how to conjugate SPANISH regular verbs present tense (-AR -ER -IR)

In this Spanish video lesson you will learn how to conjugate regular verbs in PRESENTE (present) in Spanish and of course also the personal pronouns. I explain how you can conjugate a verb according to each type of verb ending (-AR, -ER, -IR). If you are a beginner who is learning Spanish this is a great place to start since verbs are always one of the most important aspects of any language. I explain the rules as simple as possible so you can quickly apply this information to better understand and communicate yourself in Spanish. It’s a Spanish class for beginners with many different sentences as examples so you can start and/or improve on your learning experience of this beautiful language.

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In Spanish, when the verbs are not conjugated they have an infinitive ending with either -AR, -ER or –IR.

TOMAR.
First, let's remove the infinitive ending -AR and for each personal pronoun we need to add another ending.

TOMAR (to take / to drink)
Yo tomo (I take / drink)
Tú tomas (you take / drink)
Él / ella toma (he or she takes / drinks)
Usted toma (you take / drink) formal
Nosotros / nosotras tomamos (we take / drink)
Vosotros / vosotras tomáis (you take / drink) plural, Spain
Ellos / ellas toman (they take / drink)
Ustedes toman (you take / drink) plural

In the conjugation you can notice that both the 3rd person singular ÉL and ELLA and the 2nd person politely singular USTED have the same ending: -A and it is the same with the 3rd person plural and the 2nd person formal plural: ELLOS, ELLAS and USTED all have the same ending: -AN.

Now a few sentences:
Yo tomo un taxi. (I take a taxi.)
Tú tomas una pastilla. (You take a pill.)
Ellas toman cerveza. (They drink beer.)

COMPRENDER. First we take away the Infinitive ending -ER and write down the new endings:

                 COMPRENDER (to understand / to comprehend)
Yo comprendo (I understand)
Tú comprendes (you understand)
Él / ella comprende (he / she understands)
Usted comprende (you understand) formal
Nosotros / nosotras comprendemos (we understand)
Vosotros / vosotras comprendéis (you understand) plural, Spain
Ellos / ellas comprenden (they understand)
Ustedes comprenden (you understand) formal plural

Here are a few examples:
(Yo) comprendo la situación. (I understand the situation.)
(Él) comprende la lección. (We understand the lesson.)
(Vosotros) comprendéis todo. (You understand everything.)

 SUBIR (to go up)
Yo subo (I go up)
Tú subes (you go up)
Él / ella sube (he / she goes up)
Usted sube (you go up) formal
Nosotros / nosotras subimos (we go up)
Vosotros / vosotras subís (you go up) plural, Spain
Ellos / ellas suben (they go up)
Ustedes suben (you go up) plural

Most endings here are just like the endings of a verb with -ER in the end. The singular personal pronouns: tú, él, ella, usted and the plural personal pronouns ellos, ellas, ustedes, are all conjugated as if the verb had an ending with -ER. In this case, for both types of verbs and for these pronouns, the conjugation is the same.

The difference in the conjugation between a verb with -ER at the end and a verb with -IR at the end is only in the 1st person plural nosotros / nosotras and the 2nd person plural vosotros / vosotras. Here we have to pay attention to the ending of the verb.

Now a few examples with the verb SUBIR:
(Yo) subo una montaña. (I go up a mountain.)
Rolando sube las escaleras. (Rolando goes up the stairs.)
Tú y yo subimos en el ascensor. (You and I go up on the elevator.)

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