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Present Tense — Regular Verbs

Regular -AR, -ER, -IR verb conjugation in the present tense

A1
-AR (hablar)-ER (comer)-IR (vivir)
yohablocomovivo
hablascomesvives
él/ella/Ud.hablacomevive
nosotroshablamoscomemosvivimos
ellos/Uds.hablancomenviven
  • ·Drop the -ar/-er/-ir ending and add the person ending
  • ·-AR is the most common verb type in Spanish
  • ·-ER and -IR share the same endings except for nosotros: -emos vs -imos

Examples

Yo hablo español con mi tutora.

I speak Spanish with my tutor.

YoIhablospeakespañolSpanishconwithmimytutora.tutor.

Nosotros comemos pizza los viernes.

We eat pizza on Fridays.