Present Tense Speed Drill: Irregular Forms

The point where retrieval costs no working memory, freeing your brain to focus on what you're saying instead of how to form it.

quepo — a pure oddity, no pattern to lean on.

sigo (e→i + drop the u) vs. seguimos (keep the u, outside the boot).

digo — it combines a -go yo-form with the e→i boot change.

construyen (i→y between vowels) vs. construimos (no y in the nosotros form).

Chanting builds a chain you must run through in order; jumping builds true random access, which is what real speech requires.

huele — o→ue triggers the hue- spelling at the start of the word.

conduzco (-ducir → -duzco) and conozco (-zco after a vowel).

estar → estoy, ir → voy, dar → doy (and ser → soy).

Any form that took over 2 seconds or came out wrong goes on a hot list, which becomes tomorrow's Round 1.

envío (accented í), continúas (accented ú), río (e→i plus accent).

Silent recall is roughly half as effective for speech automaticity because it skips the motor program.