Regular ER and IR Verbs Ms Ribau Spanish

Regular -ER and –IR Verbs Ms. Ribau Spanish 1

Review – (Copy into your notebook) Verb a part of speech indicating action Infinitive an unchanged verb. In English it usually includes the word “to” – to be, to swim, to eat, to live, etc. In Spanish all infinitives end in either -ar, -er-, ir. Conjugate Subject To change the verb from the infinitive to a form that matches the subject. The person or thing doing the action Conjugations the forms of the verb after you conjugate it. Subject pronouns a word that replaces the proper names of nouns.

Subject pronouns Singular Plural We (m) = Nosotros 1 st person I = yo 2 nd person You = tú 3 rd person He = él They (m) = ellos She = ella They (f) = ellas You = Ud. You all = Uds. We (f) = Nosotras

Conjugating Verbs To conjugate a verb in Spanish you “Drop” the ending, -ar, -er, -ir ◦ you are left with the stem of the verb comer – er = com (the stem) Then add on the appropriate ending to match the subject. But What Are The Endings?

-ER and –IR verb endings -er Verbs -ir Verbs Yo -o -o Tú -es -e -e -emos -imos -en Él, ella, Ud. Nosotros Ellos, Uds. Ellas,

-ER Conjugation -o -emos -en -en

Conjugate –ER verb-Leer Leo Leemos Lee Leen

-IR Conjugation -e -imos -e -en

Conjugate –IR verb- Vivir Vivo Vivimos Viven

Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb beber. La señora _____ café con leche. Las muchachas_______ una limonada. Nosotros ______ limonada. Tú ____ leche. Yo _____ té helado.

Practicamos Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb beber. La bebe señora __________ café con leche. beben Las muchachas __________ una limonada. Nosotros Tú Yo bebemos __________ limonada. bebes __________ leche. bebo __________ té helado.

Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir. Yo _______muchas cartas. La profesora _____ el examen. Los alumnos __________ con lápices. Tú _____ una carta larga.

Practicamos Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir. Yo __________ muchas cartas. escribo La escribe profesora __________ el examen. Los alumnos __________ con lápices. escriben Los alumnos __________ con lápices. escribimos Tú escribes __________ una carta larga.

Vocabulario Regualr –ER & IR aprender – to learn creer – to believe poseer – to possess, to own beber – to drink deber – to have to, to owe prometer – to promise comer – to eat esconder – to hide romper – to break comprender – to understand leer – to read temer – to fear correr – to run meter en – to put into vender – to sell abrir – to open descubrir – to discover permitir – to permit admitir – to admit discutir – to discuss recibir – to receive asistir a – to attend escribir – to write subir – to climb, to go up cubrir – to cover existir – to exist sufrir – to suffer decidir – to decide omitir – to omit unir – to unite describir – to describe partir – to divide vivir – to live