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Present tense of regular –ar verbs
Every verb has a stem and an ending. The three endings for verbs in Spanish
are –ar, -er, and –ir. The stem tells the meaning of the verb and when the
stem is in the infinitive form, we don’t know who is doing the action or
when the action is being performed.
Example:
infinitive
hablar (to talk)
tocar(to play)
practicar(to practice)
stem
habl
toc
practic
ending
ar
ar
ar
To conjugate a verb means to change it so that we know who is doing the
action and when the action is being performed. To conjugate a verb you take
the stem of the verb, drop the –ar ending and add the 6 endings. These
endings are o, as, a, amos, áis and an.
I talk
You talk
He, she talks,
you talk
hablar (to talk/speak)
hablo
hablamos
hablas
habláis
habla
hablan
we talk
you all talk (in Spain)
they talk, you all talk
The ending of the verb in Spanish tells who is doing the action, so you don’t
always need a subject pronoun in front of the verb. Use the subject
pronouns when you want to add emphasis or if you need to clarify who the
subject is.
Example:
Nado en la piscina.
I swim in the pool.
You don’t need the Yo at the beginning of the sentence because
we know that the o ending tells that I am doing the action.
Example:
Nada en la piscina. *Needs to be clarified!*
There needs to be a subject pronoun in this sentence because it could either
mean: She swims in the pool. He swims in the pool. or You swim in the pool.