español · A1 · verb · 4 minutes
Comer: regular -er present
Use one reliable model for regular -er verbs.
Understand the choice
Comer models regular -er verbs such as beber, aprender, and vender. Hear the contrast between singular -e endings and plural -en or -emos endings.
Core rule: Regular -er present endings are -o, -es, -e, -emos, -éis, -en; remove -er from comer first.
Notice it in context
Como temprano y comemos juntos los domingos.
I eat early and we eat together on Sundays.
Como is first-person singular; comemos is first-person plural.
¿Qué comes para desayunar?
What do you eat for breakfast?
Comes is the familiar singular form.
Mis hijos comen en la escuela.
My children eat at school.
Comen agrees with a plural subject.
What to remember
- Use comer for eating a meal or food; tomar is common with drinks and some meals.
- Regular -er nosotros forms end in -emos.
Common trap: Do not use -ar endings on an -er verb: comes, not comas, in the present indicative.