Spanish Language and Culture 10-3Y

Regular —ar Verb

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In English, just like in Spanish, verbs are conjugated to agree with the person who is doing the action.

For example, let's take a look at the infinitive verb "to study" in English. Here is how we conjugate the verb to study:

to study
I	study	We	study
You	study	You	study
He, She, It	studies	They	study

As you can see, the only form that is different is the third person singular he, she, and it. In Spanish all the forms are different.

Let's take a look at the infinitive verb mirar, which means to watch or to look. To conjugate this verb, first we take off the ending —ar from mirar. We are left with the stem: mir. We keep this stem and add an ending to specify who is doing the action.

mirar → to watch/to look
Yo	mir + o = miro	I look	Nosotros/as	mir + amos = miramos	We look
Tú	mir + as = miras	You look	Vosotros/as	mir + áis = miráis	You (plural informal) look
Él/Ella/Usted	mir + a = mira	He looks, She looks, You look	Ellos/Ellas/Uds	mir + an = miran	They look

In Spanish, subject pronouns are not required since each person has a different ending. You can say yo miro or just miro. The o at the end of miro it is only used for yo; therefore, it is not required to use the subject pronoun.

Now you try it! Here is the verb participar. First you need to take off —ar and you have the stem particip. We keep this stem and add the new endings.

participar → to participate
Yo	particip___	I participate	Nosotros/as	particip___	We participate
Tú	particip___	You participate	Vosotros/as	particip___	You (plural informal) participate
Él/Ella/Usted	particip___	He/She participates, You participate	Ellos/Ellas/Uds	particip___	They participate