DAY-6 FOR SPANISH CHALLENGE
📅 Day 6 – Present Tense of Regular Verbs (El Presente de los Verbos Regulares)
🧠 PART 1: Regular Verb Groups Overview
In Spanish, all verbs in their base form (infinitive) end in either:
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-ar → hablar (to speak)
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-er → comer (to eat)
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-ir → vivir (to live)
Each group follows a consistent pattern when conjugated in the present tense.
📌 Present Tense = Actions happening now or regularly
Examples:
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Yo estudio español → I study Spanish
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Ella vive en España → She lives in Spain
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Nosotros comemos pizza → We eat pizza
🧩 PART 2: Conjugation Rules
Remove the ending (-ar, -er, -ir), then add the correct endings based on the subject (yo, tú, él, etc.)
📘 A. -AR verbs → Example: hablar (to speak)
Subject | Ending | Verb: hablar |
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yo | -o | hablo |
tú | -as | hablas |
él/ella | -a | habla |
nosotros | -amos | hablamos |
vosotros | -áis | habláis |
ellos | -an | hablan |
🍽️ B. -ER verbs → Example: comer (to eat)
Subject | Ending | Verb: comer |
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yo | -o | como |
tú | -es | comes |
él/ella | -e | come |
nosotros | -emos | comemos |
vosotros | -éis | coméis |
ellos | -en | comen |
🏡 C. -IR verbs → Example: vivir (to live)
Subject | Ending | Verb: vivir |
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yo | -o | vivo |
tú | -es | vives |
él/ella | -e | vive |
nosotros | -imos | vivimos |
vosotros | -ís | vivís |
ellos | -en | viven |
🔍 PART 3: Quick Grammar Notes
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You don’t need the subject pronoun because the verb ending shows who is acting:
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Hablo español = I speak Spanish (yo is optional)
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Comes pan = You eat bread
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The present tense also expresses:
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Current actions: Leo un libro (I’m reading a book)
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Habitual actions: Estudio cada día (I study every day)
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📝 PART 4: Practice Sentences
Translate to Spanish:
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I speak Spanish.
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She eats fruit.
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We live in India.
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You (informal) study every day.
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They work a lot.
✅ Answers:
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Yo hablo español.
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Ella come fruta.
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Nosotros vivimos en India.
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Tú estudias cada día.
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Ellos trabajan mucho.
💡 Want to Go Deeper?
Here are some regular verbs to practice with each group:
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-AR: estudiar (to study), trabajar (to work), bailar (to dance)
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-ER: beber (to drink), leer (to read), aprender (to learn)
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-IR: escribir (to write), abrir (to open), recibir (to receive)
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