Some examples of verbs ending in -er:
| comer to eat | leer to read | comprender to understand | aprender to learn |
In the present tense, we replace the ending -er by a different ending, depending on the person who is performing the action.
| Replace -er with | Ending | Example |
|---|---|---|
| First person (I) | -o | (yo) como I eat |
| Second person (you) | -es | (tú) comes, (usted) come you eat |
| Third person (he, she) | -e | (él) come, (ella) come he eats, she eats |
Note that the polite form usted uses the third instead of the second person conjugation.
