Endings 'e' and 'o' and 'I' or 'you'

Endings 'e' and 'o' and 'I' or 'you'

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Originally Posted by tmember (Post 81747)

Another elementary question: Does whether you use an 'o' or an 'e' at the end of a verb depend upon the tense of the verb you use?

Present tense ('o' means 'I' and 'e' means 'you'

Quiero ir al parque (I want to go to the park)
Quieres* ir al parque (You want to go to the park)
*"Quiere" if you use the pronoun "usted", which is a formula showing respect for someone who's elder than you or who has more authority than you.

Past tense ('o' and 'e' reversed from example above)

Invité a Maria a la fiesta (I invited Mary to the party)
Invitó* a Maria a la fiesta? (You invited Mary to the party)
* Again, "Invitaste" if it's "tú", "invitó" if it's "usted".
Please note that "invite" is the imperative form for "usted", and "invito" is simple present for "yo".

I can see where this could get real complicated if the letters at the end change with every verb tense. Can someone sort this out for me?

@tmember: Try to invest your time in using a conjugation manual. Watching verbs conjugated does not teach you the rules, but watching a model verb and apply the rules to similar ones will actually help you learn how it works. In the long ron it will be much better than trying to memorize endings that change with every irregular verb. :)

Accents are very important in Spanish, and correcting is very hard to do if you don't insert them. You have an accents drop down menu on top of dialog boxes in the forum to insert Spanish characters. :)

Thanks for your reply. Are there some rules that do apply to regular verbs?

I tried to use my keyboard to accent some of the letters of words on my post but something is wrong....the keys I use to get an accent for the 'n' on bano now gives me an underline. So now I get to spend precious time figuring out what's gone wrong. :)