There are 5 main kinds of verbs in Spanish: -AR, -ER, -IR, stem-changing, and irregular. Once you've learned the rules of conjugation for each of the first three kinds of verbs, you should have no problem conjugating regular verbs in each of those categories. The biggest category of verbs is those that end in -AR.

Here are some of the many -AR verbs that you will soon be able to conjugate:

The verb form that ends in -AR is called the infinitive. -AR is the infinitive ending. The English infinitive has the word "to" in front of the verb. The verb without the -AR is called the stem or radical.

To conjugate an -AR verb, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate endings, as follows:

Thus to conjugate hablar, you would remove the infinitive ending to find the radical habl- and then add the appropriate endings:

Note that the conjugations for -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs are very similar. Where -AR verbs have an A, -ER verbs have an E. -IR verbs are identical to -ER verbs except in the nosotros and vosotros forms.

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