There has been some discussion lately about a certain group of verbs that we need to put front and center in all the CI we present to our students in the first few months of the year – the Super Seven. The information about what those verbs are has not been clear, however, until Angie asked about them today and Jody Noble gave a nice and clear answer which I publish here, with a category for ease of reference. (I was told I have too many categories on the PLC but I find them useful). So now in October it is a good idea to make sure that you have targeted or are targeting those verbs and thank you for the definitive answer to this elusive topic, Jody:
The Super Seven come from Mandarin teacher, Terry Waltz, to be adapted to your target language:
Location (to be at a place) – estar
Existence (to exist somewhere, “there is”) – hay
Possession (to have something) – tener
Identity (to be something or someone) — ser
Preference (to like or dislike something) – gustar
Motion (to go somewhere) – ir/correr/caminar
Volition (to feel like doing something) – querer
Eric identified five more to add to the seven to make it twelve:
to be able to – poder
to say – decir
to do/make – hacer
to give – dar
to see – ver
to know – saber