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Try looking up Spanish verb conjugations. It helps a lot. The verb changes depending on the pronoun and the tense. For example, verbo 'escribir' means 'to write'.
Yo escribo ¦ Tú escribes | Él/Ella/Usted escribe ¦ Nosotros escribimos ¦ Vosotros escribís ¦ Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes escriben ¦
Note:this conjugation is only for the indicative present tense. It is different for other tenses.
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Generally, the rules for definite articles in English and Spanish are the same but with a few specific exceptions. This isn't one of those exceptions, so you don't use "la" since "the" isn't present in the English sentence.
Using the Definite Article in Spanish https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/using-the-definite-article-in-spanish
Use and Omission of the Definite Article in Spanish https://www.thoughtco.com/use-and-omission-of-definite-article-3078144
FULL DISCLOSURE: Native English speaker - US, Southern Appalachian dialect. Other uses of English may vary. Advice about Spanish should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Class, when used to mean "an occasion when a group of students meets to be taught", can be either countable or uncountable, so it can be correct with or without articles (a, an, the).
Class https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/class_1
FULL DISCLOSURE: Native English speaker - US, Southern Appalachian dialect. Other uses of English may vary. Advice about Spanish should be taken with a grain of salt.
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By the way, you must use the pronoun yo only if you want some emphasis on the subject. The most natural wording would be: Necesito escribir en clase.
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In a tap what you hear exercise we must do just that and not try to make a better version, e. g. la clase. That is just Duolingo rules.
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So most other examples translate "in class" as "en la clase" but here it's not? What's the difference between them? Is "at school" always "en la escuela" too? I just want to know what most Spanish speakers really use in normal contexts.