Señora Sequin. Words that express action or existence Belong to families or conjugations: 1. -ar 2. -er 3. -ir Change their endings according to the subject.

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1 Señora Sequin

2 Words that express action or existence Belong to families or conjugations: 1. -ar 2. -er 3. -ir Change their endings according to the subject Change their endings according to tense

3 Basic form of the verb Gives meaning but no subject or tense Form found in dictionary Form of the verb that ends in –ar, -er, or –ir Identified by the word to ……. in English First section, part of verb without the –ar, -er, or –ir, is the stem The stem stays the same when conjugating most regular verbs

4 Start with the infinitive Drop the –ar Part of verb left is the stem hablar – ar = habl trabajar – ar = trabaj bailar – ar = bail preparar – ar = prepar Endings are added to the stem when conjugating To find the stem:

5 May be translated three ways For example: hablo - I speak, I am speaking, or I do speak Each subject has different ending Not always necessary to use a subject pronoun. Verb ending can tell you the subject

6 PersonSpanishEnglish 1 st yoI 2 nd túyou (familiar) 3 rd él, ella, ustedhe, she, you (polite) PersonSpanishEnglish 1 st nosotroswe 2 nd vosotrosyou (familiar) 3 rd ellos/as, ustedesthey, you (polite) Singular: Plural:

7 Endings for –ar verbsPersonSingularPlural 1 st (yo) – o(nosotros/as) - amos 2 nd (tú) – as(vosotros/as) – áis 3 rd (él, ella, usted) - a(ellos/as, ustedes) - an

8 1. First drop the infinitive ending (-ar) to get the stem 2. Find the ending to match the subject 3. Add the correct ending to the stem 4. Final verb form Example: 1. hablar = habl (stem) 2. for subject (él) ending - a 3. habl (stem) + a (ending) = 4. él habla

9 Example: 1. cantar = cant (stem) 2. for subject (yo) ending - o 3. cant (stem) + o (ending) = 4. yo canto Example: 1. trabajar = trabaj (stem) 2. for subject (nosotros) ending - amos 3. trabaj (stem) + amos (ending) = 4. trabajamos

10 PersonSpanishEnglish 1 st (yo) habloI speak 2 nd (tú) hablasyou speak (familiar) 3 rd (él, ella, usted) hablahe, she, you (polite) speaks Conjugation hablar singularPersonSpanishEnglish 1 st (nosotros) hablamoswe speak 2 nd (vosotros) habláisyou speak (familiar) 3 rd (ellos/as, ustedes) hablanthey, you (polite) speaks Conjugation hablar plural

11 PersonSingularPlural 1 st hablohablamos 2 nd hablashabláis 3 rd hablahablan Conjugation chart for hablar

12 Perso n SingularPlural 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Conjugation chart for trabajarPersonSingularPlural 1 st (yo) – o(nosotros/as) - amos 2 nd (tú) – as(vosotros/as) – áis 3 rd (él, ella, usted) - a(ellos/as, ustedes) - an trabajo trabajas trabaja trabajamos trabajáis trabajan

13 Perso n SingularPlural 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Conjugation chart for practicarPersonSingularPlural 1 st (yo) – o(nosotros/as) - amos 2 nd (tú) – as(vosotros/as) – áis 3 rd (él, ella, usted) - a(ellos/as, ustedes) - an practico practicas practica practicamos practicáis practican

14 Perso n SingularPlural 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Conjugation chart for comprarPersonSingularPlural 1 st (yo) – o(nosotros/as) - amos 2 nd (tú) – as(vosotros/as) – áis 3 rd (él, ella, usted) - a(ellos/as, ustedes) - an compro compras compra compramos compráis compran

15 Perso n SingularPlural 1 st 2 nd 3 rd Conjugation chart for necesitarPersonSingularPlural 1 st (yo) – o(nosotros/as) - amos 2 nd (tú) – as(vosotros/as) – áis 3 rd (él, ella, usted) - a(ellos/as, ustedes) - an necesito necesitas necesita necesitamos necesitáis necesitan

16 hablar – to speak comprar – to buy necesitar – to need alquilar – to rent cantar – to sing dibujar – to draw practicar – to practice tocar – to play bajar archivos – to download files montar – to ride nadar – to swim pasear – to go for a walk patinar – to skate platicar – to chat bailar – to dance descansar – to rest trabajar – to work Some –ar verbs: