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Spanish Regular Verbs

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Designed by Freepik In this lesson you will learn how to conjugate Spanish Regular Verbs in the present tense. All Spanish verbs are either “regular” or “irregular.” Many Spanish verbs are completely regular, meaning that they follow a specific pattern of conjugation. In Spanish, there are three categories of verbs. The category is determined by the last two letters of the infinitive: For a review of the subject pronouns, I recommend you to watch my video about this topic. See also:  Spanish Subject Pronouns The infinitive is the base form of the verb, such as to speak, to eat, to live, etc. In Spanish, all infinitives end in -ar, -er, or -ir. In Spanish, you conjugate verbs by dropping the infinitive ending (AR,ER,IR) and adding a specific ending for each person to the stem of the verb. In this lesson, we will use three model verbs: hablar (to speak), comer (to eat), and vivir (to live).  If the subject is I (yo), conjugate by droppi...

Verb To Be in Spanish

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Today we are going to learn the differences between the Spanish Verbs: Ser and Estar. In Spanish, there are  two words equivalent to the English verb ‘to be’: ‘ ser ’ and ‘ estar ’. First let's see the conjugation of the verbs SER and ESTAR in the present Tense: Ser comes from the Latin word ‘esse’ which is the same root word for the English word ‘essence’. Use this verb to express essencial quality or permanent attributes. Estar  comes from the Latin word ‘stare’ which is the same root word for the English word ‘state’. You must use this verb to talk about c hangeable state or temporary conditions. 1.    Origin / Nationality:  Ellos son alemanes (They are G ermans ) 2.    Names: Él es Carlos (This is Carlos) 3.    Describing a person or a thing: Tú eres alta y delgada (You are tall and thin ) 4.    Material: El ...

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