another, the difficulty is choosing which form that help will take!

The obvious choice for many people are self help books, one of the most popular at this time has the same title as this post funnily enough – ‘Spanish Verbs for Dummies’. All self help books aim to do pretty much the same thing, their teachings may differ slightly but they all try to make your transition from Spanish novice to verb master as comfortable as possible.

The problem is that many of these books fail to deal with an individual’s specific problem in most cases and are far to generalized, focusing on the most common and generic problem areas that most students have issues with.

The truth is that all students will never always have the same problem, a verb that one person doesn’t have any trouble with may be the same verb that absolutely infuriates someone else and the same applies to different tenses and moods and this is why self help verb books often fall short.

Individuals, are just that, they are all different and will therefore struggle with different verbs and it is therefore logical to presume that books, although there are some that are really good, are too inflexible for an individual’s needs.

The only method of learning irregular Spanish verbs and verbs in general that offers the flexibility that: 1. enables the student to concentrate his or her studies on their individual problem areas, and 2. increase the speed at which Spanish verbs are mastered and Spanish, as a whole, is learnt, is with the use of a verb training software program.

One verb training program in particular that stands out more than any other, one with which I have had personal experience of using, is the Verbarrator. The Verbarrator program is about a year old yet it has received great plaudits for the way it has helped students, who were previously struggling badly with learning verb conjugation, my wife and children included, and it is well worth reading my review of it here; Verbarrator Review before looking into buying a self help book.

My review contains detailed information about the program and how it benefits the student more so than traditional methods of verb training and also how it can lessen the time taken to learn Spanish.

However, should you still decide that a self help book is your preferred choice there are some good choices below, I will say though that should you, on the other hand, make the wise decision to follow my advice and purchase the verbarrator program, you should buy it from one of the links on this site as I will also be giving you a copy of my verb book; ’2000+ Spanish Irregular Verbs’, completely free which is currently valued at $16.00.

Why not check out my previous post on Irregular Past Tense Spanish Verbs, it’s an informative read!

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How to Conjugate in Spanish

Learning how to conjugate in Spanish is without doubt the most difficult part of learning the Spanish language. Spanish has an extremely high number of irregular verbs, some more irregular than others, and as well as having to learn new conjugations for all of the common tenses there is also the subjunctive to learn, which is rarely used in English but extremely common in Spanish.

When considering all of the factors spelled out above, it is little wonder that many students give up all because they fail to master Spanish verb conjugation.

However, there is a new software program that has been a resounding success in helping struggling students get past their personal stumbling blocks and it does it quickly too!

The name of that program is Verbarrator and it not only provides excellent verb training but it is enjoyable to use and speeds up the learning process! More about the Verbarrator later…back to learning to conjugate in Spanish!

The simplest way to explain how to conjugate in Spanish is to show Spanish conjugation in it’s simplest form which is a regular verb in the present tense. If you are not aware already, you need to know that there are three different verb groups in Spanish, and those groups are comprised of verbs that end in ar, er and ir.

Here is the basic present tense conjugation for a verb from each of the regular verb groups.

• Trabajar – to work
• I work – trabajo
• You work – trabajas
• he/she works – trabaja
• we work – trabajamos
• you all work – trabajaís
• they work – trabajan

• Abrir – to open
• I open – abro
• You open – abres
• he/she open – abre
• we open – abrimos
• you all open – abrís
• they open – abren

• Aprender – to learn
• I learn – aprendo
• You learn – aprendes
• he/she learn – aprende
• we learn – aprendemos
• you all learn – aprendéis
• they learn – aprenden

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Spanish verb conjugation is an extremely important part of learning Spanish, unfortunately it is also one of the most difficult aspects of studying the language and as such is disliked by most students. However, if the objective of the student is to become fluent then Spanish verb conjugation is one aspect of the Spanish language that requires the student to have a complete mastery of.

The difficulties of learning Spanish are appreciated by many who have attempted to or, who have succeeded in learning the language and there is no aspect more demanding than that of learning Spanish verb conjugation. Most students will gain a certain level of competence whether it is reaching a level good enough to order a meal at a restaurant or be able to hold down a good conversation but the overriding factor in deciding which level of competence is achieved is the level of expertise attained in verb use. A mastery of Spanish verb conjugation will open the floodgates of Spanish fluency and for those wishing to become fluent, it is a no brainer.

We should all know what verbs are and what they are used for (that is, if we were paying any attention in school!) and that they are a vital part of sentence structure as they indicate an action performed by the subject. Without a verb sentences would make very little sense. In English we have it pretty easy where verbs are concerned, they seldom indicate the doer of an action, a service provided by the subject pronoun (I, he, she, you etc) and because of this they change little other than when an s or es is added onto the end of the verb in the 3^rd person singular (he or she). This is where Spanish is very different as subject pronouns are rarely used, other than to avoid ambiguity, as the verb changes to indicate, not only when an action takes place (tense) but also the doer of the action.

Basic Structure of a Spanish Verb

In English, a verb is easy to recognize because all English verbs are preceded by ‘to’ as shown earlier in this sentence (to recognize), this combination of ‘to’and the verb is called the infinitive. The Spanish language does not use an obvious ‘to’instead is recognized by its ending that can be one of either ar, er or, ir. These endings, although joined to what is called the stem of the verb are often said to be the equivalent of the English ‘to’. These endings are important as they are used to group Spanish verbs into three specific groups called, imaginably, the -ar, -er and -ir verb groups. Each group follows a set of specific rules for conjugation as highlighted here.

