Spanish A1–A2 · with practice
Numbers & colors
Learn to count, name colors, and use the words from your conjugation sheet. Every section ends with a short practice.
Numbers
Zero to a million
The first fifteen numbers have to be memorized. After that, almost everything is built from pieces.
0–15 · the irregulars
The 16–29 patterns
The tens
The hundreds and thousands
Use cien only for exactly 100. For 101 and above: ciento uno, ciento veinte.
Translator
Type a number
From 0 to 999,999. We'll spell it in Spanish.
Practice
Colors
Twelve colors, four forms
A color is an adjective, so it agrees with the noun. First the name; then the endings.
Masculine and feminine
- el coche rojo the red car
- la casa roja the red house
- el gato negro the black cat
- la gata negra the black female cat
Singular and plural
- el coche rojo one car
- los coches rojos several cars
- la flor amarilla the yellow flower
- las flores amarillas the yellow flowers
One form for both genders
- el cielo azul the blue sky
- los ojos azules the blue eyes
- la camisa verde the green shirt
- las camisas verdes the green shirts
Question and answer
- ¿De qué color es el coche? What color is the car?
- Es rojo. / Es de color rojo. It's red.
- ¿De qué color son los ojos? What color are the eyes?
- Son azules. / Son de color azul. They're blue.
Remember
The color comes after
In Spanish the adjective usually follows the noun: la casa blanca, not la blanca casa. If you say la blanca nieve, it sounds literary or poetic.
With ¿De qué color…? you can ask about anything: clothes, cars, eyes, walls.
Practice
Words
The verbs on your sheet
Your conjugation sheet has almost 180 verbs with their translations. Search them in Spanish or English here, then review them with flashcards.
Scroll inside the list to see more verbs.
| Person | hablar (-ar) | comer (-er) | vivir (-ir) |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | hablo | como | vivo |
| tú | hablas | comes | vives |
| él, ella, usted | habla | come | vive |
| nosotros | hablamos | comemos | vivimos |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hablan | comen | viven |
These endings work for every regular verb. Only the stem changes: trabaj- + o = trabajo. The pronouns are yo (I), tú (you, informal), usted (you, formal), nosotros (we), ellos/ellas (they), and ustedes (you all).
The conjugation sheet
Your full reference
Ten pages with the tenses, regular endings, spelling and stem changes, and the irregular verbs. The whole sheet is here; use the zoom to get closer to a table.
Guide
How to use this page
A short tour of the sections and an explanation of the sheet, so you know where to look when you get stuck.
Start with the numbers
Read 0 to 15 out loud and tap each card to hear it. When you reach 16, notice the repeated piece: dieci-. It works the same for veinti- from 21 to 29.
Try the translator
Type a number and say it before you read the result. If you miss, break it apart: tens first, then units. The generator takes 0 to 999,999.
Move on to the colors
Name the color of something near you. Then change the noun: el libro rojo, la puerta roja, los libros rojos. That is where agreement starts to stick.
Review verbs with flashcards
Search in English for the action you want to say. Tap the card to see the translation, and use Hear it for pronunciation. Filter by -ar, -er, or -ir when you are studying one ending.
Go back to the sheet when you conjugate
Find the verb on pages 2–4. If it carries a B or C label, apply that change to the stem and then add the ending from page 1. If it is not listed, it is irregular: see page 9.
The sheet, page by page
Tenses Explained
What each tense does, with an example sentence in English and Spanish.
Regular Conjugations
The -ar and -er/-ir endings in present, imperfect, preterite, future, and conditional, plus subjunctive, imperative, and participles.
Regular Verbs
The vocabulary list: verbs grouped by ending, with their translations.
Spell-Change
Letter changes that keep the sound: c → qu, g → gu, z → c, i → y, and others.
Stem-Change
Vowel changes in the stem: e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue, with the affected persons.
Irregular
Ser, estar, tener, ir, hacer, and friends, plus irregular gerunds and participles.
How to read a verb
Find the verb on pages 2–4. The right-hand column gives the meaning.
If the verb carries B1–B8, change the spelling by that group's rule. The sound stays the same; the letter does not.
If it carries C1–C4, change the stem vowel only in the persons the block lists.
Add the ending from page 1. The tables are split into -ar and -er/-ir.
Asterisks *** flag an extra exception; the note sits to the right of the verb. If the verb is on no list, look on page 9.