Hello everyone, I’m John,
I hope you are here because you are eager to learn about Spanish verbs;
maybe you are looking for an online Spanish Verb Conjugator? The fact is I have a lot of information about Spanish verb conjugations that I would love to share with you.
I can simplify things to such an extent that your children could learn from this site too.
First off I want to tell you not to be scared of Spanish;
The Spanish language is much different to what you are used to of course, but when you do start to wrap your head around it you will find it far more basic and logical than the English language.
Hopefully you have already started to study Spanish basics, to learn simple words and maybe even some Spanish sentences, but if not, I will be covering some of those basics here too. I will eventually lead you to the latest language learning software, an incredible Spanish verb conjugator.
Okay let us begin;
- Yo=I.
- tu= you, singular, informal, use this with friends, people you know well, and children.
- usted=you, singular, formal, used when addressing superiors or people that you do not know well.
- el=he.
- ella=she.
- nosotros=we.
- vosotros=you, plural, informal, used in Spain for groups of friends, or kids, and will be left out completely from Latin American Spanish courses.
- ustedes=you, plural, formal, used with groups.
- ellos=they, all male or mixed male and female group.
- ellas=they, all female group.
When we conjugate Spanish verbs to use with these pronouns, there are only six conjugations per verb that you need to memorize. The reason for this is several of the above pronouns share the same verb conjugation rule.
- yo shares with nosotros (male) and nosotras (female).
- tu shares with Vosotros (m) and vosotras (f).
- usted.
- el.
- ella shares with ustedes.
- ellos.
- ellas.
You will find that a Spanish verb will always end in ar, er or ir. There is only one way to conjugate Spanish verbs in each Spanish verb tense, ie past, present or future. To begin with, I will demonstrate some verb conjugations in the present. I will start with Spanish verbs ending in ‘ar‘
Caminar means to walk.
- Yo camino means I walk.
- Tu caminas means you walk singular.
- El, Ella, Usted camina means he, she, it walks.
- Nosotros caminamos means we walk.
- Vosotros caminais means you walk plural (in Spain only).
- Ellos, ellas, Ustedes caminan means you walk plural.
These endings are standard for all ar verbs, just drop that ar, and add the appropriate ending o, as, a, amos, ais or an.
Here are a few more Spanish verbs with ar ending to practice with.
- hablar = to talk.
- estudiar = to study.
- preguntar = to ask.
- trabajar = to work.
- amar = to love.
- bailar = to dance.
- cantar = to sing.
- comprar = to buy.
- cocinar = to cook.
I think that is probably enough for your first session, remember to do plenty of Spanish practice.
I will be back within the next couple of days to continue with er and ir verbs in the present tense, so bookmark this page now if you do not want to miss my next Spanish lesson. I will also show you the Spanish verb conjugator I spoke about earlier.
I love teaching Spanish and look forward to teaching you more soon.
