Spanish Verbs, Conjunctions, Adverbs

Essential Spanish Verbs

These verbs are commonly used in everyday speech and are key to mastering Spanish grammar.

Common Regular Verbs

• Hablar – to speak

• Comer – to eat

• Vivir – to live

• Trabajar – to work

• Estudiar – to study

• Escribir – to write

• Leer – to read

• Escuchar – to listen

Common Irregular Verbs

• Ser – to be (essential/permanent)

• Estar – to be (temporary/location)

• Tener – to have

• Hacer – to do, to make

• Ir – to go

• Poder – to be able to/can

• Decir – to say, to tell

• Venir – to come

• Querer – to want, to love

• Dar – to give

• Ver – to see

• Saber – to know (information)

• Conocer – to know (people/places)

2. Essential Spanish Conjunctions

These conjunctions will help you link sentences and ideas.

• Y – and

• O – or

• Pero – but

• Porque – because

• Aunque – although

• Si – if

• Que – that (as in “I think that...”)

• Cuando – when

• Mientras – while

• Sin embargo – however

• Además – besides, furthermore

• Por lo tanto – therefore

• Sino – but rather

• Después de que – after

• Antes de que – before

3. Essential Spanish Adverbs

These adverbs are useful for describing frequency, manner, time, and degree.

Frequency

• Siempre – always

• Nunca – never

• A veces – sometimes

• A menudo – often

• Rara vez – rarely

• De vez en cuando – once in a while

Manner

• Bien – well

• Mal – badly

• Rápidamente – quickly

• Lentamente – slowly

• Fácilmente – easily

Time

• Ahora – now

• Hoy – today

• Mañana – tomorrow

• Ayer – yesterday

• Pronto – soon

• Tarde – late

• Temprano – early

Degree

• Muy – very

• Mucho – a lot

• Poco – a little

• Bastante – quite, enough

• Demasiado – too (much)

• Menos – less

• Más – more