Transcript Infinitives

Infinitives
What are verbs?
• Verbs are words that often express actions.
• Verbs in English often have different forms
depending on who is doing the action
– I walk, she walks, we walked
Infinitives
• The most basic form of a verb is called an
infinitive
• In English, infinitives are easy to spot
because they have “to” in front
– to walk, to swim, to read
Spanish Infinitives
• In Spanish, infinitives are also easy to
spot…
• They end in either AR, ER, or IR
– nadar, leer, escribir