Transcript Regular Verbs

Regular Verbs
-ar, -er, -ir
What’s an infinitive?
• In Spanish: they end in an –ar, -er, or –ir
• In English: To___________…
• Hablar – to talk
• Comer – to eat
• Vivir – to live
What’s an infinitive?
• Every infinitive has a stem and an ending.
hablar
stem
comer
ending
stem
vivir
stem
ending
ending
What is conjugating?
• Not a cool gathering of friends.
• To conjugate means to change the endings of
a verb to make it agree with who or what
you’re talking about.
• (We’ll talk more about this in a minute)
How do I conjugate?
1. You take off the infinitive’s ending.
2. Add the ending that corresponds with
the person you are talking about.
Endings correspond with this verb chart
yo
nosotros
tú
Ud., él, ella Uds., ellos,
ellas
What are the endings? -ar
o
as
a
amos
an
What are the endings? -er
o
es
e
emos
en
What are the endings? -ir
o
es
e
imos
en
Conjugating hablar
1. Take off the ending.
hablar
habl
stem
ending
2. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart.
Conjugating hablar cont..
hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
hablan
Conjugating comer
1. Take off the ending.
comer
com
stem
ending
2. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart.
Conjugating comer cont..
como
comes
come
comemos
comen
Conjugating vivir
1. Take off the ending.
vivir
viv
stem
ending
2. Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart.
Conjugating comer cont..
vivo
vives
vive
vivimos
viven
¡A ti te toca!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
escribir (yo)
tocar (tú)
trabajar (Ud.)
expresar (ella)
comprar
(nosotros)
6. celebrar (Uds.)
7. cumplir
(nosotros)
8. cantar (yo)
9. beber (tú)
10. leer (Ud.)
11. comprender
(ella)
12. abrir (nosotras)
13. recibir (Uds.)
14. correr (ellos)