Conjugating Present Tense Verbs - REGULAR VERBS

CONJUGATING - what a horrendous word. What the hell does this mean? Basically it means changing a verb to suit who you are taking about.

I walk
You walk
He walks
They walk

In Spanish, the verb To Walk (Caminar) ...changes to match who you want to talk about.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS
  • Yo - I
  • Tu - YOU
  • el/ella/usted - HE / SHE / FORMAL WAY OF SAYING YOU SINGULAR
  • Nosotros - WE
  • Vosotros - YOU (to a group of more than one)
  • Ellos /Ustedes - THEY / FORMAL YOU PLURAL
.....all of these are called PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS with VERBS

Lets use the infinitive: CAMINAR - to walk, ends with AR:
  • yo CAMINO - I walk
  • tu CAMINAS - You walk
  • el/ella/usted CAMINA - he/she/formal You walk
  • nosotros CAMINAMOS - we walk
  • vosotros CAMINAIS - You Group(talking to more than one person) walk
  • ellos/ustedes CAMINAN- The/ Formal You plural walk
CAMINAR IS REGULAR VERB

REGULAR VERB CONJUGATING:

Regular verbs are nice and easy because they follow the same rule

They all end either AR, ER, IR - (AR ending is above CAMINAR)

COMER - to eat

yo comO, tu comES, el come, nosotros comEMOS, vosotros comEIS, ellos comEN

ESCRIBRIR - to write

yo escribO, tu escribES, el escribE, nosotros escribIMOS, vosotros escribIS, ellos escribEN

USEFUL REGUALAR VERBS INCLUDE:

No. Spanish English
1 pasar to pass, to spend (time), to happen
2 deber to owe, must, should, ought to
3 quedar to stay, remain
4 hablar to speak
5 llevar to carry, bring
6 dejar to leave, abandon, to let, allow
7 llamar to call, to name
8 tomar to take, drink
9 vivir to live
10 tratar to treat, handle
11 mirar to watch, look at
12 esperar to wait for, to hope
13 existir to exist
14 entrar to enter, go in, come in
15 trabajar to work
16 ocurrir to occur, happen
17 recibir to receive, to welcome, greet
18 terminar to finish, end
19 permitir to permit, allow
20 necesitar to need, require
21 resultar to turn out (to be)
22 cambiar to change
23 presentar to introduce
24 crear to create, to make
25 considerar to consider

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