How to Learn Basic Spanish Verbs - Part 1

There are three basic groups of Spanish verbs, in"tomo vino". You could add yo ( the Spanish word
these articles we will look at the regular AR, ERfor I) at the start of the sentence but it would be
and IR verbs.unnecessary.
A verb is a word that means everything from anTo say "you drink wine" to a single person, again
action to an opinion, so laugh, go, like, hate, love,remove the a and r, and add as, to give "tomar
drink, fall, smile, hear, write turn, are all examplesvino".
of verbs. In English the verb is not changed byIf we wanted to say that he or she drinks wine,
who is doing the action. As an example;then we remove the ar and add just an a, to
In these phrases, "I like cheese", "we like cheese"give us "toma vino". This version of tomar would
and "you like cheese", the verb "like" stays thealso be used in a formal situation, or if talking to
same. In Spanish the form of the verb is changedsomeone for the first time.
by who is doing the doing. It might sound oddWhen learning our basic Spanish verbs and
now but it will make sense later!wanting to say "we drink wine" we add amos to
So lets look at the three main verb types ingive us "tomamos vino".
Spanish. They are the verbs that end in theIf we wanted to refer to a group when using
letters ar, er and ir. they can then be subdivided"you drink wine", we would add áis, giving
into regular and irregular. As we are just starting"tomáis vino"
we will stick to the regular verbs."They drink wine" would require the addition of an,
Verbs That End In ARso "toman vino" would be the correct phrase.
In the Spanish language the group of verbs thatThese are obviously all in what is called the
end in ar are the most common, so they are apresent tense, which means that it describes
good place to start.what is occurring now,we will cover the other
If we use the Spanish verb TOMAR, it means atenses (future, past etc) and the ER and IR verbs
few different things, but in our case it means toat a later date. I hope that this article has been of
drink. To say "I drink wine" in Spanish we wouldhelp and I hope that you stick with Spanish as it is
remove the a and r , then to add an o. to give usa very rewarding language.