Sé que... I know that...
Creo que... I believe that...
Oigo que... I hear that...
Pienso que... I think that...
Es verdad que... It is true that...
Using 2 verbs together (the Dozen Egg Verbs):
- conjugate verb #1
- verb #2 stays in the infinitive form
deber should, must, ought to
desear to desire, to want
querer to want
quisiera I would like
Me gusta I like
Me gustaría I would like
poder to be able to
necesitar to need
ir a going to do
tener que to have to do
soler to tend to (do)
preferir to prefer
Transition Words
a menudo often
muchas veces many times
a veces sometimes
además besides
anteayer the day before yesterday
antes (de) before
ayer yesterday
de repente suddenly
de pronto suddenly
de vez en cuando from time to time; once in a while
desafortunadamente unfortunately
después (de) after
durante during
en el momento que at the time that
finalmente finally
por fin finally
jamás never
nunca never
mientras while
por eso therefore
por lo general generally
generalmente generally
usualmente usually
por lo tanto therefore
por primera vez for the first time
rara vez rarely
raramente rarely
siempre always
también also; too
un día one day
Ordinal Numbers
primero (primer) 1st
segundo 2nd
tercero(tercer) 3rd
cuarto 4th
quinto 5th
sexto 6th
séptimo 7th
octavo 8th
noveno 9th
décimo 10th