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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:


<table class="ui celled table">
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>hablar to speak, to talk</td>
			<td>llegar to arrive</td>
			<td>preguntar to ask</td>
			<td>trabajar to work</td>
			<td>estudiar to study</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>


	In the present tense, we replace the ending -ar by a different ending, depending on the person who is performing the action.


<table class="ui fixed celled definition table">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Replace -ar with</th>
			<th>Ending</th>
			<th>Example</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>First person (I)</td>
			<td>-o</td>
			<td>(yo) hablo I speak</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Second person (you)</td>
			<td>-as</td>
			<td>(tú) hablas, (usted) habla you speak</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Third person (he, she)</td>
			<td>-a</td>
			<td>(él) habla, (ella) habla he speaks, she speaks</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>


	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.

The present tense in -ar 1

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

preposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

unknown

exclamatory

invariant noun

Declinable nouns

Personal subject pronouns 2

The present tense in -ar 2

Articles, nouns and gender

The present tense in -er 2

The present tense in -ir 2

The plural forms of nouns and articles

Adjectives

The days of the week

Estar

Questions

Counting from 16 to 29

Z: Miscellaneous

Irregularities in plural nouns

Invariant nouns

The times of the day

Negation

Personal subject pronouns 1

Word order

The present tense in -er 1

The present tense in -ir 1

Deber + infinitive

Word stress

Counting from 0 to 15

Z: Animals

Z: Food

Z: Phrases

Z: Clothing

Diphthongs

Question words

Greeting

Z: Fruits

Z: Vegetables

Colors

Z: Verbs

Meeting

Possessive determiners

Time units

Tener

Demonstratives

Conjunctions 3

Family

Z: Prepositions

Z: Dates and time

Z: The months of the year

Z: Seasons

Z: Household

Tener que + infinitive

Venir

Conjunctions 1: Que

Here and there

Food

A + direct object

Animals

When the indefinite article is not used

Professions

Clothing

Conjunctions 2: And, or

General pronouns and double negation

Z: Conjunctions

Contractions

Z: Sizes

The head and the face

The human body

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Direct object pronouns

Verbs where -o becomes -go

Verbs where e becomes i

Prepositions

Prepositions 2

Possessive pronouns

Verbs where o becomes ue

Counting from 30 to 99

Counting from 100 to 999

01 Gender of nouns

1.2.3

1.2.4

1.2.5

1.2.6

1.2.7

Question	Answer
to speak, to talk	hablar
to arrive	llegar
to ask	preguntar
to work	trabajar
to study	estudiar
I speak.	(Yo) hablo.
You talk.	(Tú) hablas.
You speak.	(Usted) habla.
He talks.	(Él) habla.
She speaks.	(Ella) habla.
I arrive.	(Yo) llego.
You ask.	(Tú) preguntas.
You work.	(Usted) trabaja.
He studies.	(Él) estudia.
She arrives.	(Ella) llega.

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