One of the obstacles that must be overcome when we want to learn a language well and master it completely is the tricky subject of grammar.
Nobody enjoys repeating a series of verbs over and over until they memorize them, but the reality is that knowing verb conjugation inside and out is essential to form sentences correctly and be able to communicate with any native speaker of the foreign language we are studying, so there is no excuse.
English verbs have several points in common with those of Spanish: they are conjugated in a personal way, that is, there is a pronoun for each of the people (I →
, you →
, he / she / you →
, we →
, you →
, they / they / you →
), and there are also some irregular verbs.
To be more or less exact, there are about 200 irregular verbs in English, such as the verb TO BE, which would be something like our SER or ESTAR, and which is one of the first we use, the most basic of all, because with it We can give a lot of information about ourselves when introducing ourselves:
Say the name: "
" (I'm Pedro)
Inform of nationality: "
" (We are Spanish)
Give the age: “And
" (you are 20 years old)
Talk about the profession: "
”(She is a teacher)
But before we dive into learning about irregular verbs in English, let's first take a look at the regular ones.
Regular verbs in English
The general rule of thumb for regular verbs is that in
a final -s is added to the form for him / her, which is not carried by the rest of the verbal persons, as is the case with the verb “explain” '
":
I explain →
We explain →
You explain →
You explain →
He / she explains →
They explain →
As all people, except him / her, have the same verb form, it is very important to name the subject (you, we ...) to know who is being referred to in the sentence, which is not the case with Spanish, which it can be elided more frequently as differentiation is not necessary.
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In regular ones, the gerund ends in -ing (
) and the participle in -ed (
).
There are a lot of completely regular English verbs that are used every day. All of them, and many more, are conjugated in the same way as
:
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For example, we say “
" (I need help), "
”(I'm learning English) or“ I cooked chicken
