Verb Conjugation Review And Conjugating Stem Changing Verbs

1. Verb Conjugation Review And Conjugating Stem Changing Verbs

2. First of all, this IS all review, but it wouldn’t hurt to take some notes. Especially if you still feel a little confused with stem changers or conjugation in general. What is the purpose of conjugation? *Conjugation means to modify or change the verb to make it express that the action (the verb) is being done by a subject. * Like TO READ is a verb…I would conjugate to read for I-to express that I am the one doing that action. I READ * We do the VERY same thing in Spanish. LEER is the verb, to make it say I am doing the Reading, I MUST conjugate LEER to make it say I read or YO LEO. Sound Familiar? * It should, on the next slide there is and ENGLISH and SPANISH conjugation chart to help you compare.

3. I read we read You read He reads they read She reads you all read You (form.) read Yoleonosotrosleemos nosotrasleemos Tú lees Él lee Ellosleen Ella lee Ellasleen Usted lee Ustedesleen Notice that the letter S doesn’t ALWAYS make something plural. Like in READS. The S does NOT make that plural. Neither does the S on lees.

4. When conjugating regular verbs we follow the same pattern whether the verb is an AR, ER or IR verb. Step 1: Start with the infinitive (unconjugated) from of the verb. Like: Escribir Step 2: Cut off the ending…either the AR ER or IR Escrib Step 3: add the approriate ending for whoever the subject is doing the action: ER—o, es, e, emos, en IR----o, es, e, imos, en AR---o, as, a, amos, an ***This pattern works for all normal (regular) verbs.

5. But, when it comes to STEM CHANGING VERBS, there is a slight difference in those steps. Examples of Stem Changers are: PEDIR-to order or ask for, SERVIR-to serve, REPETIR-to repeat, QUERER-to want/to love Pedir, Servir, and Repetirall these are eI verbs, meaning that the e in their stem changes to an I when conjugating in some forms…. Remember--- SIRVO SERVIMOS SIRVES SIRVE SIRVEN ALL THE FORMS INSIDE THE BOOT…DO HAVE THE STEM CHANGE

6. REMEMBER THIS DOESN’T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ENDINGS. SERVIR does do the stem change, BUTits endings are the normal IR endings: o, es, e, imos, en The only thing irregular that happens is the eI stem change

7. REMEMBER THE NOSOTROS/AS FORM IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE STEM CHANGE, ITS BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE BOOT-ITS NOT PART OF THE STEM CHANGER CLUB!!

8. pido pedimos pides pide piden

9. repito repetimos repites IN REPETIR ONLY THE 2ND E HAS THE STEM CHANGE EI repite repiten

10. THE VERB QUERER DOES THE SAME THING…BUT ITS AN EIE STEM CHANGER

11. QUIERO QUEREMOS QUIERES QUIERE QUIEREN

12. ANOTHER COMMON ERROR IS THAT MANY STUDENTS ARE USING THE WRONG SET OF ENDINGS…

13. REMEMBER THAT ONLY AR VERBS ARE GOING TO USE THE AR ENDINGS: O, AS, A, AMOS, AN AND ONLY ER VERBS ARE GOING TO USE THE ER ENDINGS: O, ES, E, EMOS, EN ONLY IR VERBS ARE GOING TO USE THE IR ENDINGS: O, ES, E, IMOS, EN

14. THAT IS IT FOR REVIEW AND NOTES…. NOW PLEASE GET IN YOUR GROUPS AND WORK ON THE REVIEW WORKSHEET.