Regular ir verbs

Robert C Watson

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This English-Spanish handout and worksheet is about the conjugation of regular Spanish IR verbs. It is intended for English speakers who are studying Spansih.

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Regular IR Verbs

The Spanish infinitive, or base form of the verb, is divided into two parts: the stem and the ending.

Many verbs end in

ir

.

The verb

escribir

(to write)

can be divided into the stem and base:

escrib

+

ir

.

In

order to conjugate a verb, you must change the ending in order to make the verb agree with the subject.

To conjugate a regular

ir

verb, drop the

ir

ending and add one of the following:

o, es, e, imos, ís, en

.

Here is the present tense conjugation of

escribir

:

yo escribo

tú escribes

él escribe

ella escribe

usted escribe

nosotros escribimos

nosotras escribimos

vosotros escribís

vosotras escribís

ellos escriben

ellas escriben

ustedes escriben

Here are some verbs that follow the regular IR verb conjugation pattern:

abrir

–

to open

admitir

–

to admit

asistir

–

to attend

cubrir

–

to open

decidir

–

to decide

describir

–

to describe

descubrir

–

to discover

discutir

–

to discuss

escribir

–

to write

existir

–

to exist

permitir

–

to permit

recibir

–

to receive

subir

–

to climb, to go

up

sufrir

–

to suffer

unir

–

to unite

vivir

–

to live