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Present Tense of
AR Verbs
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Realidades 1
VERBS
You already know that the
infinitive forms of Spanish verbs
always end in AR, ER, or IR:
HABLAR, BEBER, ESCRIBIR
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VERBS
The infinitive is the verb form
you would find in a SpanishEnglish dictionary.
In English, the infinitive is “to
+ (verb),” for example:
to eat, to walk, to speak, etc.
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Some infinitives you
already know are:
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 Comer
 Enseñar
 Esquiar
 Estudiar
 Jugar
 Hablar
 Montar
 Bailar
 Nadar
 Cantar
 Trabajar
 Dibujar
 Patinar
 Escuchar
SPANISH CONJUGATIONS
For every infinitive in Spanish,
there is a stem and an ending.
Let’s consider the verb
estudiar.
ESTUDI is the verb stem while
AR is the verb ending.
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SPANISH CONJUGATIONS
To change an infinitive to a
form that tells who is doing the
action, you must remove the
AR and add the appropriate
verb ending to the stem.
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SPANISH CONJUGATIONS
This action is called
conjugating the verb.
After we conjugate verbs, the
last letter or letters of the verb
tell you who does the action.
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SPANISH CONJUGATIONS
The largest group of verbs in
Spanish end in AR.
To create the forms
(conjugations) of regular AR
verbs, follow these steps:
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SPANISH CONJUGATIONS
Drop the AR from the infinitive
to find the verb stem:
HABLAR  HABL
Then, add the AR verb endings
to the stem:
O, AS, A, AMOS, ÁIS, AN
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THE VOSOTROS FORM
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Verb forms ending in áis, such
as estudiáis, are primarily used
in the country of Spain.
Most other Spanish-speaking
countries use the ustedes
(Uds.) form in place of
vosotros.
TO STUDY (ENGLISH)
I study
We study
You study
You (pl.) study
He
She studies
(it)
They study
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ESTUDIAR (SPANISH)
yo estudio
tú estudias
Ud. estudia
él estudia
ella estudia
(“it”) estudia
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nosotros estudiamos
nosotras estudiamos
vosotros estudiáis
vosotras estudiáis
Uds. estudian
ellos estudian
ellas estudian
(plural “it”) estudian
REVIEW (Repaso)
The basic, non-conjugated form of
a verb is called an infinitive.
Infinitives in Spanish always end in
AR, ER, or IR.
To conjugate AR verbs, you must
first find the stem of the verb:
[INFINITIVE] – [AR] = STEM
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REVIEW (Repaso)
Then, simply add the verb
endings (i.e. conjugate) to
indicate who (or what) is doing
the action:
o, as, a, amos, áis, an
Let’s conjugate!
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TOCAR
yo toco
tú tocas
Ud. toca
él toca
ella toca
(“it”) toca
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nosotros tocamos
nosotras tocamos
vosotros tocáis
vosotras tocáis
Uds. tocan
ellos tocan
ellas tocan
(plural “it”) tocan
ENSEÑAR
yo enseño
tú enseñas
Ud. enseña
él enseña
ella enseña
(“it”) enseña
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nosotros enseñamos
nosotras enseñamos
vosotros enseñáis
vosotras enseñáis
Uds. enseñan
ellos enseñan
ellas enseñan
(plural “it”) enseñan
UNIQUE CONJUGATIONS
Let’s look at the verb hablar.
Notice how each conjugation for
hablar is unique, or one-of-a-kind:
hablo, hablas, habla,
hablamos, habláis, hablan
Because of this, you can often use
the verb without a subject pronoun.
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UNIQUE CONJUGATIONS
Hablo inglés.
I speak English.
Here, the subject yo is implied
because only the “yo” form of
the conjugation ends in o.
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SUBJECT PRONOUNS
Subject pronouns are often
used for emphasis, and may be
necessary for clarification:
Ella habla inglés pero él habla
español.
• She speaks English but he speaks
Spanish.
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SUBJECT PRONOUNS
We know that the conjugation habla
only goes with the subject pronouns
él, ella, and Ud.
We must clarify who speaks which
language by using a subject
pronoun:
Ella habla inglés pero él habla
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NEGATING SENTENCES
When you want to say that you
do not do something, use no
before the verb conjugation:
Yo no cocino en la clase
educación física.
de
• I do not cook in physical education
class.
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ASKING QUESTIONS
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When asking a question in Spanish,
we either put the subject after the verb
or at the end of the sentence.
¿Cocina Juan en la clase de
ciencias?
Verb
Subject
¿Estudia mucho Paulina?
Verb
Subject