Subjunctive — Conjugations of AR, ER, and IR Verbs

Subjunctive — Conjugations of AR, ER, and IR Verbs

Rules of Conjugation: First conjugation (ar) Verbs

Following the example below, all regular AR verbs, of which hablar is an example, the -ar ending is dropped and to the remainder, habl, which is the stem, are attached the following endings which are placed in green.

hablar (to speak)

Rules of Conjugation: Second conjugation (er) Verbs

Following the example below, all regular ER verbs, of which comer is an example, the -er ending is dropped and to the remainder, com, which is the stem, are attached the following endings which are placed in green.

comer (to eat)

Rules of Conjugation: Third conjugation (ir) Verbs

Following the example below, all regular IR verbs, of which vivir is an example, the -ar ending is dropped and to the remainder, viv, which is the stem, are attached the following endings which are placed in green.

vivir (to live)

Stem-changing verbs

Note: Just like in the present indicative, stem-changing verbs do not change their stems in the nosotros or vosotros forms in the subjunctive.

Pensar (to think)