regular -ar
hablar
to speak
Present
| Person | Form | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hablo | |
| tú | hablas | |
| él, ella, usted | habla | |
| nosotros | hablamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | hablan | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habláis |
Past, the preterite
The tense for a finished action at a definite time. It is the past you need first.
| Person | Form | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| yo | hablé | |
| tú | hablaste | |
| él, ella, usted | habló | |
| nosotros | hablamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | hablaron |
The thing that catches people out
The model regular -ar verb, and roughly half of all Spanish verbs follow it exactly. Learn these five endings and you own hundreds of verbs at once.
In a sentence
hablo español un pocoI speak a little Spanish
¿hablas inglés?do you speak English?