Transcript hablar
Present Tense of the Verbs First conjugation -AR The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The infinitive: The basic, unconjugated form, the one that corresponds to the English “to do” (something). For example, to speak, to work, to sing, etc. The Spanish infinitive always ends in AR, ER and IR The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The ending: The last two letters of the infinitive. The ending always consists of two letters. The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The Spanish infinitive always ends in r hablar salir comer conocer escribir costar cantar correr aprender finalizar leer freír The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The ending always consists of two letters hablar comer escribir cantar aprender leer salir conocer costar correr finalizar freír There are three types or categories of verbs in Spanish: those that end in ar, those that end in er, and those that end in ir The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The stem or root: Whatever is left after removing the ending from the infinitive. HABL AR ending stem The stem can consist of a variable number of letters, depending on the length of the verb in question. The fundamental parts of the Spanish verb The infinitive – the ending = the stem hablar comer escribir cantar aprender leer salir conocer costar correr finalizar freír The fundamental parts of the verb The infinitive: The basic, unconjugated form of the verb. estudiar The ending: The last two letters of the infinitive. ar The stem: What is left after taking the ending from the infinitive. estudi Verb Conjugation To conjugate: To put a verb in its correct person and number so that we know who is doing the action. When we conjugate any verb we always begin with its stem. So let’s take the verb HABLAR we write down the pronoun and the stem… • Yo hablNs. habl • Tú habl – Vs. habl - • Él, ella habl Ud. Ellos, ellas hablUds. Then you add these terminations at the stem of the word. Yo -O Nosotros -AMOS Tú -AS Vosotros -ÁIS Él, ella Ud. -A Ellos, ellas, Uds. - AN Verbs of the st 1 conjugation (-ar) hablar All persons and numbers are based on the stem. yo hablo nosotros/as hablamos tú hablas vosotros/as habláis Uds. hablan Ud. habla ellos él ellas ella Notice which vowel gets the emphasis! Verbs of the st 1 conjugation (-ar) trabajar Its stem? trabajo traba jas trabaja trabaja mos trabajáis trabajan The emphasis? Verbs of the 1st conjugation (-ar) buscar Its stem? busco buscas bu sca buscamos buscáis bu scan The emphasis? Verbs of the st 1 conjugation (-ar) estudiar Its stem? estudio estudias estudia estudiamos estudiáis estudian The emphasis? Take the verb HABLAR . Remove the ending and add the terminations . This is what we call AFFIRMATIVE “to conjugate a verb” Yo hablo – I talk Nosotros/ as hablamos We talk Tú hablas – you talk Vosotros hablais You all talk Él, ella habla Ellos, ellas hablan – they talk he, she talks Ustedes hablan – you all Usted habla - you talk talk (formal) (formal) To form the NEGATIVE add NO between pronoun and verb Yo no hablo – I don’t talk Nosotros/ as no hablamos We don’t talk Tú no hablas – you don’t talk Vosotros no hablais You all don’t talk Él, ella no habla Ellos, ellas no hablan – they don’t talk he, she doesn’t talks Usted no habla - you don’t Ustedes no hablan – talk (formal) you all don’t talk (formal) To ask a question SWITCH the verb with the pronoun INTERROGATIVE ¿Hablo yo?– do I talk? ¿ Hablamos nosotros/ as? Do we talk? ¿ Hablas tú?– do you ¿ Hablais vosotros – Do You talk all talk? ¿ Habla él, ella? Does he, she talk? ¿ Habla Ud.? - do you talk ?(formal) ¿ Hablan Ellos, ellas ? –Do they talk Ustedes hablan – you all talk (formal) La biblioteca es un buen lugar para estudiar. ¿Qué estudias? Estudio matemáticas . Verb forms that refer to people that are within the conversation flip to their “opposite” form. estudio estudiamos estudias estudiáis estudia estudian ¿Qué estudias tú? La biblioteca es un buen lugar para estudiar. ¿Qué estudia Juan? Estudia filosofía. Verb forms that refer to people that are outside the conversation do not change. estudio estudiamos estudias estudiáis estudia estudian FIN