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.
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.
(he/she) runs
From correr — to run.
(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
Mi amigo es muy corre.
My friend is very (he/she) runs.
La comida está lee.
The food is (he/she) reads.
They do it (third person plural)
Plural -en endings for -er/-ir verbs. Use these when describing groups: los niños comen, ellas beben.
they eat
From comer — to eat.
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
Mi amigo es muy comen.
My friend is very they eat.
La comida está beben.
The food is they drink.
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.
Recall from English
they eat
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
comen
they drink
corre
(he/she) reads
Fill the blank
Mi amigo es muy _____.
My friend is very they drink.
Fill the blank
Hoy estoy _____.
Today I feel (he/she) runs.
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