Transcript Español II * Unidad I Regular Present Tense Verbs

Español II –
Unidad I
Regular Present
Tense Verbs
To talk about things you
do, you use the present
tense. To form the
present tense of a
regular verb, drop the
-ar, -er, or -ir and add
the appropriate ending.
-ar Verbs
Hablar
hablo
hablamos
hablas
habláis
habla
hablan
Other regular –ar verbs are:
acampar – to camp , alquilar
– to rent, ayudar – to help, bailar
– to dance, cambiar – to change,
caminar – to walk, cantar – to
sing, cenar – to dine, cocinar
– to cook, comprar – to buy,
descansar – to rest, desear
– to wish, enseñar – to teach,
escuchar – to listen, esperar – to
wait/to hope, estudiar – to study,
ganar – to win/to earn, lavar – to
wash, limpiar – to clean, llamar –
to call, llevar – to carry/to wear,
mandar – to send, mirar – to
look, nadar – to swim, pasar – to
pass/to spend (time), patinar – to
skate, quedar – to stay, terminar
– to finish, tomar – to take/to
drink and trabajar – to work.
-er Verbs
Comer
como
comemos
comes
coméis
come
comen
Other regular –er verbs are:
aprender – to learn, beber – to
drink, comprender – to
understand/to comprehend,
correr – to run, deber – ought
to/must/should, leer – to read
and vender – to sell.
-ir Verbs
Vivir
vivo
vivimos
vives
vivís
vive
viven
Other regular –ir verbs are:
abrir – to open, asistir – to
attend, compartir – to share,
descubrir – to discover, dividir –
to divide, escribir – to write,
insistir – to insist and recibir – to
receive.