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-AR Verbs

-AR Verbs. What is a verb?. Verbs are action words (run, dance, sing, jump, talk, think, do!) The most basic form of a verb is called an infintive In English: to talk In Spanish: hablar There are three types of Spanish infinitives: - ar , - er , - ir. -AR Verbs.

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-AR Verbs

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  1. -AR Verbs

  2. What is a verb? • Verbs are action words (run, dance, sing, jump, talk, think, do!) • The most basic form of a verb is called an infintive In English: to talk In Spanish: hablar • There are three types of Spanish infinitives: -ar, -er, -ir

  3. -AR Verbs • A large number of Spanish verbs are –ar verbs. Here are a few that we know: Estudiar Hablar Esquiar Cantar Practicar Bailar Escuchar Nadar Dibujar

  4. Conjugating Verbs • A verb is conjugated when it is changed to match its subject. A conjugated verb will tell you who is doing an action. In English: Heruns in the park every morning. What is the subject in the sentence? What is the verb in the sentence?

  5. Conjugating Verbs • A verb is conjugated when it is changed to match its subject. A conjugated verb will tell you who is doing an action. In English: Heruns in the park every morning. What is the subject in the sentence? HeWhat is the verb in the sentence? runs The verb, runs, matches the subject, he. It would not make sense to say “I runs,” “You runs,” or “We runs.”

  6. Subject Pronouns • When you are conjugating a verb in Spanish, you need to start by finding or identifying the right subject pronoun.

  7. Masc./Fem. SubjectPronouns The plural forms nosotros, vosotros, and ellos have a masculine and a feminineform (nosotras, vosotras, ellas). • Use themasculineformforgroups of boys • Use thefemineformforgroups of girls 3. In a mixedgroup (boys and girls), use themasculineform

  8. Masc./Fem. SubjectPronouns Por ejemplo: Miguel y Raúl—ellos (masculine) Ana y Marta—ellas (feminine) Miguel y Ana—ellos (masculine)

  9. -AR VerbEndings Note that in theverb chart, usted movesintothe box with él and ella. Note that in theverb chart, ustedes movesintothe box with ellos and ellas.

  10. Conjugatingan –AR verb I wanttosay “Youtalkonthephone.” Usingmyvocabulary and subjectpronouns, I writetheSpanishsentence “Tú hablar por teléfono.” But, whatthisreallysaysis “Youtotalkonthephone.” I needtoconjugatemyverb.

  11. 1. Findthesubjectpronoun Tú hablar por teléfono.

  12. 2. Findtheinfinitive (verb) Túhablar por teléfono.

  13. 3. Split theinfinitiveintotwoparts túhablar túhabl-ar stem ending

  14. 4. Getrid of theending; keepthestem túhabl-ar túhabl

  15. 5. Findtheendingthatmatchesyoursubjectpronoun; addittothestem túhabl + as=tú hablas

  16. Done! Rewriteyoursentence. Tú hablas por teléfono. Youtalkonthephone.

  17. Altogether now… él dibujaryo cantar él dibuj -ar yo cant -ar él dibuj yo cant él dibuj + a yo cant+ o él dibujayo canto he draws I sing

  18. Hablar

  19. Te toca a ti • nosotros bailar • ustedes esquiar • yo hablar • ella escuchar • ellos practicar

  20. Te toca a ti • nosotros bailar bailamos • ustedes esquiar esquian • yo hablar hablo • ella escuchar escucha • ellos practicar practican

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