Presente de los Verbos –AR
In Spanish we have discussed that verbs could have 1 of 3 infinitive forms:
___-ar___
____-er____
___-ir___
(The largest group of verbs ends in –AR)
In order to use these verbs in a sentence and to allow the verb to match it subject, you will have
to learn the conjugations of –AR verbs
To conjugate any –AR verb there are a few steps to follow:
1.
2.
_Drop_ the –AR ending from the verb in the infinitive
_Add_ the correct verb ending to the verb to match the subject of the sentence and
the person doing the action
Yo
-o
Nosotros(as)
-amos
Tú
-as
Vosotros(as)
-áis
Él/ella/Ud.
-a
Ellos/ellas/Uds.
-amos
Ejemplo: Hablar the forms for this verb are: hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, habláis, hablan
In Spanish, the present tense of a verb can be translated into 2 different English translations:
(using hablar as an example – Yo hablo)
1.
I speak
2.
I am speaking