Transcript Apuntes de capítulo 4A

Apuntes de capítulo 4A
Realidades 1
Kentridge High School
Sra. Butsch
Apuntes (25.3.14)
• What is a verb?
– An action word.
• What is an infinitive?
– The unconjugated form a of a verb. In English it is the verb
with to before it. In Spanish it is a verb that ends in –ar, –
er, or –ir.
• What does it mean to conjugate?
– To change the ending of the verb to tell who does the
action and when (past, present, future).
• Regular verbs all follow the same pattern based on their
endings.
-ar
-er
-ir
-o
-amos
-o
-emos
-o
-imos
-as
-áis
-es
-éis
-es
-ís
-a
-an
-e
-en
-e
-en
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• Irregular verbs have spelling changes and don’t follow the
exact pattern perfectly, although it maybe similar.
• You need to memorize these individually.
• Irregular yo forms, the other forms conjugate normally.
– ver – yo veo
– hacer – yo hago
– saber – yo sé
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• Some verbs have spelling changes in their stem but use similar
endings.
NEW
• You need to memorize these individually.
VERB
tener
preferir
jugar
yo
tengo
prefiero
juego
tú
Ud./él/ella
nosotros/as
vosotros/as
Uds./ellos/ellas
tienes
tiene
tenemos
prefieres
prefiere
preferimos
juegas
juega
jugamos
tenéis
tienen
preferís
prefieren
jugáis
juegan
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• Some verbs change radically and look entirely different.
• You need to memorize these individually.
NEW
VERB
ser
estar
ir
yo
soy
estoy
voy
tú
vosotros/as
eres
es
somos
sois
estás
está
estamos
estáis
vas
va
vamos
vais
Uds./ellos/ellas
son
están
van
Ud./él/ella
nosotros/as
Apuntes (27.3.14) el verbo ir
• ir means to go.
• It must be followed by to the
– ir + a la (for the feminine locations)
– ir + al (for a masculine location)
You must conjugate ir
voy
vas
va
vamos
vais
van
Apuntes (27.3.14) el verbo ir
• When followed by an infinitive verb, ir means to be
going to do something.
– ir + a + infinitive
You must conjugate ir
voy
vas
va
vamos
vais
van
You don’t conjugate the
second verb.
Apuntes (28.3.14) Preguntas
• There are two common ways to ask questions.
1. Turning a statement into a question.
We don’t say do when saying
questions in Spanish.
– Do you have money?
– ¿Tienes tú dinero?
¿VERBO + Subject + Other information?
We add an upside down question
mark before the question.
Apuntes (28.3.14) Preguntas
• There are two common way to ask questions.
2. Using a question word.
We don’t say do when saying
questions in Spanish.
– What do you have in your backpack?
– ¿Qué tienes tú en la mochila?
¿Question word + VERBO + Subject + Other information?
We add an upside down question
mark before the question.