Question

How do you conjugate?

Answer 1

Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. To conjugate means to "walk" a verb through 1st, 2nd, 3rd person singular and plural. Here's a pattern verb, a regular -AR verb:

hablar = infinitive = to speak/talk
yo hablo = I talk, I DO talk, I AM talkING
tú hablas = you (familiar, singular) talk DO talk, ARE talkING
él/ella/Usted habla = he/she/you-formal, singular talk, DOES/DO talk, IS/ARE talkING

nosotros/nosotras hablamos = we talk, DO talk, ARE talkING
vosotros/vosotras hablais = you, plural and familiar (not in many textbooks) talk, DO talk, ARE talkING
ellos/ellas/Ustedes hablan = they/you-all, formal, plural talk, DO talk, ARE talkING.

NOTE: usually there are 3 English translations for the verb form in Spanish

The endings for a regular -AR verb:
o, as, a, amos, ais, an

If you are working with other verbs, let us know. Since you asked what "conjugate" means, I gave you the first verb most students learn.

The definition of the word from an Online Dictionary:

Main Entry: [2]con·ju·gate
Pronunciation: -j&-"gAt
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -gat·ed; -gat·ing
Date: 1530
transitive senses
1 : to give in prescribed order the various inflectional forms of — used especially of a verb
2 : to join together


Please feel free to ask any question you might have.

Sra