Spanish A1 · Beginner
The absolute basics: introduce yourself, talk about everyday things, and form simple present-tense sentences in Spanish.
- Subject pronouns (yo, tú/vos, usted, él/ella, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ustedes, ellos/as)
- Address forms: tú, usted, vosotros and ustedes
- The verb "ser" (to be: soy, eres, es...)
- The verb "estar" (to be: estoy, estás, está...)
- The verb "tener" (to have: tengo, tienes, tiene...)
- Noun gender (masculine & feminine)
- Plural nouns
- Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)
- Definite articles (el, la, los, las)
- Contractions al and del (a + el, de + el)
- Adjective agreement (gender & number)
- Adjective position (before & after the noun)
- Ser vs estar: basic contrast
- Present tense: -ar verbs
- Present tense: -er and -ir verbs
- Adverbs of frequency (siempre, a veces, normalmente...)
- Present tense: common irregular verbs (ir, hacer, querer, poder)
- Present tense: common stem-changing verbs (querer, poder, dormir)
- Negation with no
- Possessive adjectives (mi, tu, su, nuestro...)
- Demonstrative adjectives (este, ese, aquel...)
- Neuter demonstratives (esto, eso, aquello)
- Hay (there is / there are)
- Questions: intonation and word order
- Question words (qué, quién, dónde, cuándo, cómo, por qué, cuánto)
- Prepositions of place (en, sobre, debajo de, delante de...)
- Basic place prepositions: a, en and de (with countries and cities)
- Ir a + infinitive (near future)
- Estar + gerundio (present continuous)
- Affirmative commands with tú