How to identify or differentiated, regular and ir-regular verb in spanish
Hola,
Normally ir-regal verb ends with ar, ir and er but regular verb also ends with ar, ir and er. Its big confusion for me to recoganise regalar and ir-regular verb. Please help me out. Thanks!
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3 Answers
It doen't mean that the infinitive is not regular. It means that when you begin to conjugate these verbs into past, present, future, conditional, etc. they are irregular. They often change depending on what verb tense you use so a verb can be irregular in the past form but regular in the subjunctive form.
There are some explanations for this if you click "Learn" on the toolbar, then click 'grammar' then look under 'Verbs' to find 'irregular verbs'.
It takes time. If you are just beginning, go slow, learn the inifinitive verbs (ones that end with ar, ir, er) then when you come upon an irregular tense of that verb, memorize it.
Here's a link to understand what the infinitive is: infinitive verbs in Spanish
Here is a basic one for the present verb tense: irregulars in the present tense
Don't get discouraged. Basically you have to memorize the infinitive form ( regalar, leer, venir and others. If yu use the lessons in Spanish Dict.com, they focus on ar verbs and exceptions to this type of verb and do the same for er and ir.
Just take one lesson at a time and you will do just fine.
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You have received some good answers. Yes, you just have to learn and memorize these conjugations. Study the lessons that have been recommended. There are some patterns to learn. Memorize for which irregular verbs the 'e' changes to 'ie' (examples are cerrar (to close), comenzar, entender, pensar, perder. preferir and querer). Enter these verbs in the 'Conjugate" section of this forum and you will see how they are conjugated. for example it is "Cierro la puerta" (I close the door). The other main forms of irregular verbs are 'e' changes to 'i' (competir, decir, pedir, repetir, seguir, etc.) and 'o' changes to 'ue' (dormir, encontrar, mostar, poder, recordar, volver). Study this and if you have questions, just ask. These people will help you.
