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.
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 |
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) |
| 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. |
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 |
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