¿Qué son los verbos irregulares?

Irregular verbs in Spanish What is an irregular verb in Spanish?

An irregular verbs are… Those that do not follow the standard model of conjugation in the verb. The regular verb conjugation never modifies its root, always will remain for conjugation in the all tenses. Aquellos que no siguen el modelo estándar de la conjugación en el verbo. La conjugación de verbos regulares nunca modificará su raíz, esta siempre quedará para conjugarse en todos los tiempos verbales.

question Why the 10 most powerful common Spanish verbs are irregular? Because directly as a of their commonness and high frequency of use. Any verb that is common gets used a great deal, and therefore becomes subject to twisting, contortion, slanging and bending. The more it is used, the more it is changed and the more likely one of its forms or conjugations gets morphed into something else. Se debe directamente a su carácter de uso común o de alta frecuencia en su uso. Cualquier verbo que es de uso común, llegará a utilizarse mucho; por lo tanto, este quedará sujeto a diferentes flexiones, modismos, modificaciones y deformaciones lingüísticas. Cuanto más se utiliza estos verbos, más se cambian y es más probable que una de sus formas o conjugaciones se transforme en otra cosa.

The ten most important Spanish verbs – top 10 Ser – to be, when referring to what something is. Estar – to be, when referring to how something is. Very important for constructing phrases like “I am doing” (progressive tenses). Ir – to go, an especially important verb because it is used to construct the forms like “going to” as in “I am going to do something” This acts as an easy and useful way to express a future tense. Tener – to have (to hold). Also important for common phrases like I am cold, I am hot, I am hungry, I am twenty. Spanish speakers “have cold” or “have heat” rather than “are cold/hot, hungry, etc.

The ten most important Spanish verbs – top 10 5. Haber – to have. This verb and its conjugations are used to form phrases like “I have gone, I had gone, you would have gone, they will have gone…, etc. These are called compound sentences. Because haber is used as “a tool” to build these other tenses it is called an auxiliary verb. 6. Hacer – to do or to make. There are lots and lots of idiomatic expressions with this verb and a few tricky conjugations. 7. Querer – to want. This is a great verb to master because you can tack any other verb infinitive after it, and this will enable to make lots of phrases. Each new infinitive verb that you learn, will form another word that you can use. Verbs that function this way are called “modal verbs”, and another two follow in this list – deber and poder.

The ten most important Spanish verbs – top 10 8. Deber – to have to. Another useful and versatile (able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities) modal verb. 9. Poder – to be able to. Another powerful modal verb to add to your inventory. 10. Decir – to say.

THE TOP 10 IRREGULAR VERBS What do they have in common? SER ESTAR IR TENER HABER HACER QUERER DEBER PODER DECIR Their infinitives end with –er 7 of them have 5 letters in their structure Frequent use

Learn the verbs in patterns Most of the verbs in each group follow similar patterns. Every time you learn an irregular verb reinforces the learning of the next verb. As the patterns recur, you will start identify and become familiar with them.

Irregular Stem Changing I - Group Querer (to want) (e-ie) Hacer (to do) Ser (to be) Entender (to understand) (e-ie) Haber (to have) Estar (to be) Poder (to be able to) (o-ue) Ir (to go) Tener (to have) (e-ie) Pedir (to ask for) (e-i) Decir (to tell)