The verb "SER" is the "to be" verb in spanish language. The verb "TENER" means "to have". Both verbs are irregular. Hence, we have to know the conjugations by heart. The verb "HABLAR" means "to speak" and it is regular. Therefore, it is conjugated based on the rules for verbs ending with -ar.
In the following I give the conjugations of these spanish verbs and also explain their usage with examples.
El Verbo SER
This irregular spanish verb is used for
- Expressing nationality: soy español (I am spanish)
- Expressing the Profession: soy ingeniera (I am an engineer)
- Description: Mi casa es azul (my house is blue)
- Identification: Esta es Alicia y esta as Paquita (This is Alicia and this is Paquita)
! An important difference from the english language is that from the sentence structure point of view there is no difference between statement and question sentences. This of course is valid for any other verb; I explain it here for SER. For example:
- tú eres de Madrid (you are from Madrid)
but
- ¿ tú eres de Madrid ? (are you from Madrid?)
So, something like eres tú de Madrid? is wrong. Instead, in written language, an inverse question mark is put at the beginning of the sentence to make it clear that it's handled there with a question. While speaking, it is easy to change your voice accordingly so that it is understood that you are actually asking something and not making a statement.
Furthermore, as I had mentioned before on spanish subject pronouns, in spanish the subject pronouns are rarely used. Hence, it is more common to just say
- eres de Madrid or ¿eres de Madrid?
The verb "ser"is conjugated as follows
yo | soy |
tú | eres |
él/ella/usted | es |
nosotros/nosotras | somos |
vosotros/vosotras | sois |
ellos/ellas/ustedes | son |
El Verbo TENER
Do you remember one of the first things you learnt in spanish: ¿Cuántos años tienes? ---How old are you?.
by using this sentence you were actually telling "how many years do you have? So, you already know one of the uses of the verb tener:
- asking and telling your age: tengo veintisiete años (I'm 27 years old)
Tener means to have, to have got. So, it is used in the other cases, just as we use have/have got in English
2. expressing /asking things you have got or not. For example:
¿Tienes móvil? (do you have mobile phone?)
Sí, es el 123432 (yes, it is 123432)
As mentioned above, it is irregular and conjugated as follows
yo | tengo |
tú | tienes |
él/ella/usted | tiene |
nosotros/nosotras | tenemos |
vosotros/vosotras | tenéis |
ellos/ellas/ustedes | tienen |
El Verbo HABLAR
It means to speak. it is a regular verb, so its conjugation is
yo | hablo |
tú | hablas |
él/ella/usted | habla |
nosotros/nosotras | hablamos |
vosotros/vosotras | habláis |
ellos/ellas/ustedes | hablan |
You may wish to look here to learn the rules about regular spanish verbs
Examples on hablar:
¿ Qué idiomas hablas ? ---or ¿ Qué lenguas hablas ? ---(Which languages do you speak?)
hablo inglés porque es mi lengua materna.....(I speak English because it's my mother language)
hablo alemán muy bien.....(I speak German very well)
hablo italiano bastante bien....(I speak italian quite well)
hablo francés regular= hablo un poco de francés....(I speak French a little bit)
hablo español, pero muy mal ...(I speak Spanish, but very badly)
If you would like to learn how different languages are called in Spanish, please look at Nationalities and Languages
no hablo español...(I don't speak Spanish)
Some phrases are very useful to explain how much you can speak a language
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