LEARN SPANISH WITH

MARIA FERNANDEZ

Written by Maria Fernandez

In Lesson 16 of this Spanish for beginners course I introduce you to the regular 'ar' verbs. There you can learn how to build the six forms of any regular verb ending in 'ar'.

Following the rules set out in that lesson, here we're going to practice building the six forms of twenty regular verbs that you can hear throughout this course.

First, let's see and hear the six forms of the verb 'hablar' (to talk) in the present, the one used as a pattern for all 'ar' verbs in Lesson 16. Click on the verb forms to hear them:

hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, habláis, hablan

Now we're going to go through the rules that help us build the six forms of all regular 'ar' verbs. Let's use the verb 'doblar' (to bend, to fold) to illustrate those rules:

Rules: ......

We're now going to practice understanding and saying the six forms of the following verbs. Click on them to hear them said by native speakers:

abandonar aceptar acompañar

to abandon to accept to accompany

Understanding exercise Can you tell what each of these forms means? Click on the question marks to see the right answers:

oxidamos acompaño imaginas narran dobláis adoptan lloro refleja excavas arregláis concentran debilitamos tomas acepta espero llevas cooperan trepo abandonamos llenáis

we rust I accompany you (tú) imagine they narrate you (vosotros) bend, fold they adopt I cry he / she / it reflects you (tú) excavate you (vosotros) repair they concentrate we debilitate, weaken you (tú) take, eat he / she / it accepts I wait, hope you (tú) wear, carry they cooperate I climb we abandon you (vosotros) fill

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