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