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Slide 2 How to Conjugate SPANISH VERBS Slide 3 First, let s review the subject pronouns. yoIyo t yout usted youusted l hel ella sheella SingularPlural Person 1 st 2 nd 3 rd nosotros m. wenosotros nosotras f.nosotras vosotros m. youvosotros vosotras f.vosotras ustedes youustedes ellos m. theyellos ellas f.ellas Slide 4 1.Grammar. To inflect a verb in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood, and tense. Examples of a conjugation I run. You have. She walks. We are. You see. They speak. Slide 5 not having inflections to indicate tense n : the uninflected (or unconjugated) form of the verb the to form of a verb: to run, to walk, to have Slide 6 There are three types of verbs in Spanish. -AR verbs are verbs that end in ar. Hablar, mirar. -ER verbs end in er. Comer, beber. -IR verbs end in ir. Vivir, ofrir. Types of verbs -AR -ER -IR * Verbs ending in ar, -er, and ir in Spanish are known as infinitives. Slide 7 Let s get started Conjugating regular AR verbs. To conjugate a regular AR verb, one must first remove the AR ending from the infinitive. This will leave you with the base. hablar ar = habl Use the infinitive, hablar habl is your base Slide 8 Add the regular AR verb endings to your base o as a amos is an hablar ar = habl infinitive ending = base hab l o as a amo s is an Slide 9 SingularPlural Person 1 st 2 nd 3 rd These endings correspond with the following subject pronouns. yo =amos aan o ast = Ud. l = ella nosotros/as = vosotros/as = Uds. ellos = ellas is Slide 10 Memorization Memorization is the key to conjugating regular verbs in Spanish P u z z l e d Slide 11 o= Base Infinitive -ARHabl verbs in Spanish Conjugating regular is a pattern. Slide 12 Once you have learned to conjugate one regular AR verb you can conjugate all regular AR verbs. nadar ar = nad infinitive ending = base na d o as a amo s is an Slide 13 caminar ar = camin infinitive ending = base cami n o as a amo s is an Slide 14 add your subject pronouns cocinar ar = cocin o as a amo s is an yo t Ud. l ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas Slide 15 Conjugating Spanish AR verbs is like learning your 123 s and your ABC s. Once you know the pattern, you can conjugate every regular AR verb. Also, you can tell if it is 1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd person singular or plural. Slide 16 Were not finished yet. Not any more! We still have two more verbs: ER and IR. Slide 17 infinitive ending = base As with regular AR verbs, regular Spanish ER and IR verbs have a pattern. Don t sweat it though! Slide 18 The pattern is: hablar infinitive - ending = base comer infinitive - ending = base vivir infinitive - ending = base infinitive ending = base Slide 19 hablar ar = habl comer er = com vivir ir = viv Now you know the pattern! Slide 20 Now all you need are the endings Once you know how to conjugate the regular AR verb, conjugating ER and IR verbs are simple. -ER verbs are like AR verbs. The only difference is the A and the E . -IR verbs are sister verbs to the ER verbs. They share four of the same endings. Slide 21 Here are the regular verb endings Person -AR-ER-IR SingularPluralSingularPluralSingularPlural 1 st -o-amos-o-emos-o-imos 2 nd -as-is-es-is-es-s 3 rd -a-an-e-en-e-en Slide 22 Get your pencil ready! comer er = com o es e emo s is en yo t Ud. l ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas Slide 23 vivir ir = viv o es e imos s en yo t Ud. l ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas Now ready for the next step Don t get tired yet, Slide 24 Now wipe away all those tears, there is nothing more to fear. You have now learned how to conjugate regular Spanish verbs. Slide 25 Time is up, so now we re done. Let s go have some fun! Slide 26 Slide 27