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Beginner Spanish Verbs, Locked In

Conjugate beginner Spanish verbs without stopping to think: every person, regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs in the present and both past tenses, and the irregulars you can’t avoid.

4 modules

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What it teaches

The persons (yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos/ellas/ustedes; usted takes the él form, vosotros is Spain’s), how a regular verb splits into stem + ending, the present of regular -ar, -er and -ir verbs, the two simple past tenses (preterite and imperfect) of regular verbs, and the irregular verbs you can’t avoid: ser, estar, ir, tener and conducir (present and preterite) and conocer (present). Accents count, because they change the word (hablo = I speak, habló = he spoke). The AI asks 3 questions, places you, shows a short card per module, then gives you one verb, tense and person at a time.

How long

46 items. About 25-50 rounds (about 25 for a student who knows some Spanish, about 50 for a beginner) plus a 12-item final: 2 sessions (estimate, not timed with a real student). The tutor gives a one-line save code at the end of each session.

The modules

4 modules, drilled one item at a time.

  1. M0

    Persons, stems and accents

    Persons, stems and accents

  2. M1

    Present tense, regular verbs

    Conjugate a regular verb in the present

  3. M2

    Preterite and imperfect, regular verbs

    Preterite and imperfect of regular verbs

  4. M3

    The irregular verbs you can’t avoid

    The irregular verbs you can’t avoid

Before it teaches, it asks

  1. 1
    Why are you learning Spanish (travel, work, family, school), which country’s Spanish do you hear most, and how long have you studied?
  2. 2
    Conjugate vivir (to live), present, nosotros.
  3. 3
    Conjugate hablar (to speak), preterite, yo.

What’s exact, and what isn’t

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Straight from the course’s own notes.

Two sources must agree on every form
Every key is checked against Wikipedia’s Spanish conjugation tables AND each verb’s Wiktionary conjugation table (both read 2026-10-10). Regular verbs are built as stem + the ending of their model verb in Wikipedia’s table and must match Wiktionary. All 510 forms in the course’s verb grid agree (17 verbs × 5 tenses × 6 persons, including the future and conditional, which aren’t drilled yet); 38 of them are drilled keys. Card endings and card paradigms are checked against the same tables. A planted-error test (7 errors) was caught.
Sourced
Who uses vosotros and vos, dropping subject pronouns, the -ducir preterite and the dropped i (condujeron) from Wikipedia; 7 quotes matched word for word on the live pages (2026-10-10).
Honest limits
Written forms only (no pronunciation, no listening). vos forms are explained, not drilled. Regular verbs only in M1 and M2 (no stem-changing or spelling-change verbs yet). The cards' one-line usage glosses (preterite = finished past, imperfect = ongoing or habitual past, ser = who/what, estar = state or place, usted = formal) are the builder’s wording: neither cited page states them. The checker verifies forms, card tables and card endings; it does not read the wording of Wrong-row notes, M0 Answers or card claims.
Not in it yet
Future, conditional, subjunctive, commands, compound tenses, stem-changing verbs, when to choose preterite or imperfect in a story.