¡Hola!
So far we’ve gone over ‘ar’ verbs in Spanish.
There is another type that is called ‘er verbs’.
You should quickly figure out why we call them that.
Some examples of regular ‘er’ verbs are:
beber (to drink) comer (to eat)
creer (to think, believe)
And if you believe in something, you will use, "creer en"
deber (should, ought) leer (to read)
When I say, regular, it means that it follows the pattern without and crazy exceptions to rules.
Let’s review how to do an ‘ar’ verb first in the present tense.
So ‘hablar’ to talk, speak.
We have...
yo hablo
tú hablas
él habla
ella habla
usted habla
nosotros hablamos
nosotras hablamos
ellos hablan
ellas hablan
ustedes hablan
So notice the endings are -o, -as, -a, -amos, and -an.
Now let’s try an –er verb and compare.
In fact, lets do comer (to eat).
We have...
yo como
tú comes
él come
ella come
usted come
nosotros comemos
nosotras comemos
ellos comen
ellas comen
ustedes comen
Notice how it compares with the endings of an –ar verb.
It's basically the same thing with more ‘e’s.
Some examples...
Yo como mucho arroz.
I eat a lot of rice.
Ellos no comen las verduras.
They don't eat vegetables.
Let’s try another example: Leer (to read)….
We have
yo leo
tú lees
él lee
ella lee
usted lee
nosotros leemos
nosotras leemos
ellos leen
ellas leen
ustedes leen
Some examples...
Los estudiantes no leen el libro de inglés.
The students don't read the English book.
¿(tú) Lees muchas novelas?
Do you read a lot of novels?
Ok, how about you form the following sentences.
Pause the video if you need more time, check the wordbank if you aren’t sure about a word...
And if you're still confused about how these verbs work, you can also check below for the verb conjugations.
The first one..
I read lots of books.
Yo leo muchos libros.
We don’t eat hamburgers.
Nosotros no comemos las hamburguesas.
The children should eat vegetables.
Now remember rule of two verbs. Los niños deben comer las verduras.
Remember the idea is that if I change the first verb, which would be should in this case...
I don't change the second verb right after it.
We wouldn't say, "Los niños deben comen las verduras."
Because in English that would be like saying, "The children should they eat the vegetables."
Kind of strange. So no. Just change the first verb.
Susana thinks that Spanish is important
Susana cree que el español es importante.
Do you drink water?
¿(tú) Bebes el agua?
I should do my homework.
Yo debo hacer mi tarea.
Do you believe in aliens?
¿(Tú) Crees en los extraterrestres?
Muy bien.
Hopefully that was easy. Let me know
if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about regular –er verbs in the present tense.
¡Hasta luego!