Spanish -ar Verb Conjugations

All verbs in Spanish come from an “infinitive,” or the base form of a verb that you’d find in a dictionary.

Spanish infinitives end in -ar, -er, or -ir.
-ar verbs are the most common and they have fewer irregular verbs, so we’ll start there!

Let’s look at how to conjugate regular -ar verbs to match with a subject. We call these verbs regular because they all follow the same pattern.

Remove the -ar ending from the infinitive
Add the new ending to the stem (the part of the verb remaining after the ending is removed) depending on the subject of the sentence

yo	habl==o==	nosotr@s	habl==amos==
tú	habl==as==	vosotr@s	hab==l====áis==
Ud. / él / ella /elle	habl==a==	Uds. / ell@s	hab==l====an==

A present-tense Spanish verb may have several different equivalents in English

Hablo español.
  * I speak Spanish.
  * I do speak Spanish.
  * I am speaking Spanish.

Verbs may be used with or without subject pronouns. Subject pronouns may not be needed if:

the verb form itself identifies the subject.
* (Nosotros) Necesitamos unos cuadernos.
* (Yo) Estudio matemáticas.
the subject is already known from the context
* A: Hablo español. ¿Y él?

B: (Él) Habla inglés.

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]]caminar]]	}}to walk}}	]]estudiar]]	}}to study}}	]]practicar]]	}}to practice}}
]]cantar]]	}}to sing}}	]]hablar]]	}}to speak, to talk}}	]]terminar]]	}}to end, to finish}}
]]dibujar]]	}}to draw}}	]]llegar]]	}}to arrive}}	]]tocar]]	}}to play (an instrument)}}
]]enseñar]]	}}to teach}}	]]mirar]]	}}to watch}}	]]tomar]]	}}to take, to drink}}
]]escuchar]]	}}to listen (to)}}	]]necesitar]]	}}to need}}	]]trabajar]]	}}to work}}
]]estar]]	}}to be}}	]]pasar]]	}}to pass, to spend (time)}}	]]usar]]	}}to use}}