When we say that a verb is in

When we say that a verb is in the INFINITIVE form…what does that mean? IT MEANS THAT ALL FORMS OF THE VERB COME FROM THIS ORIGINAL FORM… TO “DO SOMETHING. ” A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE THE VERBS WE HAVE ALREADY WORKED WITH ESTAR, SER AND TENER ESTAR~“TO BE” SER~“TO BE” TENER~“TO HAVE”

Remember how we “Conjugated” the verb ESTAR? Or how we “broke it down”? ESTOY ESTÁS ESTÁ ESTAMOS ESTÁIS ESTÁN

Then we added pronouns to the form of ESTAR… Yo estoy Nosotros/as estamos Vosotros/as estáis Tú estás Él/Ella/Ud está Ellos/Ellas/Uds. están

We understood the meaning to be… We are I am You are You All in Spain are He/She/You is/are They/You all are

Remember how we “Conjugated” the verb SER? Or how we “broke it down”? SOY ERES ES SOMOS SOIS SON

Then we added pronouns to the form of SER… Yo soy Tú eres Él/Ella/Ud es Nosotros/as somos Vosotros/as sois Ellos/Ellas/Uds. son

We understood the meaning to be… We are I am You are You All in Spain are He/She/You is/are They/You all are

Remember how we “Conjugated” the verb TENER? Or how we “broke it down”? TENGO TIENES TIENE TENEMOS TIENÉIS TIENEN

Then we added pronouns to the form of TENER… Yo tengo Nosotros/as tenemos Vosotros/as tienéis Tú tienes Él/Ella/Ud tiene Ellos/Ellas/Uds. tienen

We understood the meaning to be… We have I have You All in Spain have He/She/You has/have They/You all have

OK…so NOW let’s pick one of the AR verbs from the list…. HABLAR – TO TALK! We are going to conjugate it or break it down just like we did with ESTAR, SER and TENER!!

THE ABSOLUTE MOST IMPORTANT THING……. YOU MUST HOCKEY BEFORE YOU TOCKEY!!! YOU CAN NOT TOCKEY IF YOU DID NOT HOCKEY!!!

What we have to do 1 st is HOCKEY off the AR ending of the verb… HABLAR HABL AR

HABL So once the AR ending is removed or“HOCKED” off…we are left with the ROOT of the verb. We call this the stem, root, base or the heart of the verb!

Now we have to TOCKEY on the “conjugated” ending…to create the WORD! What are the “conjugated” endings you ask? ? ? O AS A AMOS ÁIS AN

So HERE IS what this looks like…. Hablo Hablas Hablamos Habláis Hablan

We will understand the meaning to be… I talk You talk We talk You all (Spain) talk He/She/You talks/talk They/you all talk

NO NOT LIKE THIS…. What is wrong with these conjugations? ? Hablaro Hablaramos Hablarais Hablaran Hablara Did you “HOCKEY” before you

IT’S LIKE THIS…. . Hablo Hablas Hablamos Habláis Hablan

WAIT!!! WE STILL have to think about the pronouns and how they will match with these “conjugated” endings! Look HERE… Yo-O Tú-AS Nosotros/as-AMOS Vosotros/as-ÁIS Él/Ella/Ud. -A Ellos/as/Uds. -AN

Now remember this is how we will conjugate this verb…… Nosotros/as hablamos Yo hablo Vosotros/as habláis Tú hablas Él/Ella/Ud. habla Ellos/as/Uds hablan

Remember this is what each one will mean… I (do) talk You (do) talk He/She/You We (do) talk You all (Spain) (do/does) talks/talk (do) talk They/you all (do) talk

So to create sentences or to say who is talking and with who or where we use HABLAR and the “conjugated” forms that MATCH the subject… Yo hablo en la clase de español. Tú hablas con tus amigos. Él habla de los deportes. Nosotros hablamos mucho. Vosotros habláis de las clases Ellos hablan mucho de las chicas.

So let’s pick another one of the verbs from that list…. ESTUDIAR– TO STUDY! We are going to conjugate it or break it down just like we did with HABLAR!!

