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Subject-verb Agreement

A Spanish verb agrees in form with its subject. In other words, a verb has more than one form and each form matches up with a particular kind of subject. The example below shows that Spanish has six different verb forms while English has just two: live and lives.
Singular
English Spanish
I live (yo) vivo
you live () vives
he lives (él) vive
she lives (ella) vive
Plural
English Spanish
we live (nosotros) vivimos
you guys live (vosotros) vivis
they live (m) (ellos) viven
they live (f) (ellas) viven

(m) - masuline
(f) - feminine

The only English verb that has more than two forms in the present tense is the verb "to be" (am, is, are).

In Spanish, Second-person you pronouns use their own unique verb forms; third-person you pronouns share verb forms with third-person pronouns; see above for example.

Note: -os pronouns refer to a pair/group that is all male or mixed;
-as pronouns to pair/group that is all female.

Vosotros is used only in Spain.


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