The 3 Master Patterns
Every Spanish verb follows one of these three templates
yo | hablo |
tรบ | hablas |
รฉl/ella | habla |
nosotros | hablamos |
ellos | hablan |
yo | como |
tรบ | comes |
รฉl/ella | come |
nosotros | comemos |
ellos | comen |
yo | vivo |
tรบ | vives |
รฉl/ella | vive |
nosotros | vivimos |
ellos | viven |
Pattern Recognition Power
Present Tense Endings = Built-in Pronouns
The ending tells you WHO - that's why Spanish drops pronouns!
Essential Pattern Shortcuts
Want to Talk About Yesterday or Tomorrow?
Past and future tenses have completely different ending patterns. Master those with Jezabel - she'll show you how time changes everything!
Learn Past & Future with Jezabel โStem-Changing Verbs
When stress changes the vowel sound
quiero | โ changes |
quieres | โ changes |
queremos | โ doesn't! |
quieren | โ changes |
puedo | โ changes |
puedes | โ changes |
podemos | โ doesn't! |
pueden | โ changes |
pido | โ changes |
pides | โ changes |
pedimos | โ doesn't! |
piden | โ changes |
Master These 10 Essential Stem-Changers
The Irregular Verbs You Must Know
These break ALL the patterns - just memorize them
The Big 6 - Most Important Irregulars
yo | soy |
tรบ | eres |
รฉl/ella | es |
nosotros | somos |
ellos | son |
yo | estoy |
tรบ | estรกs |
รฉl/ella | estรก |
nosotros | estamos |
ellos | estรกn |
yo | voy |
tรบ | vas |
รฉl/ella | va |
nosotros | vamos |
ellos | van |
yo | tengo |
tรบ | tienes |
รฉl/ella | tiene |
nosotros | tenemos |
ellos | tienen |
yo | hago |
tรบ | haces |
รฉl/ella | hace |
nosotros | hacemos |
ellos | hacen |
yo | puedo |
tรบ | puedes |
รฉl/ella | puede |
nosotros | podemos |
ellos | pueden |
The "Yo" Form Rebels (Only "I" is irregular)
Word Order Patterns
Flexible but with clear patterns
Question Formation
Easiest grammar rule in Spanish!
Complete Question Words Toolkit
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"Once you see the patterns, you can't unsee them. Spanish becomes predictable, logical, beautiful. Let's practice pattern recognition!" - Diego ๐ฏ