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The following Spanish tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here!

27. Conjugating Regular Spanish Verbs

Verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er or -ir.  Before a verb is conjugated, it is called the infinitive.  Removing the last two letters gives you the stem of the verb (cantar is to sing, cant- is the stem.)  To conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, add these endings to the stems:

-ar			-er			-ir
o	amos		o	emos		o	imos
as	áis		es	éis		es	ís
a	an		e	en		e	en

Remember that verbs do not require the subject pronouns, so just canto means I sing.  Here are some more regular verbs:

-ar verbs			-er verbs			-ir verbs
bailar	to dance		aprender	to learn		vivir	to live
desear	to want		comer	to eat		escribir	to write
escuchar	to listen		correr	to run		compartir	to share
estudiar	to study		leer	to read		recibir	to receive
hablar	to speak		vender	to sell
practicar	to practice		beber	to drink
tomar	to take		comprender	to understand
viajar	to travel

To make sentences negative, simply put no in front of the verb.

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