Hi all, for a change, I'll post some revision for Spanish GCSE.
I have always found trying to memorize Spanish tenses a bit difficult, present tense is easy but as it gets deeper, it gets more complicated.
Present tense - Regular Verbs
| -AR | -ER | -IR | Pronoun |
|---|---|---|---|
| -o | -o | -o | I |
| -as | -es | -es | You |
| -a | -e | -e | He/she/it |
| -amos | -emos | -imos | We |
| -áis | -éis | -ís | You (plural) |
| -an | -en | -en | They |
To use these endings, here are some examples
AR verbs
Get a REGULAR verb that ends with AR, for example = Hablar
Using the endings from the table, the products should look like this:
| -AR | Pronoun | Product example |
|---|---|---|
| -o | I | Hablo |
| -as | You | Hablas |
| -a | He/she/it | Habla |
| -amos | We | Hablamos |
| -áis | You (plural) | Habláis |
| -an | They | Hablan |
Hablar means "to talk"
The next example will be for ER ending regular verbs, an example of an ER verb is Comer
| -ER | Pronoun | Product example |
|---|---|---|
| -o | I | Como |
| -es | You | Comes |
| -e | He/she/it | Come |
| -emos | We | Comemos |
| -éis | You (plural) | Coméis |
| -en | They | Comen |
Comer means "to eat"
This is the IR ending verbs, an example is the commonly used verb Vivir
| -IR | Pronoun | Product example |
|---|---|---|
| -o | I | Vivo |
| -es | You | Vives |
| -e | He/she/it | Vive |
| -imos | We | Vivimos |
| -ís | You (plural) | Vivís |
| -en | They | Viven |
The meaning of Vivir is "to live"
That's all for this post, if there are any queries please leave a comment below.
I know that in the middle section of most learner dictionaries for spanish there are tense tables there with the irregular verbs included. There are many irregular verbs so watch out.
Thanks and (soon) Happy New Year!
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Simple rules and easy to remember. You would know that Spanish is my native language and I was surprised to see this trick, lol you always learn something new every day
Good Post
Thank you, I try to practice reciting the endings so that I remember them
This is great! Thank you!
I learnt Spanish a few years ago so I could travel around Central America... and then have promptly forgotten all of it... this is a great refresher.
Thank you, my mom and I practice talking to each other in Spanish because she's from South America