Present Tense of –ar Verbs. Conjugation of –ar verbs In Spanish, to conjugate regular present tense – ar verbs, you drop the verb ending (-ar). You then.

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1 Present Tense of –ar Verbs

2 Conjugation of –ar verbs In Spanish, to conjugate regular present tense – ar verbs, you drop the verb ending (-ar). You then add to the stem the endings that correspond to the different subject pronouns. You must memorize the endings that correspond to the different subject pronouns. There are not a lot! The following slides will help you visualize the process by which verb forms are created.

3 Keep It Simple Let’s go over the endings for ALL Present Tense Regular –ar verbs. Next, let’s apply these endings to the stem of a regular present tense –ar verb. If you can do one verb, then you can do them ALL. Even if you don’t know what the verb means in English!! o as a amos áis an yo tú él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes vosotros nosotros

4 The endings are the same for ALL REGULAR –ar verbs Estudiar (to study) yo estudio I study tú estudias you study (fam.) él, ella, usted estudia he/she studies; you study; it studies (form.) nosotros/as estudiamos we study vosotros/as estudiáis you all study (fam.) ellos, ellas, ustedes estudian they study; you all study SINGULAR FORMS PLURAL FORMS

5 Conjugation of –ar verbs INFINITIVEVERB STEM CONJUGATED FORM hablar – to speak habl- yo habl bailar – to dance bail- tú bail estudiar – to study estudi- él, ella, Ud. estudi trabajar – to work trabaj- nosotros trabaj comprar – to buy compr- vosotros compr escuchar – to listen escuch- ellos, ellas, Uds. escuch There are so many more –ar verbs. Just like learning vocabulary, you eventually need to memorize as many as possible. o as amos a áis an

6 Conjugate This Verb Bailar (to dance) yo bail tú bail él, ella, usted bail nosotros/as bail vosotros/as bail ellos, ellas, ustedes bail SINGULAR FORMS PLURAL FORMS o as a amos áis an I dance you dance he, she, it dances you dance we dance you all dance they; you all dance

7 Conjugate This Verb Trabajar (to work) yo tú él, ella, usted nosotros/as vosotros/as ellos, ellas, ustedes SINGULAR FORMS PLURAL FORMS trabajo trabajas trabaja trabajamos trabajáis trabajan I work you work he, she, it works you work we work you all work they; you all study