Capítulo 1 Spanish II
-GO Verbs Present Tense Verbs -GO in the yo form Verbs to know: Hacer – to make/do Salir – to leave/go out Traer – to bring Poner – to put/place Venir – to come
Conjugations Hacer Salir Poner Traer Venir yo hago salgo pongo traigo vengo tú haces sales pones traes vienes él/ella/Ud. hace sale pone trae viene Nosotros hacemos salimos ponemos traemos venimos ellos/ellas/Uds. hacen salen ponen traen vienen
Present Progressive Tense Tells the reader what is going on at this exact moment. In English: To be + Present Participle (-ing) In Spanish: Estar + -ando/-iendo/-yendo Compound Tense Means that there are 2 parts to the tense Estar What you will conjugate to your subject Present Participle, a.k.a “the other verb”: Regardless of the subject, drop the infinitive ending and add: -ar -ando -er/-ir -iendo If you have an -er/-ir verb that is preceded by a vowel -yendo Examples: TRAER, oír, construir, leer, caer…
¿Qué está haciendo?
¿Qué está haciendo?
Present Present Progressive On your test, you will have a sentence with the verb italicized. Focus on that verb and nothing else in the sentence. ¿Hablas español? Identify your subject. Helpful hint: Sometime the subject will be written before the verb, sometimes it will not. Be able to look at your verb & ID the subject based on the ending. Match the form of estar to your subject. Another helpful hint: check the ending of estar. Does it match the ending of your verb? Does estar have an accent mark over the a? Look at the verb & ID your infinitive. Wow! Another hint: look at the ending of the verb. If I have given you a yo, you have seen the verb MULTIPLE TIMES. If there is ie or ue in the middle of the verb, it was a stem change. Remember where the changes came from. Add your present participle ending. Dude! She really likes us! She’s giving us another hint: I have already told you which verbs have –yendo. You might want to remember them.
Ella escribe un poema. Tú pronuncias el español como madrileños. Mi hermana escucha sus discos favoritos. Ella gana mucho dinero en el restaurante. Yo hablo con acento americano. Yo estudio gramática. Ustedes leen una novela de Unamuno. El perro ladra. Ella estudia un vocabulario de mejicanismos. Los clientes piden sus canciones favoritas. Nieva en las montañas.