Spanish A1.10 Listening Practice: Verb Endings Start Here
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Unit 2: add infinitives ending in -r and first-person -o to what you already control, then say one short answer that reuses earlier Spanish instead of starting from a memorized phrase.
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1. Carmen · Teacher
Welcome back! Today we are learning how Spanish verb endings work, starting with the infinitive ending in -r and the 'I' form ending in -o.
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2. Carmen · Teacher
Let's listen to Álvaro and Lucía in a quick conversation.
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3. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Me gusta hablar español.
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4. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Yo hablo español.
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5. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Me gusta comer aquí.
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6. Lucía · Native Speaker 2
Yo como aquí.
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7. Álvaro · Native Speaker 1
Hablo y como aquí.
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8. Carmen · Teacher
Álvaro said: 'Me gusta hablar español', which means 'I like to speak Spanish'. Verbs ending in -r like 'hablar' mean 'to do' something.
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9. Diego · Student
So any verb ending in -r is the base form like 'to speak'?
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10. Carmen · Teacher
Exactly. Then Lucía said 'Yo hablo español.' Changing 'hablar' to 'hablo' with an -o means 'I speak'.
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11. Carmen · Teacher
Next, Álvaro said 'Me gusta comer aquí', meaning 'I like to eat here.' 'Comer' ends in -r, so it means 'to eat'.
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12. Diego · Student
And Lucía replied 'Yo como aquí'—does 'como' with an -o mean 'I eat'?
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13. Carmen · Teacher
Spot on! The -o ending changes 'to eat' into 'I eat'.
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14. Carmen · Teacher
Finally, Álvaro said: 'Hablo y como aquí', which means 'I speak and eat here'.
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15. Diego · Student
So you don't even need the word 'yo' because the -o ending already means 'I'?
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16. Carmen · Teacher
That's right! The -o tells us 'I' am doing the action. Excellent work today!
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