Spanish

<p>
	Some examples of verbs ending in <strong>-er</strong>:
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			<td>comer<br/><span style="color: #999999">to eat</span></td>
			<td>leer<br/><span style="color: #999999">to read</span></td>
			<td>comprender<br/><span style="color: #999999">to understand</span></td>
			<td>aprender<br/><span style="color: #999999">to learn</span></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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<p>
	In the present tense, we replace the ending <strong>-er</strong> by a different ending, depending on the person who is performing the action.
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			<th>Replace -er with</th>
			<th>Ending</th>
			<th>Example</th>
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			<td>First person (I)</td>
			<td>-o</td>
			<td>(yo) com<strong>o</strong><br/><span style="color: #999999">I eat</span></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Second person (you)</td>
			<td>-es</td>
			<td>(tú) com<strong>es</strong>, (usted) com<strong>e</strong><br/><span style="color: #999999">you eat</span></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Third person (he, she)</td>
			<td>-e</td>
			<td>(él) com<strong>e</strong>, (ella) com<strong>e</strong><br/><span style="color: #999999">he eats, she eats</span></td>
		</tr>
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<p>
	Note that the polite form <strong>usted</strong> uses <strong> the third instead of the second person conjugation</strong>.
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The present tense in -er 1

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

preposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

unknown

exclamatory

invariant noun

Usages of leer