Spanish Grammar Basics: Irregular Verbs, Gender, Number, and Interrogatives

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering Spanish irregular verbs (ser, estar, tener, hacer), grammatical gender and number rules, definite and indefinite articles, and question words (interrogativos).

Ser

An irregular verb conjugated as: soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son.

Estar

An irregular verb conjugated as: estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están.

Tener

An irregular verb conjugated as: tengo, tienes (tenes), tiene (Liene), tenemos, tenéis, tienen.

Hacer

An irregular verb conjugated as: hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen.

Artículos definidos

Definite articles in Spanish: el, la, los, las.

Artículos indefinidos

Indefinite articles in Spanish: un, una, unos, unas.

Plural rule for vowels (a, e, o, u)

Singular words ending in vowels form their plural by adding '+s'.

Plural rule for consonants and z

Words ending in a consonant add '+es', and words ending in 'z' change to '+ces'.

¿Dónde?

An interrogative word meaning 'where'.

Cuándo

An interrogative word meaning 'When'.

Por qué

An interrogative phrase meaning 'Why'.

Porque

A conjunction meaning 'because' (لان).

Cuánto/a

An interrogative word meaning 'How' (how much/many).

Quién

An interrogative word meaning 'Who'.

Cuál / Cuáles

An interrogative word meaning 'what' or 'which'.

Qué

An interrogative word meaning 'what'.