🔤 Verb Conjugation - Conjugación de verbos
Beginner Spanish · Regular verbs
Regular Spanish Verb Conjugation
Regular Spanish verbs follow predictable patterns. Once you recognize whether a verb ends in -ar, -er, or -ir, you can remove that ending and add a new one that matches the subject.
Your next small win: recognize the three regular verb families and build useful present-tense forms such as hablo, comes, trabajamos, and viven.
Look at the infinitive ending
The Three Types of Regular Verbs
The infinitive tells you which conjugation pattern to use.
hablar, estudiar, trabajar
comer, beber, leer
vivir, abrir, escribir
to speak
to eat
to live
Infinitive: forms such as hablar, comer, and vivir name the action without identifying who performs it.
Sort the verbs
Identify the verb family for trabajar, beber, and escribir.
trabajar → -ar
beber → -er
escribir → -ir
Stem + ending
How to Conjugate a Regular Verb
Regular conjugation starts with two simple steps.
Step 1: remove the infinitive ending
Remove -ar
Remove -er
Remove -ir
Step 2: add the ending for the subject
I speak
you eat
we live
The subject controls the ending: compare yo hablo, tú hablas, and nosotros hablamos.
Build three forms
Conjugate hablar for yo, comer for tú, and vivir for nosotros.
yo hablo
tú comes
nosotros vivimos
Learn the repeating patterns
Regular Present-Tense Endings
-AR verbs
hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
hablan
-ER verbs
como
comes
come
comemos
comen
-IR verbs
vivo
vives
vive
vivimos
viven
Notice the overlap: -er and -ir verbs share several endings. The main difference shown here is the nosotros form: -emos for regular -er verbs and -imos for regular -ir verbs.
Compare two nosotros forms
Conjugate comer and vivir for nosotros.
nosotros comemos
nosotros vivimos
Put the endings into real sentences
Regular Verbs in Everyday Spanish
I speak Spanish.
You work a lot.
She lives here.
We eat pizza.
They eat fruit every day.
We live near the park.
Subject pronouns are often optional: both Yo hablo español and Hablo español mean “I speak Spanish.” The verb ending often makes the subject clear.
Useful questions
What do you study?
Where do you work?
What do you normally eat?
Where do you all live?
Talking about work and languages
Where do you work?
I work in a hospital.
Do you speak English?
Yes, I speak English and Spanish.
Use all three verb families
Say that you speak Spanish, eat fruit, and live near the park.
Hablo español.
Como fruta.
Vivo cerca del parque.
Your turn · 8 quick questions
Practice: Regular Verb Conjugation
Choose the form that matches the subject and verb family. Focus on regular present-tense endings for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs.
Practice complete
You can build regular present-tense verb forms.
A few regular verb endings to revisit
One last step: conjugate three verbs without choices.
Write one sentence about yourself with an -ar verb, one with an -er verb, and one with an -ir verb.
Hablo español.
Como fruta todos los días.
Vivo cerca del parque.
You want to say “I speak Spanish.” Which form of hablar matches yo?
- hablo
- hablas
- habla
- hablamos
Regular -ar verbs use -o with yo: hablar → hablo.
yo hablo
You are speaking to one friend. Which form of comer matches tú?
- comes
- como
- come
- comemos
Regular -er verbs use -es with tú: comer → comes.
tú comes
You and another person live here. Which form of vivir matches nosotros?
- vivimos
- vivemos
- viven
- vives
Regular -ir verbs use -imos with nosotros: vivir → vivimos.
nosotros vivimos
They work from home. Which form of trabajar matches ellos?
- trabajan
- trabajamos
- trabajas
- trabaja
Regular -ar verbs use -an with ellos and ustedes: trabajar → trabajan.
ellos trabajan
She lives here. Which sentence has the correct regular verb form?
- Ella vive aquí.
- Ella vivo aquí.
- Ella vives aquí.
- Ella vivimos aquí.
Ella uses the third-person singular -ir ending -e: vive.
Ella vive aquí.
You are speaking to a group and ask what they eat. Which form of comer matches ustedes?
- comen
- comemos
- comes
- come
Ustedes uses the same regular present-tense ending as ellos and ellas: comen.
ustedes comen
The subject pronoun is omitted. Which sentence still clearly means “I speak Spanish”?
- Hablo español.
- Hablas español.
- Habla español.
- Hablan español.
The -o ending in hablo identifies the speaker as yo, so the pronoun can be omitted.
Hablo español.
Which pair correctly shows the nosotros forms of comer and vivir?
- comemos / vivimos
- comimos / vivemos
- comen / viven
- comes / vives
Regular -er verbs use -emos with nosotros, while regular -ir verbs use -imos.
comemos / vivimos