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How to Conjugate…
SPANISH VERBS
First, let’s review the subject pronouns.
Singular
Person
1st
• yo
I
2nd
• tú
you
3rd
• usted
• él
• ella
you
he
she
Plural
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
nosotros m.
nosotras f.
vosotros m.
vosotras f.
ustedes
ellos m.
ellas f.
we
you
you
they
1. Grammar. To inflect a verb in its forms
for distinctions such as number,
person, voice, mood, and tense.
Examples of a conjugation…
–I run.
–We are.
–You have.
–You see.
–She walks.
–They speak.
• not having inflections to indicate tense
n : the uninflected (or unconjugated)
form of the verb
• the “to” form of a verb: to run, to walk,
to have
There are three types of verbs in Spanish.
-AR
-ER
Types of verbs
• -AR verbs are verbs
that end in –ar.
Hablar, mirar.
• -ER verbs end in –er.
Comer, beber.
-IR
• -IR verbs end in –ir.
Vivir, ofrir.
* Verbs ending in –ar, -er, and –ir in Spanish are known as infinitives.
Let’s get started…
Conjugating regular –AR verbs.
• To conjugate a regular –AR verb, one
must first remove the –AR ending from
the infinitive. This will leave you with
the base.
Use the infinitive, hablar
hablar – ar = habl
habl is your base
Add the regular –AR
verb endings to
your base
• o
• as
• a
• amos
• áis
• an
infinitive – ending = base
hablar – ar = habl
habl o
habl amos
habl as
habl áis
habl a
habl an
These endings correspond with the
following subject pronouns.
Person
Singular
Plural
1st • yo = • o
• nosotros/as = • amos
2nd • tú = • as
•
•
•
•
3rd
• Ud.
• él = • a
• ella
vosotros/as = • áis
Uds.
ellos
= • an
ellas
P uzzled
Memorization is the key to
conjugating regular verbs in
Spanish
Conjugating regular
verbs in Spanish
is a pattern.
Infinitive
-AR
= Base
Habl
o
Once you have learned to conjugate
one regular –AR verb…
infinitive – ending = base
nadar – ar = nad
nado
nadamos
nadas
nadáis
nada
nadan
…you can conjugate
all regular –AR verbs.
infinitive – ending = base
caminar – ar =
camin o camin amos
camin
camin as camin áis
camin a
camin an
add your subject pronouns
yo
cocinar – ar = cocin
cocin o
nosotros/as cocin amos
tú
cocin as
Ud.
él
ella
cocin a
vosotros/as
cocin áis
Uds.
ellos
ellas
cocin an
Conjugating Spanish –AR
verbs is like learning your
123’s and your ABC’s.
Once you know the pattern, you can
conjugate every regular –AR verb.
Also, you can tell if it is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
person singular or plural.
Not any
more!
We still have
two more verbs:
–ER and –IR.
We’re not
finished yet.
Don’t sweat it though!
The pattern is:
infinitive – ending = base
hablar
comer
vivir
infinitive – ending = base
hablar – ar = habl
comer – er = com
vivir – ir = viv
Now you know the pattern!
Now all you need are the endings…
Once you know how to conjugate the regular –AR
verb, conjugating –ER and –IR verbs are simple.
-ER verbs are like –AR verbs. The only
difference is the “A” and the “E”.
-IR verbs are sister verbs to the –ER verbs.
They share four of the same endings.
Here are the regular verb endings…
-AR
-ER
-IR
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
1st
-o
-amos
-o
-emos
-o
-imos
2nd
-as
-áis
-es
-éis
-es
-ís
3rd
-a
-an
-e
-en
-e
-en
Person
Get your pencil
ready!
yo
comer – er = com
com o
nosotros/as com emos
tú
com es
Ud.
él
ella
com e
vosotros/as
com éis
Uds.
ellos
ellas
com en
Don’t get tired yet,
Now ready for the next step
vivir – ir = viv
yo
viv o
nosotros/as
viv imos
tú
viv es
vosotros/as
viv ís
Ud.
él
ella
viv e
Uds.
ellos
ellas
viv en
Now wipe away all those tears,
there is nothing
more to fear.
You have now
learned how to
conjugate regular
Spanish verbs.
Time is up, so now we’re done.
Let’s go have
some fun!