Verbs -er
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-er verbs: A lot of words ending in -er are verbs and are called -er verbs. ex: comer => to eat, etc. The base word literally means "to eat". The transformation is same as "-ar" verb, except that instead of "a" in transformation, we use "e".
Present Tense:
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| base word = -er (to do something) | singular | plural ( add s at end) |
| I => First person | -o |
-emos |
| You (informal) => Second person |
-es |
-éis |
| He, she, You (formal=> Third person |
-e
|
-en |
Ex: Below are few examples of -er verbs that follow the pattern above.
Comer => To Eat: The Spanish verb comer is an -er verb translated in English as “to eat”. The noun "comida" meaning "food" is derived from this. Below is the table based on above transformation.
| base word = comer (to eat) | singular | plural ( add s at end) |
| I => First person |
como (como also means to like) ex: Yo como manzana => I eat banana |
comemos ex: nosotros comemos (we eat) |
| You (informal) => Second person |
comes ex: ¿tú comes carne? => Do you eat meat (carne is similar to carnivore)? => We usually omit " tú", so more common is ¿comes carne? |
coméis ex: vosotros coméis |
| He, she, You (formal=> Third person |
come ex: Ella come => She eats
|
comen ex: Ellos comen |
Desire, Ability and Obligation verbs: All 3 are -er verbs and are one of the most used words in talks. They are discussed under irregular verbs
- tener => have: to have or have to. Under irregular verbs.
- querer (kay-rer) => want: Under irregular verbs.
- poder => can Under irregular verbs.
- hacer => to do/to make : Under irregular verbs.
- haber => has/have :This is discussed under participle form of verb.
Other -er verbs:
- aprender => to learn. ex: we learn spanish => nosotros aprendemos español => we may leave "nosotros" as is common, so just "aprendemos español"
- comprender => To comprehend or understand. Another verb "entender" is synonym to this.
- Ex: No comprendo => I don't understand. (1st person as -o)
- Ex: ¿Comprendes? => Do you understand?¿ (You is left out as is common, -es implies 2nd person)
- Ex: I don't understand everything you say => yo no entiendo todo lo que tú dices. (entender stem is "entiend")
- creer (CRE-ER) => To think or believe. Another similar word crecer, means "to grow".
- We believe in God => Creemos en dios (el dios => the god, la disoa => the goddess)
- I grew up in India => yo crecÍ en India
- prender => to switch on
- barrer => to sweep. ex: ¿Quién barre? => who sweeps?
- nacer => to born. ex: I was born in India => yo nacÍ en India
- romper => to break something. Adjective "roto" means broken.
- vender = to sell (comprar=> to buy). vendedor => salesperson (vende is to sell, so related to sales)