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

Review – (Copy into your notebook) 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.

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

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 Tú Él, ella, Ud. Nosotros Ellos, Ellas, Uds. -o -o -es -es -e -e -emos -imos -en -en

-ER Conjugation -o -emos -es -en -en

Conjugate –ER verb-Leer Leo Leemos Lees Lee Leen

-IR Conjugation -e -imos -es -e -en

Conjugate –IR verb- Vivir Vivo Vivimos Vives Vive 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 bebe beben bebemos bebes bebo 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

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 escribo escribe escriben escribimos escribes 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. escribo escribe escriben escribimos escribes

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