Regular -ar verbs in the preterite indicative
Conjugation of regular -ar verbs in the preterite indicative
-ar verbs are the most common of all Spanish verbs, and new verbs which enter the language are most likely to become -ar verbs as well. Here are the regular endings in the preterite indicative:
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First Person | -é | -amos |
| Second Person | -aste | -asteis |
| Third Person | -ó | -aron |
Thus:
| hablar | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| First Person | hablé | hablamos |
| Second Person | hablaste | hablasteis |
| Third Person | habló | hablaron |
It is interesting to note that the preterite indicative is the only tense/mode in which the tú form does not end in an s. In all of the other tenses in Spanish, the tú form always end in an s.
