-ar, -er and –ir verbs in the present tense. Review Verb Infinitive Conjugate Subject Conjugations Subject pronouns a part of speech indicating action.

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1 -ar, -er and –ir verbs in the present tense

2 Review Verb Infinitive Conjugate Subject Conjugations Subject pronouns a part of speech indicating action 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. To change the verb from the infinitive to a form that matches the subject. The person or thing doing the action the forms of the verb after you conjugate it. a word that replaces the proper names of nouns.

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

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

5 -ER and –IR verb endings Yo Tú Él, ella, Ud. Nosotros Ellos, Ellas, Uds. -er -ir -o -e -es -e -en -emos-imos -ar -o -as -a -amos -an

6 Practicamos Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb hablar. La profesora ____________________ con los estudiantes. Los estudiantes ____________________ en la cafetería. Nosotros ____________________ español. Tú ____________________ mucho. Yo ____________________ con mis amigos. habla hablan hablamos hablas hablo

7 Practicamos 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. bebe beben bebemos bebes bebo

8 Practicamos Complete each sentence below with the correct form of the verb escribir. Yo ____________________ muchas cartas. La profesora ____________________ el examen. Los alumnos ____________________ con lápices. Mariana y yo ____________________ con bolígrafos. Tú ____________________ una carta larga. escribo escribe escriben escribimos escribes El fin