A1 The present tense of regular verbs
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Most Spanish verbs are regular: drop the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add a new ending for each person. Learn these three patterns and you can conjugate thousands of verbs.
-AR verbs (hablar)
| hablo | I speak |
| hablas | you speak |
| habla | he/she speaks |
| hablamos | we speak |
| habláis | you all speak |
| hablan | they speak |
-ER verbs (comer)
| como | I eat |
| comes | you eat |
| come | he/she eats |
| comemos | we eat |
| coméis | you all eat |
| comen | they eat |
-IR verbs (vivir)
| vivo | I live |
| vives | you live |
| vive | he/she lives |
| vivimos | we live |
| vivís | you all live |
| viven | they live |
Try any verb on the conjugator, then drill the present tense in the exercises.
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