Spanish regular verbs ending in -ar
Categories
Regular verbs are divided into 3 categories based on their ending: -ar, -er and -ir. We are going to use cantar (to sing), comer (to eat) and vivir (to live) as models.
Cantar (to sing), present tense
yo canto
tú cantas
él / ella / usted canta
nosotros / nosotras cantamos
(vosotros / vosotras cantáis)
ellos / ellas / ustedes cantan
List of common -ar verbs
amar - to love
bailar - to dance
caminar - to walk
cantar - to sing
cenar - to have dinner
cocinar - to cook
comprar - to buy
desayunar - to have breakfast
descansar - to rest
enviar - to send
estudiar - to study
hablar - to talk / to speak
llamar - to call
llevar - to wear / to carry / to take
mirar - to watch / to look
odiar - to hate
tocar - to touch / to play an instrument
tomar - to take / to grab / to have (for food and drink)
trabajar - to work
How to conjugate -ar verbs
To conjugate these verbs, we need to drop the -ar ending and add the corresponding ending for each person.
For example:
trabajar - ar = trabaj
yo trabaj + o = yo trabajo
tú trabaj + as = tú trabajas
él trabaj + a = él trabaja
Etc.
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