Present Tense Indicative: Regular Verbs

In Spanish, all infinitive forms of verbs end in -ar, -er, or -ir. The stem of the verb is the infinitive form less the -ar, -er, or -ir ending. All regular verbs are conjugated in the present tense of the indicative by adding the following personal endings to the stem of the verb:

-AR VERBS

yo o
t· as
Θl, ella, Ud. a
nosotros/as amos
vosotros/as ßis
ellos, ellas, Uds. an

-ER VERBS

yo o
t· es
Θl, ella, Ud.  e
nosotros/as emos
vosotros/as Θis
ellos, ellas, Uds.  en

-IR VERBS

yo o
t· es
Θl, ella, Ud e
nosotros/as  imos
vosotros/as  φs
ellos, ellas, Uds.  en

SAMPLE CONJUGATIONS

HABLAR (to speak)
stem: habl-

hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
hablßis
hablan

COMER (to eat)
stem: com-

como
comes
come
comemos
comΘis
comen

VIVIR (to live)
stem: viv-

vivo
vives
vive
vivimos
vivφs
viven