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Spanish Grammar

6. Verb types -ar/-er/-ir

  • Introduction

  • 1. Nouns – gender
  • 2. Nouns – singular and plural
  • 3. Articles
  • 4. Personal pronouns
  • 5. Adjectives
  • 6. Verb types -ar/-er/-ir
  • 7. Verbs ser, estar, hay
  • 8. Verb gustar
  • 9. Prepositions de, en, a
  • 10. Por and para
  • Introduction

  • 1. Nouns – gender

  • 2. Nouns – singular and plural

  • 3. Articles

  • 4. Personal pronouns

  • 5. Adjectives

  • 6. Verb types -ar/-er/-ir

  • 7. Verbs ser, estar, hay

  • 8. Verb gustar

  • 9. Prepositions de, en, a

  • 10. Por and para

6. Verb types -ar/-er/-ir

In Spanish, there are three verb categories. Depending on their ending, they belong to:

Type I: -ar (hablar)Type II: -er (comer)Type III: -ir (vivir)

In present tense, all regular verbs drop the –ar, -er, -ir endings and and get the following endings:

-AR verbs (habl+)-ER verbs (com+)-IR verbs (viv+)
o, as, a, amos, áis, ano, es, e, emos, éis, eno, es, e, imos, ís, en

Their conjugation looks like this:

Yo -> hablo, como, vivo
Tú -> hablas, comes, vives
Él/ella/usted -> habla, come, vive
Nosotros -> hablamos, comemos, vivimos
Vosotros -> habláis, coméis, vivís
Ellos/ellas/ustedes -> hablan, comen, viven

The pronoun can be used to emphasise who the doer of the action is, but it is not necessary, as it is clear from the verb ending:

Tú hablas muy rápido. Hablas muy rápido.
You speak very fast.

Ellos nunca comen tarde. Nunca comen tarde.
They never eat late.

Nosotros vivimos en Finlandia desde hace 5 años. Vivimos en Finlandia desde hace 5 años.
We have been living in Finland for 5 years.

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