How do you Conjugate?
How exactly would one conjugate a verb in Spanish? Thanks
2 Answers
There are many ways to conjugate verbs.
First you would need to decide what type of verb you would like to conjugate. The Spanish language has three types of verbs: -ar, -ir, and -er verbs.
Next you would need to decide what tense you would like to conjugate the verb to. The Spanish language (much like the English language) has a myriad of verb tenses.
I would recommend purchasing a "501 Spanish Verbs" book online to use as reference. They will have many verbs (501, to be exact) conjugated in every tense.
In the meantime, I'm sure there are many online resources you can utilize to determine how to conjugate -ar, -ir, and -er verbs in whichever tense you would like.
Here are some resources you can check out:
There are many ways to do this and it would be very tedious to answer your question completely. Each verb has a conjugation and some share the same designs. You always start with the simplest form of a regular verb in each of the three conjugations. They are defined by their infinitive endings: -ar, -er, and -ir. Usually the 3 model verbs for each are hablar - to speak, comer. to eat, and vivir to live. You need to use this site to look up each of these verbs in the Conjugate tab above. You should learn all the endings for each verb in the Present Tense, Imperfect, Preterite and Future of the Indicative Mood. Save all the Subjunctive for later. You should also learn the participle form (ends in -ando or -iendo) and the command (Imperitive) form for each.
In English we have to use the pronouns I, you, he, she, it, we, and they when we use a verbs in the various tenses (not infinitves or command forms). In Spanish the endings tell us who (or what) the subject is. Once you look through the conjugations and realize what each form means in general then you can start expanding your knowledge of verbs.
