Present Tense, Regular Verbs

How to conjugate regular verbs in Spanish

Verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er or -ir. Before a verb is conjugated, it is called the infinitive. Removing the last two letters gives you the stem of the verb (cantar is the infinitive to sing, while cant- is the stem.) To conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, add these endings to the stems:

Remember that verbs do not require the subject pronouns, so just canto means I sing. Here are some more regular verbs:

Conjugations of regular verbs:

To make sentences negative, simply put no in front of the verb.

No hablo bien el español. I don't speak Spanish well.

To indicate that something just happened, you can use acabar de + an infinitive. Acabar (to finish) is a regular verb.

Acaba de comer. He just ate.

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Here is a downloadable document that explains regular verb conjugation. Feel free to print it as a reference if you'd like!

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