Top 5 most important verbs to know inside and out.

Question

Mine are: tener, hacer, ir, estar, ser.

Can you name some other really key verbs that are commonly used?

(doy un vote para todos gente que puede participar)

Answer 1

Ser, estar, (to be) tener (es decir: possess) ir (to go) y hablar( to speak)

These verbs are among the high frequency verbs ie those most used and needed in Spanish and would be necessary for beginners and advanced alike.

In reality it is very difficult to choose only 5 since daily living requieres the usage of more than 50 and perhaps more than 100 high frequency verbs.

If were to add 5 more these would be/include:

dar, (to go) decir (to say/tell) haber (to have auxiliary verb needed to form the present perfect indicative tense eg he comido o he entendido) querer = to wish/want and to love and finally:ayudar = to help.

I don't think that anyone would dispute that the verbs I have chosen are important high-frequency verbs but they are open to debate as to whether other verbs could be considered even more important eg; conocer = to know, (a person) saber( to know (a place) tomar = to take/ to have a drink.

I am sure that everyone has their own ideas but we would all certainly have to agree that estar and ser must be among the top 5 verbs since it would be hard to say much without them

requires (no "ie" in the word) :-) - pesta, Oct 18, 2011

Answer 2

I would add Haber.

Answer 3

My top five would be:

1) To be = Ser/Estar

2) To have = Tener

3) To make = Hacer

4) To want = Querer

5) To say = Decir

Then you can also add To like = Gustar as a possible number 6.

Oh I totally forgot To Go = IR. That's probably my number 2 - croberts, Oct 17, 2011

Answer 4

You missed the Godfather of all Spanish verbs DAR

Add to that Querer, Decir, Poder, Ver, Saber, Venir, just to mention a few.

The funny thing is he used it in his last statement. :) - Yeser007, Oct 17, 2011

Don't you guys know any regular verbs? - 0074b507, Oct 17, 2011