Verbos Regulares / Regular Verbs: Número Persona Pronombres Hablar Beber Vivir 1era 2da 2da 3era 1era 2da 2da 3era

Verbos regulares / Regular verbs
Presente del modo indicativo. Verbos regulares
Número Persona Pronombres HABLAR BEBER VIVIR

1era Yo hablo bebo vivo
Singular
2da Tú / Vos hablas/hablás bebes / bebés vives / vivís

2da Usted (Ud.) habla bebe vive
3era Él / Ella habla bebe vive
1era Nosotros / hablamos bebemos vivimos
Nosotras
2da Vosotros / habláis bebéis vivís
Plural
Vosotras
2da Ustedes hablan beben viven
(Uds.)
3era Ellos / Ellas hablan beben viven
Base Terminación
Habl- -ar
Beb- -er
Viv- -ir
The most basic form of a verb is called an infinitive in English or infinitivo in Spanish. While
both languages have similar names for the infinitive, they do not create the infinitive form of
the verb the same way. In English, the word “to” must be placed in front of a verb to create an
infinitive. For example, the sentence you just read includes the infinitive “to create.”
In Spanish, an infinitive is only one word. Hablar is the Spanish equivalent to the English
infinitive “to speak,” beber is “to drink,” and vivir is “to live.” You will be able to recognize the
infinitive form of verbs in Spanish because they always end in one of three ways: – ar, – er, or –
ir. The above examples of infinitives include one of each type. Because hablar ends in – ar, it is
called an – ar verb. Beber is an –er verb and escribir is an –ir verb. The type of infinitive the
verb has ( –ar, –er, or –ir) will determine the conjugation patterns of the verb in different
tenses. When you look for a verb in the dictionary, you will find the infinitive form listed. If you
see a verb in a Spanish sentence that you want to look up, first you will have to determine the
infinitive form. For example, amo (I love) is not in the dictionary because it is a form of the
verb amar. Since all verbs end in –ar, –er, or –ir you can usually find the correct infinitive in the
dictionary without much difficulty.
Regular verbs follow predictable patterns. The pattern that a verb follows depends on the
last two letters of the infinitive form of the verb. To conjugate a verb, follow these two steps:
1. Remove the – ar, – er or – ir ending from the infinitive. What is left is called the base of the
verb.
2. Using the regular endings highlighted with bold font in the table, you would place the base
of the verb in front of those endings.
Spanish is a pro-drop language. This means that you can say or write a sentence and omit the
subject. In Spanish, the verb changes its ending to show tense, person and number, thus
expression of the pronoun is unnecessary because it is grammatically redundant.
Examples:
¿Ves ese tronco? Es bueno para la fogata. Tiene muchas ramas secas. (Spanish)
¿Tú ves ese tronco? El tronco es bueno para la fogata. El tronco tiene muchas ramas secas.
(Spanish with pronouns)
See that log? Is good for the campfire. Has many dry branches (literal, direct translation)
Do you see that log? It is good for the campfire. The log has many dry branches (suitable
English translation)
Subject pronouns in Spanish are often essential, but their use should be avoided when
they're not necessary.
Overuse of subject pronouns is common among English speakers learning Spanish. It's
important to remember that in Spanish the verb forms often make subject pronouns
unnecessary, and when that is the case the pronouns should not be used unless there
is a reason to.
Here is a sampling of sentences where pronouns are unnecessary:
 Voy al supermercado. I am going to the supermarket. (The verb voy can refer
only to the person speaking.)
 ¿Adónde vas? Where are you going? (The verb vas necessarily refers to the
person being spoken to.)
 Roberto no está en casa. ¿Fue al supermercado? Roberto isn't at home. Did he
go to the supermarket? (Standing alone, the second sentence might be unclear
about who the subject is. But in context, it is obvious that Roberto is being
referred to.)
 Nieva. It is snowing. [Nevar, the verb for "to snow," is used in the third-person
singular form and is never accompanied by subject pronoun. The same goes for
all verbs related to weather phenomena like llover (to rain) or granizar (to hail)]
When To Use Subject Pronouns
To avoid ambiguity: Context does not always make clear who the subject is, and some
verb forms are ambiguous. [Yo] tenía un coche. I had a car. (Out of context, tenía could
mean "I had," "you had," "he had" or "she had." If the context makes the subjects
clear, the pronouns normally wouldn't be used.) Juan y María son alumnos. Él estudia
mucho. John and Mary are students. He studies a lot. (Without the pronoun, it is
impossible to tell whom the second sentence refers to.)
For emphasis: In English, unlike Spanish, we often use verbal stress to emphasize a
pronoun. For example, if a strong emphasis is placed on the "We" in "We are not like
them” the understood meaning of the sentence might be "We (and not somebody
else) are not like them" or possibly "We are not like them (and we are proud of that)."
In Spanish, one could similarly add an emphasis by using the grammatically
unnecessary pronoun.
Change of subject: When contrasting two subjects, the pronouns are frequently
used. Yo estudio y él escucha música. I'm studying and he's listening to
music. Nosotros somos pobres, pero él es rico .We're poor, but he's rich.
Usted and ustedes: Even where not strictly necessary, usted and ustedes are
sometimes included and can add a degree of politeness. ¿Cómo está (usted)? How are
you? Espero que (ustedes) vayan al cine. I hope you are going to the cinema.

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Verbos regulares / Regular verbs

Presente del modo indicativo. Verbos regulares

Número Persona Pronombres HABLAR BEBER VIVIR

2da Tú / Vos hablas/hablás bebes / bebés vives / vivís

Here is a sampling of sentences where pronouns are unnecessary:

When To Use Subject Pronouns

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