ABSTRACT
Spanish verbs are organized into three main classes or conjugations depending on whether the infinitive form ends in -ar, -er or -ir. In the tables below, the verbs hablar ‘speak’, beber ‘drink’ and subir ‘climb’ are used to illustrate the regular patterns of verb formation in the three conjugations, while other verbs are used to illustrate irregularities. Each verb form can be divided into a stem, which often remains the same, and an ending which changes. Thus hablamos ‘we speak’ can be split into the stem habl-and the ending -amos. Changes to the ending express distinctions of tense (such as past, present, future), person (1st, 2nd or 3rd), number (singular or plural) and mood (indicative or subjunctive).
