Spanish verbs end in -ar, -er or -ir. In this lesson we will learn to conjugate verbs ending in -ar in the present tense. The present tense is used to speak both about things that are happening right now and about things that happen frequently.
Some examples of verbs ending in -ar:
| hablar to speak, to talk | llegar to arrive | preguntar to ask | trabajar to work | estudiar to study |
In the present tense, we replace the ending -ar by a different ending, depending on the person who is performing the action.
| Replace -ar with | Ending | Example |
|---|---|---|
| First person (I) | -o | (yo) hablo I speak |
| Second person (you) | -as | (tú) hablas, (usted) habla you speak |
| Third person (he, she) | -a | (él) habla, (ella) habla he speaks, she speaks |
Note that the polite form usted uses the third instead of the second person conjugation. Spanish subject pronouns are often omitted, since the verb ending already gives information about who the subject is.
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