Spanish/Tenses/Indicative/Simple/Present
| -AR | -ER | -IR | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| conjugation | example | translation | conjugation | example | translation | conjugation | example | translation | |
| -AR | hablar | to speak | -ER | comer | to eat | -IR | vivir | to live | |
| Yo | stem+o | hablo | I speak | stem+o | como | I eat | stem+o | vivo | I live |
| Tú | stem+as | hablas | You speak | stem+es | comes | You eat | stem+es | vives | You live |
| Él | stem+a | habla | He speaks | stem+e | come | He eats | stem+e | vive | He lives |
| Nosotros | stem+amos | hablamos | We speak | stem+emos | comemos | We eat | stem+imos | vivimos | We live |
| Vosotros | stem+áis | habláis | You all speak | stem+éis | coméis | You all eat | stem+ís | vivís | You all live |
| Ellos | stem+an | hablan | They speak | stem+en | comen | They eat | stem+en | viven | They live |
Some things to note:
- All yo forms of regular verbs end in -o, all tú forms in -s, él forms in -a or -e, nosotros in -mos, vosotros in -is, and ellos in -n. As Spanish is a pro-drop language, you must get used to determining a verb's subject based on its ending.
- Notice the similarities between the -ER and -IR verbs. While not completely similar, they differ only in the nosotros and vosotros forms.