There are three basic groups of Spanish verbs, in these articles we will look at the regular AR, ER and IR verbs.
A verb is a word that means everything from an action to an opinion, so laugh, go, like, hate, love, drink, fall, smile, hear, write turn, are all examples of verbs. In English the verb is not changed by who is doing the action. As an example;
In these phrases, I like cheese, we like cheese and you like cheese, the verb like stays the same. In Spanish the form of the verb is changed by who is doing the doing. It might sound odd now but it will make sense later!
So lets look at the three main verb types in Spanish. They are the verbs that end in the letters ar, er and ir. they can then be subdivided into regular and irregular. As we are just starting we will stick to the regular verbs.
Verbs That End In AR
In the Spanish language the group of verbs that end in ar are the most common, so they are a good place to start.
If we use the Spanish verb TOMAR, it means a few different things, but in our case it means to drink. To say I drink wine in Spanish we would remove the a and r , then to add an o. to give us tomo vino. You...