Learn comenzar conjugation in Presente step by step with detailed explanations
comenzar means: tostart
In this lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb comenzar in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to get the following conjugation:
yo
comienzo
tú
comienzas
él/ella/usted
comienza
nosotros/nosotras
comenzamos
vosotros/vosotras
comenzáis
ellos/ellas/ustedes
comienzan
This lesson is specifically about the comenzar verb conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation check the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.
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The verb comenzar has an irregular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood.
The first person singular has an irregular stem in this tense.
This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last e in the stem into an ie.
It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in Presente Indicativo, persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural of Presente Indicativo and whatever it influences later on (like the Imperativo) it never gets beyond the above mentioned persons.
The 1st person singular may also be entirely irregular here, and in such case it doesn’t follow this model.
So in the regular stemcomenz change e to ie to get comienz
But at least the ending is regular for this person. It is -o as normally in the -ar verb group
The second person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.
So as explained previously we need to change e to ie in the regular stemcomenz to get comienz
Once more the ending is regular for this person. It is -as as normally in the -ar verb group
The third person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.
So as explained earlier we need to change e to ie in the regular stemcomenz to get comienz
And again the ending is regular for this person. It is -a as normally in the -ar verb group
The first person plural has a regular stem. So use: comenz
Add the regular ending-amos for this person to get comenzamos
And exactly as previously the second person plural has a regular stem. So use: comenz
And as before add the regular ending-áis for this person to get comenzáis
The third person plural also has an irregular stem in this tense.
So as explained previously we need to change e to ie in the regular stemcomenz to get comienz
Once more the ending is regular for this person. It is -an as normally in the -ar verb group
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