Present Simple - Spanish Verbs
Regular Spanish Verbs
To conjugate the regular verbs in the
present tense of the indicative mood, you take the infinitive form of the verb as
it is found in the dictionary, you remove the group endings (-ar, -er, -ir) and replace them with
the personal endings. The stem of the verb remains the same.
TIP: Most Spanish verbs fall under the -ar group.
Irregular Spanish Verbs
With the many irregular Spanish verbs, the regular group ending rules apply to the verbs. In many cases, you are going to find spelling changes
in the stem of the verbs in their personal forms.
There are some irregular Spanish
verbs where the irregularity in the present tense of the indicative mood is only present in
the first person. The rest of the persons follow a regular pattern.
With other irregular Spanish verbs you will find the irregularity within certain
vowels of the stem of the verb. The changes will affect to yo(I), tú(you), él/ella/usted(he,she,it)
and the ellos, ellas(they) forms.
The vowels that change are e-ie, o-ue, e-i
and u-ue.
Other irregular verbs do not follow any rules and you will have to learn them by
heart.
|
-ar Group |
-er Group |
-ir Group |
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|
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I - o |
I - o |
I - o |
|
You - as |
You - es |
You - es |
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He/she/it - a |
He/She/it - e |
He/She/it - e |
|
We - amos |
We - emos |
We - imos |
|
You(all) - áis |
You(all) - éis |
You(all) - ís |
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They - an |
They - en |
They - en |
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