Conjugating regular AR verbs Conjugating What Conjugating means

Conjugating regular AR verbs

Conjugating…. . What? ■ Conjugating means changing the basic form of a verb to match the subject and the tense. ■ We have to do it so that people will know who we are talking about and when things happened. 2

Repaso: Subject Pronouns Yo = I “ nosotros = we Tú = you (informal) vosotros = y’all (informal) él = he ella =she Ud. = you (formal) ellos = they ellas = they Uds. = you all (formal) Why are subject Pronouns important? *We need them to tell us which form of the verb to use.

Infinitive Verbs § § § They have not been conjugated and have no tense. No subject has been identified. They mean To xxx (to swim, to listen, to talk) All verbs in Spanish end in ER, IR, or AR Ex. estudiar, hablar, llegar, contestar What is an AR verb? These are verbs that end in AR 4

3 steps to conjugating regular verbs Drop the ending Find the subject 5 Add the new ending that matches the subject

To say “I take” in Spanish 3. Add the correct ending to match the 1. Start with the infinitive subject pronoun. 2. Then drop the ending (ar) = tom (this is the stem) “ yo o tú él ella ud. as a nosotros amos vosotros ellas uds. An Example! áis 1. Tomar an tom 2. Subject = yo yo ending = o 3. Tom + o = tomo

Hablar = to speak Yo hablo = I speak Tú hablas = you speak Él habla = he speaks Ella habla = she speaks Ud. habla = you speak (f) Let’s conjugate a verb in all its forms! Nosotros hablamos = we speak Vosotros habláis = you all speak Ellos hablan = they speak Ellas hablan = they speak Uds. hablan = you all speak

A Ver…. § CANTAR CANT __ § § § Yo Tú Usted/Él/Ella Nosotros/as Vosotros/as Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas Canto Cantas Cantamos Cantáis Cantan

Now you Try! § Bailar Bail § § § Yo Tú Usted/Él/Ella Nosotros/as Vosotros/as Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas Bailo Bailas Bailamos Bailáis Bailan

Why couldn’t we do this with ser and tener? § Ser is an irregular verb, it does not follow the rule of adding regular endings. § Tener does follow the rule of adding regular endings, except for in the Yo form. (Tengo, not Teno) § We will learn more later on about irregular verbs.