Introducción al Presente Indicativo

There are 3 types of verbs: 

ALL verbs end in either -AR, -ER, OR -IR when in the infinitive

What is an infinitive?

A verb before it has been conjugated. It always ends in -AR, -ER or -IR and means "to ____" in English.

An infinitive does not tell us who does the action or when

English examples: to talk, to walk, to run, to play, to dance

Spanish examples: hablar, vivir, comer, beber, jugar, escribir

In Spanish, we conjugate (or change) the ending of the verb, to agree with the subject.

To conjugate:

Step 1: Identify the subject of the sentence

Step 2: Drop the -AR, -ER or -IR ending of the verb

Step 3: Add the appropriate ending

Present tense is used to express what one does

For example:

I walk

You play

She teaches

We go

They share