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The conjugating of verbs for every subject pronoun is not a feature unique to Spanish. All European languages do it. Semitic languages do it...to an even more minute degree than Spanish. I believe Slavic languages do it as well. It could be that the practice arises from the perception of the uniqueness and individuality of the persons and the perceived need to differentiate between them when speaking. The practice is found in Greek and Sanskrit, two progenitor languages to Spanish. The follow-on question that you might pose is, "Given that so many languages conjugate verbs differently for every subject pronoun, why doesn't English?"

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