Spanish grammar - The irregular verb dar - 'to give'

One very common Spanish irregular -AR verb is dar which means 'to give'.

It takes the indirect object for the person receiving.

And if the indirect object is an indirect object pronoun then it doesn’t need a following preposition. However if the indirect object is not a pronoun then the preposition a is required.

The verb dar conjugates as follows.

• For yo: drop the -ar and add -oy so dar ⇒ yo doy

• For tú: drop the -ar and add -as so dar ⇒ tú das

• For él, ella, usted: drop the -ar and add -a so dar ⇒ él da etc.

• For nosotros, nosotras: drop the -ar and add -amos so dar ⇒ nosotros damos etc.

• For vosotros, vosotras: drop the -ar and add -ais so dar ⇒ vosotros dais etc.

• For ellos, ellas, ustedes: drop the -ar and add -an so dar ⇒ ellos dan etc.