Ok so Spanish has been one of my biggest passions for the longest time, and the present tense is something that has been drilled in my brain for a very long time. So today, I will teach you how to conjugate an -ar verb in the present tense.
First, you should know what I mean when I say an -ar verb. In Spanish, there are three verb endings:
-ar (as in hablar), -er (as in correr), and -ir (as in abrir). For now, we will focus on the basic conjugations of -ar verbs.
Second, there are six different subjects to choose from: yo, tú, él/ella/Ud., nosotros/as, vosotros/as, and ellos/ellas/Uds. which translate to I, you, he/she/you(formal), us, y'all, them/y'all(formal) respectively.
Thirdly, to conjugate a verb, you must "chop off" the -ar ending and add the proper ending that corresponds with the subject of the sentence. For -ar verbs, the endings are -o, -as, -a, -amos, áis, and an. So, to conjugate the verb hablar which means to talk...
yo hablo (I talk)
tú hablas (you talk)
él habla (he talks), ella habla (she talks), Ud. habla (you, formal, talk)
nosotros hablamos (we talk), nosotras hablamos (we, a group of females, talk)
vosotros habláis (y'all talk), vosotras habláis (y'all, a group of females, talk)
ellos hablan (they talk), ellas hablan (they, a group of girls, talk), Uds. hablan (y'all, formal, talk)
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