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Today’s verb of the day: cohibir
Translation: to inhibit
“Cohibir” is an interesting verb because it follows the standard conjugation pattern with the addition of an accent in the present tense, present subjunctive and imperative forms. The accent is used to indicate which syllable you need to emphasize.
Want to conjugate correctly every time? 🙂
Practice this regular verb with our Spanish Verb Conjugation game on the Google Play Store!
Today’s verb of the day: atenazar
Translation: to torment
“Atenazar” needs to keep the “-za” sound in all tenses – even in those where the “-ar” ending changes to “-er”. In these particular situations, the “z” chanegs to a “c”.
Want to conjugate correctly every time? 🙂
Practice this regular verb with our Spanish Verb Conjugation game on the Google Play Store!
Today’s verb of the day: cocear
Translation: to kick (like an animal kicks)
“Cocear” is a straight forward verb to conjugate and follows the standard conjugation pattern.
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Today’s verb of the day: enviudar
Translation: to be widowed; to become widowed
“Enviudar” is a straight forward verb to conjugate and follows the standard conjugation pattern.
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Today’s verb of the day: leer
Translation: to read
“Leer” is beautifully irregular and exhibits 3 exceptions to the standard conjugation pattern:
1. The participle is “leído” therefore, composite times conjugate as follows
Example: perfect past / pretérito perfecto
yo he leído
tú has leído
él, ella, usted ha leído
nosotros, nosotras hemos leído
vosotros, vosotras habéis leído
ellos, ellas, ustedes han leído
2. Simple past tenses conjugate with a “y” in the 3rd person
yo leí
tú leíste
él, ella, usted leyó
nosotros, nosotras leímos
vosotros, vosotras leísteis
ellos, ellas, ustedes leyeron
3. Based on the 3rd person simple past, the imperfect subjunctive is “leyera”
leyera o leyese
leyeras o leyeses
leyera o leyese
leyéramos o leyésemos
leyerais o leyeseis
leyeran o leyesen
leyeras o leyeses
Want to conjugate correctly every time? 🙂
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Today’s verb of the day: teatralizar
Translation: to dramatise
“Teatralizar” is a straight forward verb to conjugate: follow the standard pattern and in those tenses, where the “-ar” ending changes to “-e” simply adapt the “z” and change it to a “c” to keep the sound the same.
Example:
yo teatralizo (present tense)
yo teatrilicé (simple past tense)
Want to conjugate correctly every time? 🙂
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DOMA Games uses the free and open source software Rebel Engine as game engine and their next event will be held on 9 April at 16:00 GMT.
Rebel Toolbox are starting to hold regular, monthly online meetings to connect with game developers, game artists and other interested parties in their community. They are still a new group and want to know from you directly how they should improve their Rebel tools.
What would you like to know about Rebel?
Rebel calls will be held on every first Tuesday of the month at 16:00 UTC (currently aligned with GMT).
Email Rebel on info@rebeltoolbox.com to get early access or join them on the day to find out more about Rebel Toolbox, the team and how you can benefit.
Last week, one of the verbs in my Spanish Verb Conjugation game‘s Learn New Verb list was the verb “traer“. “Traer” means “to bring”. I struggle with this verb, because it is irregular. When I say irregular, I mean it is as irregular as they come. It turns out that, in the Middle Ages, patterns in verb conjugation changed and some letters were added while others were dropped. This adding and dropping was not even consistent across the different tenses!
I know the rules. I remember that the first person singular present tense has an irregular form “traigo“, and the subjunctive present tense uses this as the stem: “traig-“. Thus, the subjunctive for the first person singular is “yo traiga“, and the second person singular is “tu traigas“, etc.
What I really struggle with is: remembering the conjugation of the simple past tense; also known as the “pretérito indefinido“. Again, during those turbulent times of the Middle Ages, a “j” was introduced instead of the “x” which was present in Latin. Why was that done? I don’t know.
What helps me get on top of this verb (and any verb that I struggle with) is to revise it regularly in our Spanish Verb Conjugation game. So, if you want to get on top of it too, download the game now from the Google Play Store.
In my humble opinion, we are still at the beginning of the new year. According to statistics though, many people would have given up their good New Year’s resolutions by now.
Don’t be a statistic!
My New Year’s resolution was to conjugate reflexive verbs with ease. If you, like me, have always wanted to learn Spanish, then follow your dream. Only 10 minutes a day will help you improve and maintain your level of Spanish, and our Spanish Verb Conjugation game makes this easy. It provides a fun way to practice your Spanish verbs. Given how important conjugation is in the Spanish language, what better place to start and continue.
Every other day, I pick a random reflexive verb to practice on. I smiled when I saw yesterday’s verb of the day. It was “apresurarse” which means “to hurry up”, or more colloquially “to get a move on”.
I wasn’t as fast as I’d hoped, and I also got a conjugation wrong on occasion. However, I managed to complete every round first time – even for the imperative! What a great start for 2023.
Our Spanish Verb Conjugation game is a great help towards your daily dose of Spanish. Install it today and give your resolution a boost.
New year, new game!
Yes, we at DOMA Games have started work on a new puzzle game idea.
We call it “The Cube”, and, in essence, it will be a 3D maze game. More precisely, it will be a 3D spaceship maze, where you can manipulate the environment. In addition, there will be items to collect; including various tools to help you achieve your goals and overcome obstacles.
Your challenge is to get to the next level and safe the spaceship from exploding. Are you as excited as we are? If so, the first MVP is ready to be played, and, whilst still very much a work in progress, we have played through it a few times and we’re hooked already.
Sign up today and join us on the journey as the first cohort to play this exciting new puzzle game!
