Español II – Unidad I Regular Present Tense Verbs

To talk about things you do, you use the present tense. To form the present tense of a regular verb, drop the -ar, -er, or -ir and add the appropriate ending.

-ar Verbs Hablar hablohablamos hablashabláis hablahablan

Other regular –ar verbs are: acampar – to camp, alquilar – to rent, ayudar – to help, bailar – to dance, cambiar – to change, caminar – to walk, cantar – to sing, cenar – to dine, cocinar – to cook, comprar – to buy, descansar – to rest, desear – to wish, enseñar – to teach, escuchar – to listen, esperar – to wait/to hope, estudiar – to study,

ganar – to win/to earn, lavar – to wash, limpiar – to clean, llamar – to call, llevar – to carry/to wear, mandar – to send, mirar – to look, nadar – to swim, pasar – to pass/to spend (time), patinar – to skate, quedar – to stay, terminar – to finish, tomar – to take/to drink and trabajar – to work.

-er Verbs Comer comocomemos comescoméis comecomen

Other regular –er verbs are: aprender – to learn, beber – to drink, comprender – to understand/to comprehend, correr – to run, deber – ought to/must/should, leer – to read and vender – to sell.

-ir Verbs Vivir vivovivimos vivesvivís viveviven

Other regular –ir verbs are: abrir – to open, asistir – to attend, compartir – to share, descubrir – to discover, dividir – to divide, escribir – to write, insistir – to insist and recibir – to receive.