I take Spanish and I'm really good at it. But now we started learning like conjugation and past tense and I'm confused. I don't get how some verbs end in AR, some end in ER, and some end in IR. Can anyone help me? Is there a website or something? Thank you!
2006-10-13 14:56:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The bad news is that there aren't really any rules on the way the verbs end. The good news is that you now know that the verb only has 3 different ways to end and so you only have to remember 3 different conjugation patterns (for each tense). In a lot of ways verbs ending in -er and verbs ending in -ir will conjugate the same way. For instance, in the present tense:
comer escribir
yo - como escribo
tu - comes escribes
el/ella/Ud. - come escribe
nosotros - comemos escribimos
vosotros - comeis escribeis
ellos/ellas/Uds - comen escriben
Note that they aren't exactly the same (like in the nosotros form) and -er and -ir verbs don't always conjugate the same. But in a lot of cases, they do. So in a lot of tenses you only have to remember two patterns: -ar or -ir/-er.
Hope that helps!
2006-10-15 17:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if you're asking about why some verbs end in -ar -er and -ir, or how to conjugate those verbs in the past tense.
Could you be more specific?
2006-10-13 15:33:21 · answer #2 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well that's how the verbs in spanish are. just memorize them. and use an online translator or something if you don't understand. each AR, ER, and IR verb ending has its own rules for conjugation, and they're different for each tense.
2006-10-13 15:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by ♥heartbroken♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(I'm uruguayan) I can talk with a mexican with no problem, despite that they have different meanings for some words. Argentinian spanish is nearly the same to uruguayan spanish, but there are some things that we don't have in common. In grammar, it's all the same. But argentinians speak with other tone. Note: Argentina has a lot of regions with differences in their spanish: the south, the west (close to the Cordillera de los Andes, there they speak similar to chilean people), the north (next to Bolivia, there they speak like the bolivians do) and the east side. In this zone is were they speak similar to us. Bye, Saludos! It's really nice to speak more than a language, I'm not a good english-speaker but I hope that you understand me with no problem.
2016-05-22 00:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The different endings are common to all romantic languages (from Latin - Rome, include Spanish, Italian, Portuguese). They have different conjugarions, thing that you'll just have to learn to conjugate properly.
For these rules check http://spanish.about.com/cs/verbs/a/conjug_index.htm
However, don't worry so much, as we, Spanish speakers, will understand pretty well what you're trying to say even if you mixed them up!
Suerte!
2006-10-17 02:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by Draco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure a basic Spanish book will explain the rules. Study the examples and rules carefully. Ask the instructor and native speakers of the language for help.Try the online translators.
2006-10-13 15:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by Max 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no rules. You just have to know them by heart, with practice and repetition. But don't dispair. Persevere.
2006-10-13 14:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by zap 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go to the Spanish yahoo answers.... I am pretty sure they can help you... they do read English... US espanol....
2006-10-13 15:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by ♫ Bell ♪ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there r lots of them, studyspanish.com is a good one
2006-10-13 15:37:00 · answer #9 · answered by Shariq J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