Spanish regular verbsare divided into three groups based on their endings:-ar,-er, and-ir. Each group follows a set pattern. Here are the endings for each group, usinghablar(to speak),comer(to eat), andvivir(to live) as examples.

Spanish irregular verbsdo not follow the regular patterns and must be memorized. Here are three common types:

Also known as “boot verbs,” they change the stem vowel in all forms exceptnosotrosandvosotros.

These verbs have a specialyoform.

Some verbs are irregular in all forms.

That's the present tense in a nutshell!