How do you conjugate words in Spanish?

Verbs are conjugated in Spanish. This means that the forms change according to the tense, the mood and the subject associated with it. To do this they are classified in three groups according the ending in the infinitive form.

1st verbs that end in -ar: trabajar, hablar, estudiar

2nd verbs yhat end in -er: comer, beber, aprender

3rd verbs that end in -ir: vivir, escribir, recibir

Forms for present tense, indicative mood

For regular verbs in 1st conjugation keep the root and add the following endings after taking off the ending (-ar)

yo -o

tú -as

él -a

nosotros -amos

vosotros -ais

ellos -an

For regular verbs in 2nd conjugation keep the root and add the following endings after taking off the ending (-er)

yo -o

tú -es

él -e

nosotros -emos

vosotros -eis

ellos -en

For regular verbs in 3rd conjugation keep the root and add the following endings after taking off the ending (-ir)

yo -o

tú -es

él -e

nosotros -emos

vosotros -eis

ellos -en

Examples:

-ar -er -ir

yo trabajo bebo escribo

tú trabajas bebes escribes

él trabaja bebe escribes

nosotros trabajamos bebemos escribimos

vosotros trabajais bebeis escribis

ellos trabajan beben escriben

Note: Not all verbs are regular there are different endings and roots for irregular verbs and for different tense and moods