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Lesson 10.1.1 · Conjugaciones cotidianas

🏃 Verbs in Action

Once you know the infinitive, the next step is hearing the verb in real-life conjugated form. Here are a few high-frequency conjugations — third-person singular and plural — that you'll catch in everyday conversation.

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

He / she does it (third person singular)

These are the forms you'll hear when someone is described — el niño corre, ella lee. Notice the -ar verbs end in -a, while -er and -ir verbs end in -e.

corre[KOH-rreh]

(he/she) runs

From correr — to run.

lee[LEH-eh]

(he/she) reads

From leer — to read.

Example sentences

  • Hoy estoy corre.

    Today I feel (he/she) runs.

  • Mi amigo es muy lee.

    My friend is very (he/she) reads.

Mini-diálogo

A

Mi amigo es muy corre.

My friend is very (he/she) runs.

B

La comida está lee.

The food is (he/she) reads.

02

They do it (third person plural)

Plural -en endings for -er/-ir verbs. Use these when describing groups: los niños comen, ellas beben.

comen[KOH-men]

they eat

From comer — to eat.

beben[BEH-ben]

they drink

From beber — to drink.

Example sentences

  • Hoy estoy comen.

    Today I feel they eat.

  • Mi amigo es muy beben.

    My friend is very they drink.

Mini-diálogo

A

Mi amigo es muy comen.

My friend is very they eat.

B

La comida está beben.

The food is they drink.

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

01 / 4New card

Recall from English

they drink

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
How do you say this?

they eat

02
How do you say this?

(he/she) runs

03
What does this mean?

lee

04
How do you say this?

they drink

05

Fill the blank

Mi amigo es muy _____.

My friend is very (he/she) reads.

06

Fill the blank

Hoy estoy _____.

Today I feel they eat.

Score: 0 / 6

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