In Spanish, the most basic form of the verb, or action word, is called the “infinitive”-
In English, we translate this as “to + action” e.g. to speak
In Spanish, infinitives end in “AR”, “ER”, or “IR”
For example:
Cantar = To Sing Beber = To Drink Escribir = To Write
So, when you want to actually say that someone does one of these actions, you need to “Conjugate” the verb. (You wouldn’t say “She to sing.” in English, right?) In order to make this correct, you take the “infinitive” form of the verb and find the stem of the verb by dropping the AR, ER or IR. So CANTAR – “AR” = CANT
(“Cant” is your stem.) Then to tell who is doing the action, you will add on to the stem the following endings:
For AR Verbs For ER Verbs For IR Verbs
Yo O Yo O Yo O
Tú AS Tú ES Tú ES
Ella Ella Ella
Él A Él E Él E
Usted Usted Usted
Nosotros Nosotros Nosotros
Nosotras AMOS Nosotras EMOS Nosotras IMOS
Vosotros ÁIS Vosotros ÉIS Vosotros ÍS
Vosotras Vosotras Vosotras
Ellos Ellos Ellos
Ellas AN Ellas EN Ellas EN
Ustedes Ustedes Ustedes
Yo canto = I sing Yo bebo = I drink Yo escribo = I write
Tú cantas = You sing Tú bebes = you drink Tú escribes = You write
Ella canta = She sings Él bebe = He drinks Usted escribe = You write
Nosotros cantamos = Nosotras bebemos = Nosotros escribimos=
We sing We drink We write
Vosotras cantáis =you all sing Vosotros bebéis = you all drink Vosotras escribís
Ellos cantan = They sing Ustedes cantan You all sing Ellas escriben they write
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