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Regular Spanish Verbs

Table of Contents
1. Definition of Regular Spanish Verbs	2. Basic Rules to Conjugate Verbs
3. Example of Conjugate Verbs	4. Additional Tips for Regular Spanish Verbs
5. Useful Examples of Regular Spanish Verbs

Definition of Regular Spanish Verbs

Let's start by defining what they are, regular verbs in Spanish consist particularly of verbs that maintain uniform conjugations, conserving their immutable root no matter how it is conjugated or the tense used. It is fundamental to understand and memorize certain simple rules to carry out a correct conjugation, these rules work practically the same in all cases so after learning them you will be able to apply them indistinctly in each regular verb that will be presented to you in this class to start communicating in Spanish.

pintar =to paint
deber =to owe
abrir =to open
ocurrir =to occur
necesitar =to need
mirar =to watch

Basic Rules to Conjugate Verbs

The endings of Spanish verbs always retain a structure that is presented with the particles "ar", "er" or "ir" depending on the specific case, an example of this would be "Nadar" (swim). These endings are the last two letters of the verb that will help us build regular verbs, where the root, let's remember it well, will never change, the only thing that will vary in the process are these last two letters that will become others as we will see below.

	ar	er	ir
Yo	o	o	o
Tú	as	es	es
Él/Ella	a	e	e
Nosotros	amos	emos	imos
Vosotros	áis	éis	is
Ellos/Ellas	an	en	en

escribir =to write
trabajar =to work

Example of Conjugate Verbs

You may find it strange how simple it seems but it is true, you only have to change the endings of the verb you want to conjugate and place those shown in the table above at each specific moment and form. Simple, isn't it? Now let's look at some practical examples.

	Nadar (to swim)	Comer (to eat)	Reír (to laugh)
Yo	Nado (I swim)	Como (I eat)	Rio (I laugh)
Tú	Nadas (You swim)	Comes (You eat)	Ríes (you laugh)
Él/Ella	Nada (He/She swims)	Come (He/She eats)	Ríe (He/She laughs)
Nosotros	Nadamos (We swim)	Comemos (We eat)	Reímos (We laugh)
Vosotros	Nadáis (You swim)	Coméis (You eat)	Reís (You laugh)
Ellos/Ellas	Nadan (They swim)	Comen (They eat)	Ríen (they laugh)

Nado, Nadas, Nada =To Swim
Como, Comes, Come =To Eat
Rio, Ríes, Ríe =To Laugh

Additional Tips for Regular Spanish Verbs

1	When you find in any Spanish text the letters "LL" together, they will be pronounced as a "Y". A clear example of this can be found in "Hallar", which will sound like "Hayar".
2	When you try to memorize the verbs a very popular and attractive method is to put them together in pairs of opposites to learn that form simplifying the process a little more.
3	It is elementary to set realistic goals and not pretend to memorize a million verbs in one afternoon, it would be more practical and beneficial to focus on the five or ten most rare and striking verbs observed in the day.

tomar =to eat or drink
cuidar =to take care of

Useful Examples of Regular Spanish Verbs

Examples

to paint	pintar	to owe	deber
to open	abrir	to occur	ocurrir
to need	necesitar	to watch	mirar
to write	escribir	to work	trabajar
to earn	ganar	to win	ganar
to wash	lavar	to wait	esperar
to live	vivir	to listen	escuchar
to lend	prestar	to leave	dejar
to last	durar	to kiss	besar
to insist	insistir	to hug	abrazar
to verify	verificar	to vary	variar
to use	usar	to turn off	apagar
to treat	tratar	to travel	viajar
to touch	tocar	to teach	enseñar
to hide	esconder	to help	ayudar
to help	ayudar	to have dinner	cenar
to guess	adivinar	to greet	saludar
to give a gift	regalar	to get down	bajar
to get off	bajar	to fix	arreglar
to carry	llevar	to take	tomar
to eat or drink	tomar	to take care of	cuidar
to swim	to sweep	to sweat	sudar
to study	estudiar	to fill	llenar
to take out	sacar	to explain	explicar
to enter	entrar	to end	terminar
to drive	manejar	to speak	hablar