How to Conjugate…

1. How to Conjugate… SPANISH VERBS

2. First, let’s review the subject pronouns. • yoI • túyou • ustedyou • élhe • ellashe SingularPlural Person 1st 2nd 3rd • nosotrosm.we • nosotrasf. • vosotrosm.you • vosotrasf. • ustedesyou • ellosm.they • ellasf.

3. Conjugate: • 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.

4. Infinitive: • 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

5. 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. -AR -ER Types of verbs -IR * Verbs ending in –ar, -er, and –ir in Spanish are known as infinitives.

6. 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. Use the infinitive, hablar hablar – ar = habl habl is your base

7. o as a amos áis an Add the regular –AR verb endings to your base infinitive – ending = base hablar – ar = habl habl habl habl o as a habl habl habl amos áis an

8. These endings correspond with the following subject pronouns. SingularPlural Person 1st 2nd 3rd • yo = • o • nosotros/as = • amos • tú = • as • vosotros/as = • áis • Ud. • él = • ella • Uds. • ellos = • ellas • a • an

9. Regular –AR Verbs P u z z l e d Memorization is the key to conjugating regular verbs in Spanish

10. verbs in Spanish Conjugating regular is a pattern. Infinitive -AR = Base Habl o

11. Once you have learned to conjugate one regular –AR verb… infinitive – ending = base nadar – ar = nad nad nad nad o as a nad nad nad amos áis an …you can conjugate all regular –AR verbs.

12. One More Time... infinitive – ending = base caminar – ar = camin camin camin camin o as a camin camin camin amos áis an

13. Now... add your subject pronouns cocinar – ar = cocin cocin cocin cocin o as a cocin cocin cocin amos áis an yo tú Ud. él ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas

14. 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 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person singular or plural.

15. We’re not finished yet. Not any more! We still have two more verbs: –ER and –IR.

16. infinitive – ending = base As with regular –AR verbs, regular Spanish –ER have a pattern. and –IR verbs Don’t sweat it though!

17. hablar comer vivir infinitive infinitive infinitive - ending - ending - ending = base = base = base The pattern is: infinitive – ending = base

18. infinitive – ending = base hablar – ar = habl comer – er = com One more time... vivir – ir = viv Now you know the pattern!

19. 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.

20. Here are the regular verb endings…

21. Get your pencil ready! comer – er = com com com com o es e com com com emos éis en yo tú Ud. él ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas

22. Don’t get tired yet, Now ready for the next step vivir – ir = viv viv viv viv o es e viv viv viv imos ís en yo tú Ud. él ella nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas

23. Now wipe away all those tears, there is nothing more to fear. You have now learned how to conjugate regular Spanish verbs.

24. Time is up, so now we’re done. Let’s go have some fun!

25. Regular -AR, -ER, -IR Spanish Verbs The End!

26. Regular -AR, -ER, -IR Spanish Verbs The End! Return to Power Point Project Page