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Regular-Present-Tense-ar - Er-Ir
Regular-Present-Tense-ar - Er-Ir
verbs that end in –ar, verbs that end in –er, and verbs
that end in –ir. You’ve already learned –ar verbs:
-ar -er
-o -amos -o -emos
-as -es
-a -an -e -en
Now for –ir verbs. Drop the –ir and add the following
endings:
Vivir(to live)
-o -imos Vivo Vivimos
-es Vives
-e -en Vive Viven
Do you see what the difference is between –er and –ir
verbs? They’re just alike except for the nosotros forms:
-er -ir
-o -emos -o -imos
-es -es
-e -en -e -en
So the only difference between –ar verbs and
–er verbs is that you use e’s instead of a’s in
the –er verbs. And the only difference
between –er verbs and –ir verbs is the
nosotros forms.
So when you’re conjugating verbs, be sure you know
if the infinitive (the form ending in –ar or –er or -ir;
e.g., hablar and comer and vivir are infinitives) ends
with an –ar, –er, or –ir so you’ll know what ending to
put on it: