{"id":2431,"date":"2011-03-02T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T20:03:24","slug":"spanish-lesson-beginner-13-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-13-spanish-verbs-present-tense-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Lesson Beginner 13 Spanish Verbs: Present Tense (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Beginner 13 Spanish Verbs Present Tense (Part 1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f-0xtdGseaw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hola! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal?<\/p>\n<p>Today we are going to learn how to describe things that we usually do using regular Spanish verbs. \u201cVerbs\u201d are words which describe actions (to talk, to eat, to dance, etc) and \u201cregular\u201d verbs are those verbs which follow a specific rule or rules without exception.<\/p>\n<p>All Spanish verbs in their original infinitive form (&#8220;Infinitivo&#8221; in Spanish) finish in either:  \u2013AR, -ER or \u2013IR. This is the way you will see them in a dictionary. For example, to speak is \u201chablar\u201d, finishing in \u2013AR, \u201ccomer\u201d is to eat, finishing in \u2013ER, etc\u2026 However, when you want to describe who does the action and say, for example, \u201cI speak\u201d or \u201cwe eat\u201d you have to swap the infinitive verb ending for the correct ending used for that person. For example, the ending we use when \u201cI do\u201d something is \u201cO\u201d and so if we want to say \u201cI speak\u201d we have to say \u201chablo\u201d, changing the \u2013AR ending of \u201chablar\u201d to an \u201cO\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are now going to start by looking at some useful regular verbs in their infinitive form and then we will see which endings should be used for each person:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hablar: to speak<br \/>\nTrabajar: to work<br \/>\nEscuchar: to listen to<br \/>\nComprar: to buy<br \/>\nComer: to eat<br \/>\nBeber: to drink<br \/>\nLeer: to read<br \/>\nComprender: to understand<br \/>\nVivir: to live<br \/>\nEscribir: to write<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now let\u00b4s see how to change these regular verbs in order to describe which person does the action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-AR endings:<\/strong><br \/>\n-o: (yo )hablo (I speak) \/ trabajo (I work) \/ escucho (I listen) \/ compro (I buy)<br \/>\n-as: (t\u00fa) hablas (you speak) \/ trabajas (you work) \/ escuchas (you listen) \/ compras (you buy)<br \/>\n-a: (usted) habla (you speak) \/ trabaja (you work) \/ escucha (you listen) \/ compra (you buy) Formal<br \/>\n-a: (el \/ ella) habla (he\/she speaks) \/ trabaja (he\/she works) \/ escucha (he\/she listens) \/ compra (he\/she buys)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-ER endings:<\/strong><br \/>\n-o: yo como (I eat) \/ bebo (I drink) \/ leo (I read) \/ comprendo (I understand)<br \/>\n-es: t\u00fa comes (you eat) \/ bebes (you drink) \/ lees (you read) \/ comprendes (you understand)<br \/>\n-e: usted come (you eat) \/ bebe (you drink) \/ lee (you read) \/ comprende (you understand) Formal<br \/>\n-e: el \/ ella come (he\/she eats) \/ bebe (he\/she drinks) \/ lee (he\/she reads) \/ comprende (he\/she understands)<\/p>\n<p><strong>-IR endings:<\/strong><br \/>\n-o: yo vivo (I live) \/ escribo (I write)<br \/>\n-es: t\u00fa vives (you live) \/ escribes (you write)<br \/>\n-e: usted vive (you live) \/ escribe (you write) Formal<br \/>\n-e: el \/ ella vive (he\/she lives) \/ escribe (he\/she writes)<\/p>\n<p>If you want, you can say \u201cyo hablo\u201d instead of \u201chablo\u201d, \u201ctu habl\u00e1s\u201d instead of \u201chablas\u201d, etc\u2026 but it is not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>To make negative sentences you put \u201cno\u201d before the verb \u201cno hablo\u201d (I don\u00b4t speak), \u201cno como\u201d (I don\u00b4t eat), etc.<\/p>\n<p>To make questions you simply have to change the intonation of your voice. For example: \u201c\u00bfBeb\u00e9s caf\u00e9? (Do you drink coffee?), \u00bfHablas espa\u00f1ol? (Do you speak Spanish?). Without the change of intonation we could, for example, say: \u201cHablas espa\u00f1ol\u201d which means \u201cYou speak Spanish\u201d as an affirmative statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u00b4s see some more examples with all these endings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mi hermano vive en M\u00e9jico: My brother lives in Mexico<br \/>\nNo comprendo: I don\u00b4t understand<br \/>\n\u00bfD\u00f3nde trabajas?: Where do you work? (informal\/to one person)<br \/>\n\u00bfD\u00f3nde trabaja (usted)? Where do you work? (formal\/ to one person)<br \/>\nEscucho m\u00fasica: I listen to music<br \/>\n\u00bfBebes vino?: Do you drink wine?<br \/>\n\u00bfBebe (usted) vino?: Do you drink wine?<br \/>\nVivo en Espa\u00f1a: I live in Spain<\/p>\n<p>In the next beginner lesson we will see more verb endings: those we use for a group of people, to say that \u201cwe\u201d (nosotros) do something, to say that \u201call of you\u201d (vosotros\/ustedes) do something or to say that \u201cthey\u201d (ellos) do something. Until then I recommend that you try to memorize all of the information from today\u2019s class and practice it with different sentences. This is a very important foundation to be able to understand future, more complicated, structures where we will introduce irregular verbs, along with verbs in the past, present and future tenses.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you have a great week. See you soon with more Spanish!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Hasta pronto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a1Hola! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal? Today we are going to learn how to describe things that we usually do using regular Spanish verbs. \u201cVerbs\u201d are words which describe actions (to talk, to eat, to dance, etc) and \u201cregular\u201d verbs are those verbs which follow a specific rule or rules without exception. 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