Present tense conjugation of hablar: regular -ar verb meaning to speak

• yo hablo – I speak
• tú hablas – you speak
• él, ella habla – he, she, it or speaks
• usted habla – you (polite) speak
• nosotros/as hablamos – we speak
• vosotros/as hablaís – you (all) speak
• ellos, ellas hablan – they speak
• ustedes hablan – you (all) speak (polite)

• yo como – I eat
• tú comes – you eat
• él, ella come – he, she, it or eats
• usted come – you (polite) eat
• nosotros/as comemos – we eat
• vosotros/as comeís – you (all) eat
• ellos, ellas comen – they eat
• ustedes comen – you (all) eat(polite)

Present tense conjugation of vivir: regular -ir verb meaning to live

• yo vivo – I eat
• tú vives – you eat
• él, ella vive – he, she, it or eats
• usted vive – you (polite) eat
• nosotros/as vivimos – we eat
• vosotros/as vivís – you (all) eat
• ellos, ellas viven – they eat
• ustedes viven – you (all) eat(polite)

There are some things that should be noted about the three verb groups above:

• they all have the same ending for the first person singular, I.
• the er and ir verb groups have very similar endings.
• ambiguity can be avoided when using the third person singular and plural, and the polite version of you by using the subject pronoun to precede the verb.(The subject pronoun is often dropped in European Spanish although it is still used frequently in Latin American Spanish)

Spanish Irregular Verbs

Spanish verbs would be relatively easy to master if only all verbs followed the rules of regular verb conjugation. As you may have guessed, this just is not the case.

There are quite a number of verbs that have irregularities in how they are conjugated and unfortunately many of these verbs are also amongst the most commonly used verbs in Spanish. Ser and estar (both meaning to be), haber and tener (both meaning to have), ir (to go), hacer (to make or, to do), dar (to give), coger (to take), poner (to put), poder (to be able to (can)), querer (to want), ver (to see), decir (to say), and venir (to come) are the core of irregular verbs most often used, but there are a great deal more.

The irregularities in these verbs can vary greatly from being highly irregular to a singular variation and the only way to learn them properly is to study each one individually, and the best way of doing this is to use verb training program specifically designed to improve the speed and the enjoyment level at which conjugations are learnt.

Conclusion:

The importance of understanding and using correct verb conjugation cannot be understated. Using verbs correctly is a fundamental part of successfully making the transition from beginner to fluent Spanish speaker, and although difficult should be approached with positive mental preparation.

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Spanish verb conjugators have been used for as long as languages have been taught. Question is how can traditional verb conjugation tables be improved upon to make the job of learning Spanish verb conjugation easier and quicker?

If you have ever been told that there are only 25 irregular verbs in the Spanish language, give or take the odd one or two, I’m sorry to tell you this, but you have been misled a little! There are, in fact, actually well over two thousand of them! Thankfully, many of these irregular verbs are quite obscure and will not be used too often, which means that learning them is not really that important for the vast majority of us. However, you will still definitely need to learn more than the twenty five or so verbs, so often quoted by misleading sources.

Of the irregular verbs that you definitely need to know, there are a number that it is absolutely necessary to have an extremely good understanding of. Unfortunately, many of these verbs are, as is so often the case, also the most irregular in the Spanish language and because of this many students find that learning them is an obstacle that they just cannot get past and as a result give up learning Spanish before they even get started, the obvious solution to this problem is to try and make learning verbs much easier and far more enjoyable…but how?

The age old method of learning difficult and demanding irregular verbs was to use a verb conjugation book that contained verb tables that were read repeatedly until the verb formations were etched into ones memory. I wonder how many of you can recall reciting verb conjugation, in unison, with the rest of your class over and over again when you were at school…I know I do, it was the most boring and tedious part of learning a language and something that almost put me off learning languages for life! Problem was, there were few alternatives until, that is, the computer age dawned!

The increase in ownership of home computers and easy internet access has meant that learning Spanish has become much more accessible and, dare I say it, easier. It is not too difficult nowadays to be able to find free learning materials and inexpensive downloadable courseware previously unobtainable for many people. However, it has not been until relatively recently that any real efforts were being spent by software designers on developing verb conjugation software that would make the difficult and challenging task of learning Spanish verbs any easier.

There have been quite a number of free verb conjugation programs and verb tables available online for a while now, but a lot of them are just basic digital versions of what was already available in print and they did little, if anything, to enhance either the education of, or the enjoyment level of the student other than offer them a certain novelty factor for a short time. The problem facing developers was always going to be how they could make an improvement without altering what needed to be learned basically, they had to re-invent the wheel.

Since developers could not, in any way, alter the information that needed to be passed on to the end user they would therefore have to look at ways of improving how this information was studied. Their objectives would be quite simple:

• Develop a program that would make the task of learning verb conjugation easier
• Make learning verbs much more enjoyable.
• And…as a result of the previous two points would therefore shorten the time taken to learn Spanish

A program that could match these three criteria would do nothing short of revolutionizing how people learn Spanish verbs. However, although the objectives may seem quite simple, and painfully obvious, achieving them will certainly not be quite so easy.

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