Conjugate regular -ar verbs in El Presente (present tense)

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In: Level A1, Verbs Tenses & Conjugation, Verbos regulares -ar (presente), El Presente
Questions: 3

All regular -ar verbs are conjugated in El Presente using the same pattern, keeping the stem and replacing -ar with the following endings:

yo -o
tú -as
él / ella / Ud. -a
nosotros / nosotras -amos
vosotros / vosotras   -áis
ellos / ellas / Uds.   -an
Look at and listen to these examples:

Yo hablo mucho.
I talk a lot.

Tú cantas ópera.
You sing opera.

Ella trabaja en la ciudad.
She works in the city.

Nosotros hablamos con nuestra madre todas las semanas.
We talk to our mother every week.

Vosotras siempre cantáis la misma canción.
You always sing the same song.

Ellos trabajan en un hospital.
They work in a hospital.

 

For example:

 REGULAR -AR VERBS CANTAR
to  sing
 TRABAJAR
to  work		 HABLAR
to talk / to speak
yo canto trabajo
 hablo
 tú cantas
 trabajas
hablas

él / ella/ usted

 canta
 trabaja
 habla
nosotros / nosotras

 cantamos trabajamos hablamos
vosotros/ vosotras

 cantáis
trabajáis

 habláis
ellos / ellas/ ustedes cantan
 trabajan
 hablan


See also: List of Common regular -ar verbs in the present tense

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Verbos regulares -ar (presente)

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Ellos trabajan en un hospital.
They work in a hospital.

Ella trabaja en la ciudad.
She works in the city.

Nosotros hablamos con nuestra madre todas las semanas.
We talk to our mother every week.

Tú cantas ópera.
You sing opera.

Vosotras siempre cantáis la misma canción.
You always sing the same song.

Yo hablo mucho.
I talk a lot.

Q&A

Mags

Kwiziq community member

17 October 2017

2 replies

Is the verb llevar always followed by a?

In the test it says Vosotros lleváis a Natalia.... I was so concerned about the a that I forgot to put the áis as the verb ending!

Inma

Kwiziq language super star

17 October 2017

17/10/17

Hi Mags, Llevar is a verb that has different meanings. In this question it means "to take [someone somewhere]" in which case the verb needs preposition "a". Llevar could also mean "to take [something somewhere], e.g "Llevo las cajas al almacén" - I am taking the boxes to the store room." . Here llevar doesn´t need preposition "a". So the preposition is only needed when it implies people. Thanks for your contribution.

Mags

Kwiziq community member

17 October 2017

17/10/17

¡Gracias!

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