Transcript Conjugation of Reg *ER Verbs

CONJUGATION
OF REG –AR
VERBS
WHAT IS CONJUGATION?
•THE PROCESS IN
WHICH YOU BREAK
DOWN AN INFINITIVE
TO MATCH A
PARTICULAR SUBJECT
WHAT IS CONJUGATION?
• YOU CONJUGATE INFINITIVES.
• INFINITIVES IN ENGLISH INCLUDE
THE WORD TO + VERB.
• TO STUDY, TO RUN, TO TALK, TO
SING, TO DANCE
• IN SPANISH, 3 CLASSES OF
INFINITIVIES: -AR, -ER, -IR
• HABLAR, CORRER, ESCRIBIR.
WHAT IS CONJUGATION?
• INSTEAD OF SAYING YOU LIKE TO
DO SOMETHING, YOU CAN SAY
THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO THAT
THING BY CONJUGATING THE VERB.
EX. I like to sing a lot. Me gusta
mucho cantar.
EX. I sing a lot. Yo canto mucho.
Let’s first look at the
subject pronouns. In
order to conjugate a
verb, you have to
know what the
subject is. Here are
the subject pronouns.
The Pronouns
YO
I
NOSOTROS WE
NOSOTRAS WE (fem
only)
Tú
You VOSOTROS YOU (Spain)
VOSOTRAS
ÉL
HE
ELLOS THEY (M OR M & F)
ELLA SHE ELLAS THEY (FEM only)
UD.
YOU UDS. YOU (plural)
To conjugate a verb in Spanish,
follow these three steps:
1. Take the infinitive
hablar
2. Drop the last 2 letters
(you’ll be left with a stem)
habl—
3. Add the appropriate endings to
the matching subject…
The endings, with their pronouns
YO
O
Tú
AS
ÉL
ELLA
UD.
A
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS AMOS
VOSOTROS
ÁIS
VOSOTRAS
ELLOS
ELLAS
AN
UDS.
To finish conjugating HABLAR
YO HABLO
Tú HABLAS
ÉL
ELLA HABLA
UD.
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS
HABLAMOS
VOSOTROS HABLÁIS
ELLOS
ELLAS HABLAN
UDS.
Other regular –AR verbs that
follow the same pattern:
HABLAR
to talk
ESCUCHAR to listen (to)
ESTUDIAR
to study
CANTAR
to sing
BAILAR
to dance
TOCAR
to look at, to
watch
YO
TÚ
ÉL
ELLA
UD.
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS
VOSOTROS
ELLOS
ELLAS
UDS.
I
YOU (fam)
HE
SHE
YOU (form)
WE (masc or masc/fem)
WE (fem only)
YOU (fam/pl. Spain)
THEY (masc or masc/fem)
THEY (fem only)
YOU (plural)