What we have to do 1 st? ? We have to “HOCKY off the AR ending! ESTUDIAR ESTUDI AR

ESTUDI So once the AR ending is removed or“HOCKED” off…we are left with the ROOT of the verb. We call this the stem, root, base or the heart of the verb!

WAIT!!! WE STILL have to think about the pronouns and how they will match with these “conjugated” endings! Look HERE… Nosotros/as-AMOS Yo-O Vosotros/as-ÁIS Tú-AS Él/Ella/Ud. -A Ellos/as/Uds. -AN

Now remember this is how we will conjugate this verb…… Nosotros/as estudiamos Yo estudio Tú estudias Vosotros/as estudiáis Él/Ella/Ud. estudia Ellos/as/Uds estudian

Remember this is what each one will mean… I (do) study We (do) study You all (Spain) (do) study He/She/You (do/does) studies/study They/You all (do) study

So to create sentences or to say who is talking and with who or where we use ESTUDIAR and the “conjugated” forms that MATCH the subject… Yo estudio en la clase de matemáticas. Tú estudias en la tarde. Él estudia todos los días. Vosotros estudiáis mucho. Ellos no estudian suficiente.

So let’s pick another one of the verbs from that list…. TRBAJAR-TO WORK! We are going to conjugate it or break it down just like we did with HABLAR!!

What we have to do 1 st? ? We have to “HOCKY off the AR ending! TRABAJAR TRABAJ AR

TRABAJ So once the AR ending is removed or“HOCKED” off…we are left with the ROOT of the verb. We call this the stem, root, base or the heart of the verb, right? OK…so….

WAIT!!! WE STILL have to think about the pronouns and how they will match with these “conjugated” endings! Look HERE… Yo-O Nosotros/as-AMOS Vosotros/as-ÁIS Tú-AS Él/Ella/Ud-A Ellos/as/Uds. -AN

Now remember this is how we will conjugate this verb… Nosotros/as trabajamos Yo trabajo Tú trabajas Vosotros/as trabajáis Él/Ella/Ud. trabaja Ellos/as/Uds. trabajan

Remember this is what each one will mean… I work We work You all (Spain) He/She/You works/work They/You all work

So to create sentences or to say who is working and with who or where we use TRABJAR and the “conjugated” forms that MATCH the subject… Yo trabajo en la clase de español. Tú trabajas en las tardes. La Sra. Yanich trabaja todos los días. Nosotros trabajamos mucho. Los chicos no trabajan como las chicas.

What we have to do 1 st? ? We have to “HOCKEY off the AR ending! ESCUCHAR ESCUCH AR

ESCUCH So once the AR ending is removed or“HOCKED” off…we are left with the ROOT of the verb. We call this the stem, root, base or the heart of the verb, right? OK…so….

Now remember this is how we will conjugate this verb… Yo escucho Nosotros/as escuchamos Tú escuchas Vosotros/as escucháis Él/Ella/Ud. escucha Ellos/as/Uds. escuchan

Remember this is what each one will mean… I listen We listen You all (Spain) listen He/She/You listen/listens They/You all listen

So to create sentences or to say who is buying and with who or how we use ESCUCHAR in the “conjugated” forms Yo escucho a la Sra yanich. Tú escuchas música tejana. La maestra escucha a sus estudiantes. Vosotros escucháis en el concierto. Mis amigas no escuchan nunca.

Now lets take the verb IR and the forms of IR and add them to other INFINTIVE verbs like…. Estudiar Dibujar Hablar Trabajar Usar la computadora Escuchar Practicar deportes Participar

This is so that we can say what people are “GOING TO DO”! Yo voy a esuchar música. Tú vas a hablar con tus amigos. Él va a practicar deportes. Nosotros vamos a dibujar. Ellos van a trabajar mucho en clase.

Now lets take the verb TENER and the word QUE and add them to other INFINTIVE verbs like…. Estudiar Dibujar Hablar Trabajar Usar la computadora Escuchar Practicar deportes Participar

This is so that we can say what people “HAVE TO DO”! Yo tengo que esuchar música. Tú tienes que hablar con tus amigos. Él tiene que practicar deportes. Nosotros tenemos que dibujar. Ellos tienen que trabajar mucho en clase.