Question

Pease help ASAP

-ir and -er ending verbs are very similar in their endings when they are conjugated. How do they differ in their endings when they are conjugated?

Answer 1

For both ir and er endings, if you want to conjugate a verb, remove the ir or er ending and add the ending that matches the subject and according to the tense. For instance, the imperfect tense that is used to talk about past actions, conditions, or events that occurred regularly or frequently or that were in progress in a moment in the past, takes the endings indicated in the Table below. So the conjugation differ in the root of the verb. For example:

The ending of the verb LEER is er and the ending of the verb VIVIR is ir. To conjugate these verbs for the second person singular (tú), remove the ending er and ir ending and add iste to the end of each word, therefore:

- Leías

- Vivías

So the ending is the same, but these two conjugations differs in the root of the word.

Answer 2

When you conjugate ar, ir and er verbs you remove the infinitive ending and then you add the ending that matches the subject. I think you're trying to ask how you can differentiate between ar, ir and er verbs after they are conjugated so I'll type a little example:

hablar

yo: hablo

tú: hablas

ella, el, usted: habla

nosotros: hablamos

ellos, ellas, ustedes: hablan

comer

yo: como

tú: comes

ella, el, usted: come

nosotros: comemos

ellos, ellas, ustedes: comen

vivir

yo: vivo

tú: vives

ella, el, usted: vive

nosotros: vivimos

ellos, ellas, ustedes: viven

I don't know how to explain this properly but, when you compare the three you can see the obvious differences. Like you stated, they are similar but they are also very different. (Hope this helps? Language is a very hard thing to understand immediately. Good luck!)