SPANISH WORD: COMER (Sun 3jun07)

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We move on with typical (or “regular”) verbs, today with those that end in ER (COMER). The nice thing about this: once you learn the present tense of AR, ER, and IR regular verbs, you’re in pretty good shape to do some real conversation!
 

(Sections underlined indicate where to stress pronunciation, and the parts in bold show how the ending changes)
 

COMER (to eat)

YO COMO (I eat)

TÚ COMES (You eat)

ELLA/ÉL COME (She/he eats)

NOSOTROS COMEMOS (We eat)

USTEDES/ELLOS COMEN (You all/They eat)

Note that the first part of the verb stays the same: COM. Then, instead of ending with ER, the endings O, ES, E, EMOS, EN (marked in bold above) indicate who’s eating.

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Enough theory – practice makes perfect. See if you understand this: Me gusta comer chocolate. Tú no comes mucho. Nosotros comemos bananas. Ellos comen en un restaurante.  So, did you get it? Of course you did! Excelente!

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