Learn Spanish: Lesson 3
In this lesson I will cover two areas: numbers and verb conjugation. Let’s learn Spanish!
Numbers
In Lesson 2 you learned how to count from eleven to twenty. Now that we’ve covered all of the basic numbers, we will learn to count from 21 to 100! Don’t worry, it is easy.
Follow along with the following audio files:
Learn Spanish - Lesson 3 - Numbers 21-30
Learn Spanish - Lesson 3 - Numbers 0-100
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- veinte
- veinte y uno
- veinte y dos
- veinte y tres
- veinte y cuatro
- veinte y cinco
- veinte y seis
- veinte y siete
- veinte y ocho
- veinte y nueve
- treinta
- 0
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
- 100
- cero
- diez
- veinte
- treinta
- cuarenta
- cincuenta
- sesenta
- setenta
- ochenta
- noventa
- cien
Verb Conjugation
In Lesson 2 we covered the basics of Spanish verb conjugation; now we will dive in head first and conjugate each type of verb in the Presente Indicativo, called the Present Indicative tense in English. There are three types of regular verbs in Spanish: -ar verbs, -ir verbs, and -er verbs. Many verbs follow one of these regular formulas and so by knowing these you will be able to conjugate many verbs!
Regular -ar Verbs
We will start by conjugating ayudar; ayudar is a regular -ar verb meaning ‘to help’.
- yo ayudo
- tú ayudas
- él ayuda
- nosotros ayudamos
- vosotros ayudáis
- ellos/ustedes ayudan
- I help, I do help, I am helping
- You help, you do help, you are helping
- He helps, he does help, he is helping
- We help, we do help, we are helping
- You-all help, you-all do help, you-all are helping
- They help, they do help, they are helping
Because this verb is regular, we can conjugate every regular -ar verb in the same manner; while the beginning of the word changes, the endings will always be as shown above.
Regular -ir Verbs
Our first -ir verb will be insistir which means ‘to insist’.
- yo insisto
- tú insistes
- él insiste
- nosotros insistimos
- vosotros insistís
- ellos/ustedes insisten
- I insist, I do insist, I am insisting
- You insist, you do insist, you are insisting
- He insists, he does insist, he is insisting
- We insist, we do insist, we are insisting
- You-all insist, you-all do insist, you-all are insisting
- They insist, they do insist, they are insisting
Regular -er Verbs
For these verbs we will look at comer which means ‘to eat’.
- yo como
- tú comes
- él come
- nosotros comemos
- vosotros coméis
- ellos/ustedes comen
- I eat, I do eat, I am eating
- You eat, you do eat, you are eating
- He eats, he does eat, he is eating
- We eat, we do eat, we are eating
- You-all eat, you-all do eat, you-all are eating
- They eat, they do eat, they are eating
Now you can conjugate Spanish verbs in the Presente Indicativo. In the next lesson we will expound upon this; this will be the basis of every lesson from here on. Thank you for reading.
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