Spanish is very similar to English, with a huge exception

CONJUGATIONS Verbs are conjugated. This means that the spelling and pronunciation o a !erb is changed to add more in ormation" such as #ho is doing the !erb" and #hen the$ are doing it. %or e&ample" 'Comer( means 'To )at( To sa$ 'I eat( $ou #rite 'Como( 'Necesitar( means 'To Need( 'Necesito( means 'I need(

How to say I do (something) in Spanish

All $ou do is change the last * letters o the !erb to 'o( +ere are some !erbs, CO-). /to eat0" N)C)SITA. /to need0" CO..). /to run0" 1)1). /to drin20 +ere are the same !erbs" e&cept the$ are conjugated, CO-O /I eat0" N)C)SITO /I need0" CO..O /I run0" 1)1O /I drin20

How to say somebody E SE does something

It3s simple. I the !erb ends in 'ar( change the last * letters to 'a( I it ends in 'er( OR 'ir( change the last * letters to 'e( This applies #hether it is +) doing the !erb" S+) doing the !erb" or IT doing the !erb. %or e&ample, AMAR 4 To Love" and AMA 4 He loves /or she lo!es" or it lo!es0 CORRER 4 To Run" and CORRE 4 He runs SUBIR 4 To Climb" and SUBE 4 He climbs

Here are some more examples to ma!e it even more obvious

CO-). /To )at0 CO-) /+e5She5It )ats0 CO-O /I eat0 A-A. /To 6o!e0 A-A /+e 6o!es0 A-O /I 6o!e0

"ore examples# $emember, %$ changes to &%&, and both E$ and I$ change to &E&

SU1I. /To Climb0 SU1) /+e Climbs0 SU1O /I Climb0 TO-A. / To Ta2e0 TO-A /+e Ta2es0 TO-O /I Ta2e0

'n(ortunately, there are some exceptions

%or some reason" some !erbs don3t ollo# this rule per ectl$. This ma$ sound complicated" but it reall$ isn3t. 7hen SO-) particular !erbs are conjugated" the letters in the middle o the !erb can change. ')( turns to 'I)(" and 'O( turns to 'U)( +ere is an e&ample, T)N). /To +a!e0 /+e +as0 is NOT /Tene0" but it3s actuall$ /Tiene0 8ou see" $ou had to change the ending" but A6SO change the ) to I).

Here are examples o( E turning to IE

T)N). /To +a!e0 TI)N) /+e +as0 C)..A. /To Close0 CI)..A /+e Closes0 CI)..O /I Close0 V)NI. /To Come0 VI)N) /+e Comes0

"ore examples, this time o( &)& turning to &'E&

-O.I. /To 9ie0 -U).) /+e 9ies0 -U).O /I die0 9O.-I. /To Sleep0 9U).-) /+e Sleeps0 9U).-O /I Sleep0

Sadly, there is one more important exception to the main rules

Sometimes" #hene!er $ou conjugate or 'I do ::::(" a ne# rule comes into pla$. 7ell" it3s more o an e&ception" because it is rare and ON68 happens or a %)7" commonl$ used !erbs Instead o changing the ending o the !erb to 3O3" $ou change it to 3GO3 T)N). /To +a!e0

TI)N) /+e +as0 T)NGO /I +a!e0

"ore examples o( the ending o( a verb changing to &*)& instead o( +ust &)&

V)NI. /To Come0 VI)N) /+e Comes0 V)NGO /I Come0 ;ON). /To ;ut0 ;ON) /+e ;uts0 ;ONGO /I ;ut0

I thin! that instead o( saying He,She,It, you should +ust leave that out# I thin! it ma!es things easier to understand, see what I mean below

TI)N) #ould NOT be '+e5She5It +as(" that is just too con using TI)N) #ould be" simpl$" '+as( So... I #ant to sa$ '+e has a pencil.( Ignore pronouns" because #e don3t need them Thin2 'has a pencil.( +as 4 Tiene A pencil 4 un l<pi= +as a pencil 4 Tiene un l<pi=

%ll verbs end in %$, E$, or I$ until you con+ugate them

And most !erbs end A.. ). and I. are uncommon. I thin2 >?@ are A. and the rest are ). and I.. Just some more e&ample sentences, I +AV) A ;)NCI6. T)NGO UN 6A;IB. S+) +AS A ;)NCI6. TI)N) UN 6A;IB.

"ore examples

IT )ATS. CO-). +) CO-)S. VI)N). I CO-). V)NGO.

I hope this made Spanish ma!e more sense#

There is reason or the random rules" b$ the #a$. A long time ago" be ore Spanish became a #ritten language" the people #ho spo2e it had a peculiar accent. This accent made it hard or them to pronounce certain letters properl$ #hene!er the$ #ere the stressed s$llable. So #hen ) became the stressed s$llable" the$ tried to sa$ )" but it sounded li2e I). That3s #h$ ) sometimes turns to I). Same thing or O. 7hen it is stressed" the$ said it so it sounded more li2e U). And the reason or sometimes !erbs ending in 3GO3 instead o just 3O3" #ell that3s because the$ #ere uc2ing retarded.