Spanish regular verbs ending in -ar

Regular verbs are divided into 3 categories based on their ending: -ar, -er and -ir. We are going to use cantar (to sing), comer (to eat) and vivir (to live) as models. 

Cantar (to sing), present tense

Yo canto

Tú cantas

Él/Ella/Ud. canta

Nosotros/as cantamos

[Vosotros/as cantáis]

Ellos/as/Uds. cantan

List of common -ar verbs

Amar – to love

Bailar – to dance

Caminar – to walk

Cantar – to sing

Cenar – to have dinner

Cocinar – to cook

Comprar – to buy

Desayunar – to have breakfast

Descansar – to rest

Enviar – to send

Estudiar – to study

Hablar – to talk/to speak

Llamar – to call

Llevar – to wear/to carry/to take

Mirar – to watch/to look

Odiar – to hate

Tocar – to touch/to play an instrument

Tomar – to take/to grab/to have (for food 

and drink)

Trabajar – to work

How to conjugate -ar verbs

To conjugate these verbs, we need to drop the -ar ending and add the corresponding ending for each person.

For example:

Trabajar - ar = trabaj

Yo trabaj + o = yo trabajo

Tú trabaj + as = tú trabajas

Él trabaj + a = él trabaja

Etc.