Conjugating Verbs!
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Conjugating Verbs!
*You already know several verbs
*Remember any????
*andar, hablar, estudiar, caminar, escuchar, etc…
Conjugating Verbs!
*Notice anything these verbs have in common?
*andar, hablar, estudiar, caminar, escuchar, etc…
*They all end in AR!
Conjugating Verbs!*These are called…AR verbs! How
creative!
*In Spanish, there are three types of verbs: AR, ER, and IR
*When verbs have the AR, ER, or IR attached to the end, this is called the INFINITIVE form
Conjugating Verbs!
*In English, the infinitive form of a verb is “to _______”
*Examples: to run, to walk, to eat
Conjugating Verbs!
*We can’t go around saying “I to eat pizza” or “he to run to
the store”…
*So we have to conjugate verbs---“I eat pizza” and “he runs
to the store”
Conjugating Verbs!
*Conjugating means changing the verb from its infinitive form
*You already know how to do this with the verb SER!
Conjugating Verbs!
*SER is an irregular verb, so the good news is conjugating
verbs can be much easier!
*Most verbs follow a pattern—the endings change depending on the subject doing the action
Conjugating Verbs!*Here are the steps to
conjugating regular verbs:1. Find the infinitive2. Drop the ending
(AR, in this case)3. Add the new ending
(depending on the subject)
Example:
1. Find the infinitive: HABLAR
2. Drop the –AR ending: HABL
3. Add the new ending:
+O = HABLO
--AR verbsyo o Nosotros(as) amostú as Vosotros(as) áisél/ella/Ud. a Ellos/ellas/Uds. an
Here are the endings for present-tense, regular
*These new endings form the PRESENT tense (happening now)
*The present tense can be translated in three ways:
I ________I do _________
I am _________ing
*Example with HABLAR:Yo hablo =
I speak, I do speak, I am speaking
--ER verbsyo --o Nosotros(as) --emostú --es Vosotros(as) --éisél/ella/Ud. --e Ellos/ellas/Uds. --en
Here are the endings for present-tense, regular
--IR verbsyo --o Nosotros(as) --imostú --es Vosotros(as) --ísél/ella/Ud. --e Ellos/ellas/Uds. --en
Here are the endings for present-tense, regular