Spanish
Verbs - Regular -IR Verbs
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 third biggest category of
verbs is those that end in -IR.
Here are some of the many -IR verbs that you will soon be able to conjugate:
| abrir |
to open |
| añadir |
to add |
| asistir |
to attend |
| describir |
to describe |
| discutir |
to discuss |
| escribir |
to write |
| interrumpir |
to interrupt |
| ocurrir |
to occur |
| partir |
to leave |
| recibir |
to receive |
| subir |
to go up, climb |
| sufrir |
to suffer |
| vivir |
to live |
The verb form that ends in -IR is called
the infinitive. -IR is the infinitive ending.
The English infinitive has the word "to" in front of the verb. The verb without the -IR is called the stem or radical.
To conjugate an -IR verb, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate
endings, as follows:
|
Singular
|
Plural |
| 1st person |
yo |
-o |
nosotros |
-imos |
| 2nd person |
tú |
-es |
vosotros |
-ís |
| 3rd person |
él |
-e |
ellos |
-en |
Thus to conjugate abrir, you would
remove the infinitive ending to find the radical abr-
and then add the appropriate endings:
ABRIR |
Singular
|
Plural |
| 1st person |
yo |
abro |
nosotros |
abrimos |
| 2nd person |
tú |
abres |
vosotros |
abrís |
| 3rd person |
él |
abre |
ellos |
abren |
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.
Test on -IR verbs
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