ar er ir verbs Spanish has three types

-ar, -er, -ir verbs Spanish has three types of verbs. They can be identified by their endings: -ar, -er, or –ir.

Subject Pronouns I yo You (familiar) tú we nosotros/nosotras you all vosotros/vosotras ellos/ellas He él they She ella all of you Ustedes (Uds. ) you (formal) Usted (Ud. )

Verb infinitive: • The infinitive form of a verb is the verb in its basic form. It is the version of the verb which will appear in the dictionary. In English, the infinitive form of a verb is usually preceded by “to” (“to dance, ” “to eat, ” “to write”).

How to conjugate a verb: -ar verbs • Start with the infinitive: bailar • Look at the ending to determine which type of verb it is. • bailar is an –ar verb because it ends in “ar”. • Remove the ending. What remains is called the “stem” of the verb. • bail is the stem of bailar. • Plug in the appropriate ending based the subject of the sentence.

What are the -ar verb endings for regular verbs? yo -o nosotros -amos tú -as vosotros -áis -a ellos/ellas/ Uds. -an él/ella/ Ud.

So, how do you conjugate bailar? yo bailo tú bailas él/ella/ baila Ud. I dance bailar: to dance nosotros you dance he/she/you dance bailamos we dance vosotros bailáis you all dance ellos/ellas/ Uds. bailan they/all of you dance

-er and -ir verbs are conjugated the same way. Be careful, because their endings are different from -ar verbs.

What are the -er verb endings for regular verbs? yo -o nosotros -emos tú -es vosotros -éis -e ellos/ellas/ Uds. -en él/ella/ Ud.

How do you conjugate the -er verb “comer”? yo como tú comes él/ella/ come Ud. I eat comer: to eat nosotros you eat he/she/you eat comemos we eat vosotros coméis you all eat ellos/ellas/ Uds. comen they/all of you eat

What are the -ir verb endings for regular verbs? yo -o nosotros -imos tú -es vosotros -ís -e ellos/ellas/ Uds. -en él/ella/ Ud.

How do you conjugate the -ir verb “escribir”? yo escribir: to write I write nosotros tú escribes you write él/ella/ escribe Ud. he/she/you write escribimos we write vosotros escribís you all write ellos/ellas/ Uds. escriben they/all of you write

-er and -ir verb endings • Notice how similar the -er and -ir verb endings are. • yo, tú, él/ella/Ud. , ellos/ellas/Uds. forms are the same for each. • • yo: -o tú: -es él/ella/Ud. : -e ellos/ellas/Uds. : -en • nosotros and vosotros forms are the only two that are different. • -er: nosotros: -emos • -ir: nosotros: -imos vosotros: -éis vosotros: -ís