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Regular Verbs. What’s an infinitive?. In Spanish: it is an action that ends in one of these three endings: – ar , -er , or –ir In English: – ar , -er , or –ir means “to” Habl ar – to talk Com er – to eat Viv ir – to live. What’s an infinitive?.
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What’s an infinitive? • In Spanish: it is an action that ends in one of these three endings: –ar,-er,or–ir • In English: –ar,-er,or–ir means “to” • Hablar – to talk • Comer – to eat • Vivir – to live
What’s an infinitive? • Every infinitive has a stem and an ending. hablar comer stem ending stem ending vivir stem ending
What is conjugation? • To conjugate means to change the endings of a verb to make it refer to who or what you’re talking about. • The ending also tells us when the action takes place: present, past, future, etc.
How do I conjugate? • First, you take off the infinitive’s last two letters. • Second, add the ending that corresponds with the person you are talking about.
Yo Tú Ud., Él, Ella Nosotros/as Uds., Ellos, Ellas Endings correspond with this subject chart
o as a amos an What are the endings? -ar
o es e emos en What are the endings? -er
o es e imos en What are the endings? -ir
Take off the ending. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. Conjugating hablar hablar habl stem ending
o as a Conjugating hablar con’t. habl habl amos an habl habl habl
Take off the ending. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. Conjugating comer comer com stem ending
o es e Conjugating comer con’t. com com emos en com com com
Take off the ending. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. Conjugating vivir vivir viv stem ending
o es e Conjugating comer con’t. viv viv imos en viv viv viv
¡A ti te toca! • escribir (yo) • Yo escribo 2. Tú tocas 2. tocar (tú) 3. Ud. trabaja 3. trabajar (Ud.) 4. Ella expresa 4. expresar (ella) 5. comprar (nosotros) 5. Nosotros compramos 6. celebrar (Uds.) 6. Uds.celebran
más verbos 7. cumplir (él) 7. Él cumple 8. Yo canto 8. cantar (yo) 9. Tú bebes 9. beber (tú) 10. Ud. lee 10. leer (Ud.) 11. comprender (nosotros) 11. Nosotros comprendemos 12. abrir (ella) 12. Ella abre
Subjects Verb Endings I =Yo o Familiar You = Tú as / es He = Él a / e She = Ella a / e Formal You = Ud. a / e We (I’m in the group) =Nosotros/as amos / emos / imos They (I’m out of the group) = Ellos an / en They (I’m out of the group) = Ellas an / en You-all (I’m out of the group) = Uds. an / en