Transcript Verbos Regulares

Verbos
Regulares
An Introduction
Spanish Verbs
Start as Infinitives
A.
An infinitive is a
verbal idea that
includes the English
word “to”.
B.
There are 3 kinds of
infinitives:
-ar
-er
-ir
Hablar
to speak or to talk
Decidir
to decide
Practicar
to practice
Caminar
To walk
Comer
to eat
An infinitive must end
with one of these two
letters combinations.
But every word that
ends with –ar, -er, -ir is
not an infinitive.
For example:
The word “lugar” ends with
–ar but it is a noun that
means “place”.
C.
The stem or root is
what is left of the
infinitive after the –ar,
-er and –ir are
removed.
What is the stem of
“hablar”?
habl
What is the stem of
“vivir”?
viv
What is the stem of
“beber”?
beb
What is the stem of
“practicar”?
practic
What is the stem of
“responder”?
respond
What is the stem of
“escribir”?
escrib
What is the stem of
“estudiar”?
estudi
What is the stem of
“bailar”?
bail
What is the stem of
“terminar”?
termin
Just a little note here
that most stems
cannot be
pronounced.
The stem of a verb can help you
know something about nouns.
For example “comer’ is “to eat.
Both “comedor” and “comida”
start with the stem of “comer”,
so we know they have
something to do with eating.
The first one is “dining room”
and the second is “food”.
D.
To conjugate an
infinitive start with the
stem and add the
appropriate ending for
the subject and tense
you wish to use.
E.
Endings are added to
the stem to create
subject and time of
action.
The endings used with –ar
verbs in the present tense
are:
“o” for I
“as” for you
“a” for he, she, it, you
polite
“amos” for we
“an” for they, you plural
For example:
To say “I talk” we must start
with the infinitive “to talk” and
continue from there.
hablar
habl
hablo
Try it again. This time
“we talk”.
hablar
habl
hablamos
F.
The tense is when
something is happening,
was happening or will
happen. It is the time of
action of the verb.
G.
There are 3 things that
every Spanish verb, when
it is conjugated, tells us:
What
When
Who
H.
What about words like “do, or
does” etc.?
Three things to remember about
them:
1. They are often implied
2. They tell the tense of the verb
3. They show the position of the
verb.
For example:
Where do you practice soccer?
¿Dónde practicas el fútbol?
Where did you practice soccer?
¿Dónde practicaste el fútbol?
When you have a sentence
where there are two verbs in a
row with no obvious change of
subject, the first verb is
conjugated and the second
remains an infinitive.
For example:
I need to study here.
Necesito estudiar aquí.
Do you need to study here?
¿Necesitas estudiar aquí?
J.
In order to make
sentences negative (no,
not, n’t) the word “no”
placed before the verb.
For example:
I don’t want Taco Bell.
Yo no quiero Taco Bell.
We don’t speak French.
No hablamos el francés.
K.
To find the correct ending, in
any tense, you must know
what pronoun would replace
the subject noun. More often
then not these subject
pronouns in Spanish are
omitted.
L.
The Spanish present
tense has three allowable
translations. Context and
intended meaning are how
you determine which one
to use.
Ramon nada en el lago.
The first translation or usage
is habitual.
The second is in progress at
the moment.
The third is usually formatted
into a question.
Be sure to remember these
subject pronoun groups:
I
we
you
he, she, it
they, you plural
These groups determine which
endings you will use.
2A.
In Spanish the subject groups
are:
yo
nosotros
tú
él, ella, usted ellos,ellas,
ustedes
2B
Verb endings are determined by
number and tense not by
gender.
Conjuguemos
Yo
sacar
saco
Look at letter H on worksheet:
The subject is Juana y yo
The pronoun that substitutes is
“we”
So we add the we ending to the
stem of the verb
bailar>bail>bailamos
Look at letter J on worksheet:
The subject is los estudiantes
The pronoun that substitutes is
“they”
So we add the they ending to
the stem of the verb
hablar>habl>hablan
Look at letter U on the
worksheet:
The subject is la escuela
The pronoun that substitutes is
“it”
So we add the it ending to the
stem of the verb
llegar>lleg>llega
Dictionary Lesson
Looking up a verb
study
Paco studies in school.
practice
I am practicing tomorrow.
need
We need to buy books.