| 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, ER | | | | for I) at the start of the sentence but it would be |
| and IR verbs. | | | | unnecessary. |
| A verb is a word that means everything from an | | | | To 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 examples | | | | vino". |
| of verbs. In English the verb is not changed by | | | | If 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 the | | | | also be used in a formal situation, or if talking to |
| same. In Spanish the form of the verb is changed | | | | someone for the first time. |
| by who is doing the doing. It might sound odd | | | | When 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 in | | | | give us "tomamos vino". |
| Spanish. They are the verbs that end in the | | | | If 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 AR | | | | so "toman vino" would be the correct phrase. |
| In the Spanish language the group of verbs that | | | | These are obviously all in what is called the |
| end in ar are the most common, so they are a | | | | present 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 a | | | | tenses (future, past etc) and the ER and IR verbs |
| few different things, but in our case it means to | | | | at a later date. I hope that this article has been of |
| drink. To say "I drink wine" in Spanish we would | | | | help and I hope that you stick with Spanish as it is |
| remove the a and r , then to add an o. to give us | | | | a very rewarding language. |