Transcript Regular -ER verbs in the Present tense

Present tense of regular verbs ending in –ER
The Present tense of regular verbs that end in
ER are formed by dropping the ER infinitive
ending and adding:
-o
-es
-e
-emos
-éis
-en
Compare these endings with the endings for
regular AR verbs:
-o
-amos
-as
-áis
-a
-an
Notice that the difference is simply that
wherever AR verbs have an “a”, the ER verbs
have an “e” !
HABLAR – to talk/to speak
hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
habláis
hablan
COMER – to eat
como
comes
come
comemos
coméis
comen
LEER – to read
I read - leo
you [tú] read- lees
he/she/it/
you(Ud) read lee
we read - leemos
you [vosotros] read - leéis
they / you (Uds) read - leen
The verb VER (to see) is irregular only in the yo
form:
veo
vemos
ves
veis
ve
ven