Ch 2 · Lesson 7

Conjugating ar verbs present

Prescribed by the AQA specification.

The short version

The boot: why but

I play
Why?

Stem-changing -ar verbs keep the regular endings and mutate the stressed vowel in yo, , and only, because those are the forms where the stress lands on the stem. and keep the original vowel. Three patterns cover the top thousand, and is the only verb in Spanish that does u to ue.

Six endings conjugate most Spanish verbs

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I speak Spanish.
Why?

Drop the -ar and add -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis or -an. The ending says who is acting, so the pronoun is usually left out: on its own is I speak. , , and most other -ar verbs copy exactly.

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