4.3.2

Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present Tense

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Regular 'AR' Verbs in the Present

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Explanation

  • There are a lot of regular verbs ending in ‘-ar’.
  • All of them are conjugated like ‘pasar’ (to spend time / to happen).
  • You just need to remove the ending (‘-ar’) and add the different endings for each person.
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Singular

  • yo paso - I spend
  • tú pasas - you spend (singular)
  • él/ella pasa - he/she/it spends
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Plural

  • nosotros/nosotras pasamos - we spend
  • vosotros/vosotras pasáis - you spend (plural)
  • ellos/ellas pasan - they spend
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Other regular verbs with 'AR'

  • There are a lot of regular verbs ending in '-ar':
    • cantar - to sing
    • estudiar - to study
    • trabajar - to work
    • escuchar - to listen
  • All these verbs work just like 'hablar' and 'pasar'.

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