Introduction To Verbs (00)

(Yo) hablo español un poco. means I speak Spanish a little.

Spanish present simple tense is used to express English present simple (I work) and present progressive tense (I am working).

We can make a question:

• by switching the subject with the verb
• by rising intonation at the end of a sentence (without changing the word order)

A negative is made by placing NO before the verb.

Spanish has REGULAR and IRREGULAR verbs. Regular verbs don´t change their stem when conjugated.

All Spanish verbs belong to one of three groups based on their conjugation. Each conjugation group has a different infinitive ending: -AR, -ER, -IR and its own set of endings added to the stem of the verb.

CONJUGATION of -AR verbs (HABLAR = to speak, to talk)

Lesson on -AR verbs here

CONJUGATION of -ER verbs (COMER = to eat)

Lesson on -ER verbs here

CONJUGATION of -IR verbs (VIVIR = to live)

Lesson on -IR verbs here

The most used verbs -AR

The most used verbs -ER

The most used verbs -IR

Summary

• There are three verb conjugations in Spanish.
• Spanish present tense can be used for English present simple and progressive.
• A negative is formed when we place NO before the verb.
• A question is formed by inversion of subject and verb or by rising intonation.
• There are regular and irregular verbs.