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

oNosotros(as)

amostú

asVosotros(as)

áisél/ella/Ud.

aEllos/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

--oNosotros(as)

--emostú

--esVosotros(as)

--éisél/ella/Ud.

--eEllos/ellas/Uds.

--en

Here are the endings for present-tense, regular

--IR verbsyo

--oNosotros(as)

--imostú

--esVosotros(as)

--ísél/ella/Ud.

--eEllos/ellas/Uds.

--en

Here are the endings for present-tense, regular