 Remember that all verbs in Spanish either end in -ar, -er, or -ir? In lesson 1.4K, you learned about verbs that end in -ar, and in lesson 1.4L you learned about verbs that end in -er. In this lesson, you'll learn about verbs that end in -ir. Two common verbs that end in -ir are vivir and escribir, which mean to live and write.
Remember that to use verbs in Spanish, you usually take off the -ir (or -ar or -er) ending, and replace it with a special ending to indicate who's doing the action. This is called conjugating, or matching, the verb to the subject noun (the person, place or thing doing the action).
Formula:
verb - ir + new ending
Steps:
1. Take off the -ir ending.
2. Add one of these 6 endings: o, es, e, imos, ís, en.
Example:
 Notice that 4 out of the 6 endings are the same in -ir and -er verbs. The only 2 that are different are the 4th and 5th (nosotros and vosotros forms).
Watch the video on common -ir verbs and the 6 -ir verb endings.
Quiz yourself on -ir verb conjugations.
Common -ir verbs:
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