Spanish Verb Helper

Spanish Verb Helper is a small programme designed to help you discover and learn Spanish verbs. When the programme is installed it has a database containing 180 common Spanish verbs. In the list are most of the irregular verbs. For each verb the infinitive is presented along with the main conjugations: the past and present participles (gerund) and the preterit, the imperfect, the subjunctive, the future and the conditional.

The programme is not a dictionary and only a single word “definition” is provided for each verb. However, you can enter as much descriptive text as you wish for each verb, creating a personalised dictionary. New verbs can also be added and the definitions and conjugations changed.

The programme has two parts, the first of which contains a list of all the verbs in the database. You can select a verb from the list and see all its conjugations. Alternatively you can search for a conjugation and the programme will identify the verb and display its conjugations.

The second part is a verb testing programme which is based on the technique of flash cards. You can select the conjugations you wish to test yourself on and the programme will randomly select a set of verbs. A conjugation will then be displayed, for instance in the present “soy” and the you can then try to identify the infinitive, the pronoun and the tense. Pressing a button displays this information and the definition. Alternatively you can select to have definitions displayed and then try to identify the infinitive, tense and conjugation. You can reduce the number of verbs selected by placing the in groups, for instance ten common irregular verbs and reduce the number of conjugations selected.

The programme has been written to run under the .Net framework which is part of the Windows XP and Vista operating systems. Those running earlier versions of the Windows might have to download the .Net framework from the Microsoft website.

To use Spanish Verb Helper after the 14 day trial period enter the following registration number 92411-65289-28921.

Download Spanish Verb Helper (500KB)

To install the programme click on the downloaded file.