help please :(
Guys I find the verb conjugations so hard and I cant learn them especially that every single verb has like a thousand different conjugations, Can someone tell me an easy way to learn them
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Spanish verbs consists of two parts--the stem and the ending. There are three main kinds of verbs in Spanish. Those that end in "ar", others in "er" and finally those in "ir"
The first part of the verb is called the "stem" or "root" the ending is called "the ending." 
The stem speaks of the particular action of the verb, and the ending tells: what tense the verb is in "past present future," etc. and also (in most cases) the subject (or who is performing the action.)
I am going to illustrate the present tense. I hope you know what the meaning of the subject pronouns are (yo, tú, él, ella, etc.,)
HABLAR (to speak)
Dividing it into its two parts Habl-ar. Note: Unlike English, the Spanish infinitive does not have "to" in front of it, It has instead the "ar", "er", or "ir" ending, In the case of "hablar" "habl" is the "speak" part and "ar" is the "to" part.
Most Subject pronouns have a distinct ending.
Yo--o, tú--as, él/ella/usted --a, nosotros---amos, vosotros, áis, ellos/ellas/ustedes--an These are the present tense endings for ALL verbs ending in "ar"
A "retarded rutabaga" could learn these in two minutes. Just say "o" "as" "a" "amos" "áis" "an" several times over and you'll have them. No matter what "ar" verb you use, these will be the present tense ending for them.
So we have, by adding the endings to the stems:
Yo hablo
tú hablas
él/ella/usted habla
nosotros hablamos
vosotros habláis
ellos/ellas/ ustedes hablan.
Now the "er" and "ir" verbs are conjugated similarly, but instead of "a" the thematic vowel will be "e" except for a couple of "i's" in the "ir verbs.
Now there are many tenses in Spanish, and there are some verbs where a change in the stem takes place. But if you are patient it shouldn't take more than a few months to get the present and one of the past tenses.
Here's a link to one of SD's lessons on the present tense forms of sample "ar", "er," and "ir verbs. If you look at the many lessons that SD has on verb forms, you will eventually get them all.
Good luck,
Link to present tense forms of verbs
Hello!
Here are two links from 2015 that might be pertinent to this subject.
Hope this helps.
Regards!
