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Regular verbs belong to one of three conjugation classes, distinguished by the ending of their infinitive forms (which is also their citation form): Those whose infinitive ends in -ar belong to the first conjugation (e.g. lavar, matar, ladrar); Those whose infinitive ends in -er belong to the second conjugation (e.g. correr, comer, colher);
In many Romance languages including Spanish and Portuguese, the main infinitives are -ar, -er, and -ir, with addition of -ôr (Portuguese only) which only exists in the verb pôr, traditionally considered as -er verbs. While in Italian, the infinitives are -are, -ere, -ire.
The use of second-person pronouns differs dramatically between Spanish and Portuguese, and even more so between European and Brazilian Portuguese. Spanish tú and usted correspond etymologically to Portuguese tu and você, but Portuguese has gained a third, even more formal form o(s) senhor(es), a(s) senhora(s), demoting você to an "equalizing ...
The exceptional verb pôr ("to put") is placed by many grammarians in the -er conjugation class, for historical reasons: in older language the infinitive was poer, derived from Latin PONERE. It is the basis for several derived, prefixed verbs, most of which correspond to English verbs in -pose (although some differ in meaning):
The Spanish copulas are ser and estar.The latter developed as follows: stare → *estare → estar. The copula ser developed from two Latin verbs. Thus its inflectional paradigm is a combination: most of it derives from svm (to be) but the present subjunctive appears to come from sedeo (to sit) via the Old Spanish verb seer.
How is my Spanish: Spanish conjugation charts Spanish conjugation chart. Chart to conjugate in 7 different Spanish tenses. SpanishBoat: Verb conjugation worksheets in all Spanish tenses Printable and online exercises for teachers and students... Espagram: verb conjugator Spanish verb conjugator. Contains about a million verb forms.
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Number of irregular verbs (if that can be counted) could be mentioned... 80.186.202.63 06:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC) I have seen other pages on conjugation in other Languages and they all have very detailed tables. In this article it's just a list. For an example, see Spanish conjugation. I'm pretty sure that expanding this article to be more user ...