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Spanish Sucks – April 2019

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The 20/80 Rule.  Most Common Words. AGAIN

Imagine that with only 20% of vocabulary you could be able to handle 80% of normal conversations.  Imagine that instead of trying to memorize 1000 words; 200 would be enough.  Imagine that instead of learning and conjugating 100 verbs; 20 would be sufficient.

Well, that’s what the experts call the 20/80 Rule.

Today, I am going to give you again a list of words with the most common words in Spanish.

This list has been generated from subtitles of movies and television series with a total of about 27.4 million words.  So, take it seriously 😉
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Spanish Sucks – December 2017

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?  Remember to check your answer on this link: http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

This month there are seven new verbs.  THE LAST SEVEN ONES.  Fill the boxes with the conjugations of the verbs in present tense…

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation… Every month I will give you seven flashcards to fill!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – November 2017

¡Happy New 70 Verbs!

¡Happy New Flashcards!

Parte IX

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?  Remember to check your answer on thins link:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

This month there are seven new verbs.  Fill the boxes with the conjugations of the verbs in present tense…

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – September/October 2017

¡Happy New 70 Verbs!

¡Happy New Flashcards!

Parte VIII

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?  Remember to check your answer on this link:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

This month there are seven new verbs.  Fill the boxes with the conjugations of the verbs in present tense…

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – August 2017

¡Happy New 70 Verbs!

¡Happy New Flashcards!

Parte VII

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?  Remember to check your answer on thins link:  oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/.

This month there are seven new verbs.  Fill the boxes with the conjugations of the verbs in present tense…

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine:  oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/.

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Spanish Sucks – July 2017

¡Happy New 70 Verbs!

¡Happy New Flashcards!

Parte V

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?  Remember to check your answer on this link:  printable-spanish-flashcards/

This month there are seven new verbs.  Fill the boxes with the conjugations of the verbs in present tense…

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine: oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – May/June 2017

¡Happy New 70 Verbs!

¡Happy New Flashcards!

Parte V

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?:

LAVAR,   LLEVAR,   OLER,   DORMIR,   PERDER,   MATAR,   MIRAR.

Good luck with the next seven!:

ENTAR,   ESPERAR,   DEBER,   CONSEGUIR,   HABER,   ESTAR,   ESTUDIAR.

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine:  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – April 2017

Spanish Sucks by Os¡Happy New 70 Verbs!
¡Happy New Flashcards!
Parte IV

¡Hola amigos!  How did you do filling the previous seven verbs?:

GANAR,   GUSTAR,   HACER,   DECIR,   LEER,   HABLAR,   JUGAR.

Good luck with the next seven!:

LAVAR,   LLEVAR,   OLEER,   DORMIR,   PERDER,   MATAR,   MIRAR.

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine!  http://www.oscostarica.com/

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Spanish Sucks – March 2017

Spanish Sucks by Os¡Happy New 70 Verbs!
¡Happy New Flashcards!
Parte III

¡Hola amigos! How did you feel filling the first seven verbs?

AMAR,   AYUDAR,   APRENDER,   ABRIR,   BEBER,   CAMINAR,   CERRAR.

And how did you do with the last seven?

COCINAR,   COMENZAR,   COMER,   CONDUCIR,   CONOCER,   COMPRAR,   DAR.

Good luck with the following seven!

GANAR,   GUSTAR,   HACER,   DECIR,   LEER,   HABLAR,   JUGAR.

Remember that I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation… Every month I will give you seven flashcards to fill! Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine! oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/.
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Spanish Sucks – February 2017

Spanish Sucks by Os¡Happy New Year!
¡Happy New 70 Verbs!
¡Happy New Flashcards!
Parte II

¡Hola amigos!  How did you feel filling the previous seven verbs:

AMAR,   AYUDAR,   APRENDER,   ABRIR,   BEBER,   CAMINAR,   CERRAR.

Good luck with the next seven:

COCINAR,   COMENZAR,   COMER,   CONDUCIR,   CONOCER,   COMPRAR,   DAR.

I chose those 70 verbs based on the frequency of use, the importance of complexity and the pattern of conjugation…  Every month I will give you seven flashcards to feel!  Go to my website and compare your fillings with mine!  http://www.oscostarica.com/printable-spanish-flashcards/

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Spanish Sucks – January 2017

Spanish Sucks by Os¿Did you: ¡Hola amigos!  ¿How were your holidays?  I hope you had great times and lots of fun.  I wish you lots of health and the best desires for this 2017 J

I know you are sick and tired of me telling you to study the 12 Time Tables, those TWELVE verbs (hablar, comer, vivir, ser, estar, tener, hacer, ir, poder, gustar, llamarSE, haber) I keep telling you to observe, to learn, to memorize and to master…

So this year I am gonna give you 70 VERBOS, not any seventy, I am gonna give the 70 MOST  ESSENTIAL  SPANISH  VERBS.  Off course the 12 super important ones are inside that list 😉

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¿What did you do during the rainy season?

Spanish Sucks by Os¿Did you: 

OBSERVE THE ENDINGS?; 

ANALYZE THE BOXES?; 

LEARN THE VERBS?; 

MEMORIZE THE WORDS?…

I hope you DID those things.  I hope you did use and invest your time into the Spanish language and those 12 verbs which I told you are súper importantes 😉

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¿What are you doing during the rainy season? Part 2

Spanish Sucks by OsOBSERVING THE ENDINGS,  ANALYZING THE BOXES,  LEARNING THE VERBS,  MEMORIZING THE WORDS…

I hope you are doing those things. Otherwise you are not taking advantage of these articles in your free time… But I am not here to judge you, I am here to help you 😉

Let’s observe the endings together:

-AR verbs

O A
AMOS AN

  -ER verbs

O E
EMOS EN

-IR verbs

O E
IMOS EN

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¿What to do during the rainy season?

Spanish Sucks by OsOBSERVE THE ENDINGS,  ANALYZE THE BOXES,  LEARN THE VERBS,  MEMORIZE THE WORDS…

Four years ago we learned how to play with verbs in present and three years ago we learned how to play with verbs in past.  ¿Remember the endings?

Let’s review both endings using boxes…

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