Present Tense of ar Verbs P 84 REALIDADES

Present Tense of -ar Verbs P. 84 REALIDADES 1

VERBS A verb usually names the action in a sentence. We call the verb that ends in -r the INFINITIVE

VERBS The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a Spanish dictionary. In English it means “to + (verb)”

These are some INFINITIVES you already know: Enseñar Estudiar Hablar Bailar Cantar Dibujar Escuchar Esquiar n Jugar n Montar n Nadar n Pasar tiempo n Patinar n And several more! n

IN SPANISH: The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who does the action.

IN SPANISH: To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who is doing the action, remove the -ar and add the appropriate ending.

IN SPANISH: This action is called CONJUGATION

TO STUDY (English) I study You study He She it studies We study They study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish) Yo Tú Ud. Él Ella estudio Nosotros estudiamos Nosotras estudias Vosotros estudáis Vosotras Uds. estudia Ellos estudian Ellas

STEM / ENDING For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.

STEM / ENDING For example, for “estudiar, ”…”estudi” is the stem. “ar” is the ending.

STEM / ENDING So, the endings for -ar verbs are: o, as, a, amos, áis, an

THE VOSOTROS Verb forms ending in áis, such as estudiáis, are used mainly in the country of Spain only.

Let’s CONJUGATE Some more -ar verbs!

TOCAR Yo toco Tú tocas Ud. Él Ella toca Nosotros tocamos nosotras Vosotros tocáis vosotras Uds. Ellos tocan Ellas

Enseñar Yo enseño Tú enseñas Ud. Él Ella enseña Nosotros enseñamos Vosotros enseñáis Uds. Ellos Ellas enseñan

NEGATING A SENTENCE When you want to say that you do not do something, use no before the verb form

NEGATING A SENTENCE Yo no cocino en la clase de educación física.

ASKING A QUESTION When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put the subject after the verb or sometimes at the end of the sentence.

ASKING A QUESTION Cocina Juan en la clase de ciencias? Estudia mucho Paulina? Verb Subject