The Most Common Spanish Verb Conjugations
If you want to learn Spanish verb conjugations, you might not know where to start. Some people tell you to start with just the Presente, some others tell you not to learn the Futuro and there's even a guy on YouTube telling you not to study the Subjuntivo. Some textbooks force you to learn vosotros conjugations, while others omit them.
And you know what? They're all wrong.
What you really need to do is to focus on the most common conjugations for each verb, regardless of what they're called on textbooks. We can't generalize and say "Start with X conjugation and then learn Y conjugation" because in reality each verb follows a different pattern of common conjugations.
I've created color-coded conjugation charts that help you forget all the useless advice by influencers and just sit down and learn what's commonly used in conversations. The darker the color, the more common a conjugation is and therefore you should learn it first. It's that simple. For example, let's see the chart for Estar:
And you know what? They're all wrong.
What you really need to do is to focus on the most common conjugations for each verb, regardless of what they're called on textbooks. We can't generalize and say "Start with X conjugation and then learn Y conjugation" because in reality each verb follows a different pattern of common conjugations.
I've created color-coded conjugation charts that help you forget all the useless advice by influencers and just sit down and learn what's commonly used in conversations. The darker the color, the more common a conjugation is and therefore you should learn it first. It's that simple. For example, let's see the chart for Estar:
This is a common verb and thus most forms are worth learning. But I highly recommend you to start with the ones in the darkest color: estar, estoy, está, están and estaba. These are extremely common and you'll hear them every 60 seconds in conversation. Only after you can use these in conversation, you can move on to the next most common forms: estás, estamos. Then you'll learn estado, and so on. Each shade and font formatting represents one level:
Any form with a shaded background is among the top 1,000 most common words in spoken Spanish. They're the very core of conversational Spanish. Any other form you see on the conjugation chart is among the top 5,000 most common words in spoken Spanish, so it's still worth learning, but it's not a top priority. You'll notice that the only vosotros form in the whole chart for Estar is estáis. This is because vos and vosotros forms are only used in certain regions, and thus only a few of them made the cut. You don't need to speak using vos and vosotros forms, but you do need to understand the ones I've included in the PDF, because they're well-known across the world.
Any form not among the top 5K words in Spanish has been omitted. This has resulted in some pretty compact charts, such as the one for Acordar:
Any form not among the top 5K words in Spanish has been omitted. This has resulted in some pretty compact charts, such as the one for Acordar:
Yes, these are all the forms of Acordar you need to learn. Learning other forms would be a waste of time.
Of course, it's best to learn each conjugation in the context of example sentences. I'll be uploading a video for each verb to the Spanish Input YouTube channel with example sentences and explanations.
Here's the 50-page PDF, where you'll find conjugation charts for 119 verbs. You can pay whatever you want. If you have no money, you're welcome to type zero in the price box.
Of course, it's best to learn each conjugation in the context of example sentences. I'll be uploading a video for each verb to the Spanish Input YouTube channel with example sentences and explanations.
Here's the 50-page PDF, where you'll find conjugation charts for 119 verbs. You can pay whatever you want. If you have no money, you're welcome to type zero in the price box.