10 common Spanish verbs that express motion – Episode 50

10 common Spanish verbs that express motion

Podcast episode 50 – SEE ALL EPISODES

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Today you’re going to learn and practice 10 very useful words.

Today’s question comes from Blanche, one of my newsletter subscribers. Blanche asked me a few days ago: “How do you say ‘to walk’, ‘to run’, ‘to arrive’ and verbs like that in Spanish?”

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Spanish verbs that express motion: intro

To help Blanche, and to help you, I’ve made a list of ten very common Spanish verbs that express motion. With this lesson, you’re going to master those ten words.

Let’s hear them. Repeat them after me:

andar, to walk
caminar, to stroll
correr, to run
ir, to go
llegar, to arrive
mover, to move
salir, to go out
seguir, to follow
venir, to come
volver, to return

Let’s say them again. Repeat after me.

Knowing common words like this will help you communicate in Spanish more easily. Let’s do some drills, so you can learn them well.

Spanish verbs that express motion: listening drill

First, we’re going to do a listening drill. Can you tell me what these 10 words mean?

salir, to go out
ir, to go
volver, to return
llegar, to arrive
venir, to come
correr, to run
andar, to walk
mover, to move
seguir, to follow
caminar, to stroll

Spanish verbs that express motion: speaking drill

Now, let’s do a speaking drill. Can you tell me these 10 words in Spanish?

to run, correr
to go, ir
to arrive, llegar
to walk, andar
to return, volver
to go out, salir
to move, mover
to come, venir
to stroll, caminar
to follow, seguir

To recap, let’s say those 10 words again. Repeat after me:

andar
caminar
correr
ir
llegar
mover
salir
seguir
venir
volver

Of the 10 verbs you’ve learned today, only two of them are regular: caminar (to stroll), and correr (to run). The other eight are irregular.

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