Transcript Apuntes 8-9 de octubre

Apuntes 8-9 de octubre
La conjugación de los verbos
(Verb Conjugation)
When you conjugate a verb, you change the infinitive
so that it shows who is doing the action. The ending of
a verb tells who is doing the action.
Infinitives are the most basic forms of a verb. All
infinitives in Spanish end in –ar, -er or –ir. Here are
some examples of infinitives:
hablar (to speak)
trabajar (to work)
estudiar (to study)
comer (to eat)
escribir (to write)
In order to conjugate a verb, you must take off the –
ar, -er or –ir from the infinitive. This leaves you with
the verb stem. Here are the verb stems of some
sample verbs:
infinitive
escuchar
estudiar
leer
escribir
verb stem
escuchestudileescrib-
You complete the conjugation by adding the appropriate
ending. The endings for regular verbs that end in –ar are
as follows:
Subject
yo
tú
Ud., él/ella
nosotros/as
vosotros/as
Uds., ellos/as
Verb ending
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-áis
-an
Here is a complete present-tense conjugation for the verb DIBUJAR.
DIBUJAR (to draw)
Singular
(yo) dibujo
Plural
(nosotros/as) dibujamos
I draw
we draw
(tú) dibujas
(vosotros/as) dibujáis
you draw
you guys draw
(Ud., él/ella) dibuja
(Uds., ellos/as) dibujan
You (formal) draw, he/she draws
You (all) draw, they draw
When making a sentence, you change the ending to say who is
doing the action. The subject pronoun is optional and is often left
off.
(Yo) dibujo en la clase de arte. (I draw in art class.)
¿Dibujan (ellos) en la clase de arte? (Do they draw in art class?)
To make a sentence negative, put a no in front of the verb.
(Nosotros) no dibujamos en la clase de arte.
(We don’t draw in art class.)