Conjugating regular -AR verbs (Present tense) 1

-ar verb present tense endings — Regular -ar verbs follow: -o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. Using hablar as the model: hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, habláis, hablan. Remove -ar from the infinitive to get the stem, then add the ending for the correct person. This pattern covers the majority of Spanish verbs.

Common regular -ar verbs — These high-frequency verbs all follow the same pattern: hablar (to speak), trabajar (to work), caminar (to walk), escuchar (to listen), mirar (to look at), comprar (to buy), cantar (to sing), llegar (to arrive), llamar (to call), entrar (to enter), esperar (to wait/hope).

Subject pronouns are usually dropped — Because each ending uniquely identifies the subject, Spanish usually omits the subject pronoun: Habla español rather than Él habla español. Include the pronoun only for emphasis, contrast, or when the context would be genuinely ambiguous (mainly with él/ella/usted which share the same form).