Spanish 80:20 Verbs

Learning Spanish?
 

Verbs most commonly used:

Ser to be, used for things that are more permanent and unchanged
Estar to be, used for state of being, or things that are not permanent
Ir to go
Tener to have
Hacer to do, to make
Gustar to like or enjoy
Querer to want
Poder can
Dicer to say
Ver to see
Venir come
Deber should
Necessitar to need
Dar to give
Jugar to play
Pagar to pay
Quedar to stay
Vivir to live
Mirar to watch 


I want to build out an interactive verb tree using Javascript to illustrate how the different verbs are conjugated.  This will help learn to past, future, and other tenses.  The first step will be to build out the rules for the 'regularly' conjugated verbs, and then build out the trees for the irregularly conjugated verbs.  Once these steps are completed, I would like to create steps for people to enter the verbs that they would like to see.  

Once the tree has been planted and built out, I will create a youtube video to show how this program works and functions. 

Here is are some verbs that are commonly used, but not quite as frequently:

Mandar to send
Prestar to lend
Gastrar to spend
Ahorrar to save
Concinar to cook
Arreglar to fix 










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