Sunday, March 25, 2018

Regular Verbs


  • Regular Verbs: Part I

There are three categories of verbs:

    -ar verbs (like hablar)
    -er verbs (like comer)
    -ir verbs (like vivir)


hablar – to speak
yo hablo
    I speak
usted habla
    you speak
nosotros/as hablamos
    we speak
ustedes hablan
    you-all speak

comer – to eat
yo como
    I eat
usted come
    you eat
nosotros/as comemos
    we eat
ustedes comen
    you-all eat


vivir – to live
yo vivo
    I live
usted vive
    you live
nosotros/as vivimos
    we live
ustedes viven
    you-all live

Present tense (indicative) in Spanish means three things.

    Yo hablo inglés:

    I speak English.
    I do speak English.
    I am speaking English.

http://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/regverb1



  • Regular Verbs: Part II


hablar
tú hablas
    you (familiar) speak
él habla
    he speaks
ella habla
    she speaks
vosotros/as habláis
    you-all (familiar) speak
ellos/ellas hablan
    they speak

comer
tú comes
    you (familiar) eat
él come
    he eats
ella come
    she eats
vosotros/as coméis
    you-all (familiar) eat
ellos/ellas comen
    they eat

vivir
tú vives
    you (familiar) live
él vive
    he lives
ella vive
    she lives
vosotros/as vivís
    you-all (familiar) live
ellos/ellas viven
    they live


http://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/regverb2


  • Regular Verbs: Part III

To conjugate -ar verbs, drop the ending and add:
    -o
    -as
    -a
    -amos
    -áis
    -an

To conjugate -er verbs, drop the ending and add:
    -o
    -es
    -e
    -emos
    -éis
    -en

To conjugate -ir verbs, drop the ending and add:
    -o
    -es
    -e
    -imos
    -ís
    -en

In Spanish the subject pronouns are not always required. This is because the verb endings can indicate who is performing the action.
Hablo español. (Yo is not necessary.)
I speak Spanish.

Subject pronouns are often used for clarification. For example, the verb form habla is ambiguous.
    Ud. habla
    él habla
    ella habla

http://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/regverb3

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