Transcript Present Tense Regular Verbs

Present Tense
Regular –AR verbs
Objective
·to conjugate regular –AR
verbs in the present tense.
A verb has two parts
a stem & an ending
Habl
ar
English
When
we form a sentence
in English, we begin the
sentence with a subject;
The subject can be either a
noun or…a pronoun
English Subject Pronouns
I
we
you
he,
she, it
they
Spanish Subject Pronouns
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
ustedes
usted, él,
ella,

ellos,
ellas,
¿Qué pasa aquí?
What happened to the
“it”?
Since all Spanish
nouns are either
masculine or
feminine…..
there is no Spanish
subject pronoun for “it”.
When the subject is a
singular masculine or
feminine noun,
we simply use the same
ending on the verb that we
would use if the subject was
“él” or “ella”. (That would be the
third person singular verb ending)
When the subject is a plural
masculine or feminine
noun,
we simply use the same
ending on the verb that we
would use if the subject was
“ellos” or “ellas” . (That would
be the third person plural verb
ending)
Enough of that
confusion!
Lets move on to verb
conjugation
As with English verbs,
Spanish verbs must be
conjugated in order to make
the verb agree with the
subject in person and
number.
In order to make a Spanish
verb agree with the subject,
we have to change its
ending.
Present tense regular verb
endings “ar”verbs.
o
amos
as
a
an
The verb ending identifies the
subject.
o
= yo
as = tú
a = Ud.,
él, y ella
amos
=
nosotros
an = Uds.
an = ellos
y ellas
Correspondingly, the subject
dictates the verb ending
I - o
We – amos
you - as
he, she, a
 You all – an
you formal -a They, -an
Let’s look at a typical
“ar” verb
hablar
(to speak)
In order to make the
verb agree with the
subject we must ...
Drop the ending from
the infinitive form ….
Hablar
(infinitive form - to
speak)
Drop the “ar” ending
habl
Remember the “ar” verb
endings????
o
amos
as
a
an
Stem + ending
hablo
hablamos
hablas
habla
hablan
…And, that means:
I
speak
You speak
he speaks,
she
speaks,
you speak
We
speak
You all
speak
They speak
What’s next?
¡Caramba!
Es el fin