Transcript AR verbs

Subject Promouns
What is a verb?
an ACTION
word!!
In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs:
1) -AR 2)
3)
-ER
-IR
There are the most
-AR
verbs.
(They are the most popular)
An INFINITIVE is the original
form of the verb.
It always means
“ TO + AN ACTION
ex) hablar=
“
TO TALK
The parts of the infinitive have
names too:
stem
hablar
ending
The stem tells you
WHAT the action is
The ending tells you
WHO/WHAT is doing the action
“Conjugation” means
changing the ending of the verb to
match who is doing the action
The three steps to conjugating a verb
are:
1) Identify Action & Who is
doing it
2)
Chop ending off infinitive
3) Put on correct ending
depending on who is doing
the action
-AR Verb Endings
yo
(I…)
-o
tú
(you…)
él (he…)
ella (she…)
Ud. (you…)
-as
-a
nosotros
nosotras -amos
(we…)
vosotros
-áis
vosotras
(you…)
ellos (they…)
ellas (they…)
-an
Uds. (you…)
Practicamos
Ex) I swim.
1) nadar
2) nad
3) nado
Who & What
chop off ending
Add correct
ending for “yo”
Did you know?
nado=
I swim
I do swim
I’m swimming
Do I swim ?
**You don’t even need the “yo” b/c the “o” on the
end tells you who is swimming
Practicamos?
Ex) We study.
Who & What
1) estudiar
chop off ending
2) estudi
3) estudiamos
Add correct ending for
“nosotros”
Did you know?
estudiamos=
we study
we do study
we are studying
Do we study?
Practicamos?
Ex) He listens.
Who & What
1) escuchar
chop off ending
2) escuch
Add correct ending for
3) escucha “Él”
Practicamos
Ex) They skate.
Who & What
1) patinar
chop off ending
2) patin
Add correct ending for
3) patinan
“Éllos”
“Why do we have to conjugate?”
1)
How do you get to school?
“to ride the bus”
2)
What do you do on the weekends?
“to talk, to listen to music.”
3)
What do we need for class?
“to need a pencil, calculator…”
It is YOUR job to
1)
2)
3)
learn endings by studying
& putting effort into hw &
classwork
commit these endings to
memory
come for help BEFORE
quiz if you need to