Present Tense of -ar Verbs Realidades 1

VERBS A verb usually names the action in a sentence. We call the verb that ends in -r the INFINITIVE

VERBS The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a Spanish dictionary. In English it means “to + (verb)”

These are some INFINITIVES you already know: Enseñar Estudiar Hablar Bailar Cantar Dibujar Escuchar Esquiar Jugar Montar Nadar Pasar tiempo Patinar And several more!

IN SPANISH: The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who does the action.

IN SPANISH: To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who is doing the action, remove the -ar and add the appropriate ending.

IN SPANISH: This action is called CONJUGATION

How To Conjugate a Verb Step 1: Create your House

How To Conjugate a Verb Step 2: Place your subject pronouns in their rooms Yo Nosotros Tú x El Ella Usted (Ud.) Ellos Ellas Ustedes

How To Conjugate a Verb Step 3: Cut off the –ar ending from the infinitive Bailar Yo Nosotros Tú x El Ella Usted (Ud.) Ellos Ellas Ustedes

How To Conjugate a Verb Step 4: Place your base word in each room with your subject pronouns Bailar Yo bail Nosotros bail Tú bail x El Ella bail Usted (Ud.) Ellos Ellas bail Ustedes

How To Conjugate a Verb Step 5: Attach the correct –AR verb ending to each base word Yo bailo Nosotros bailamos Tú bailas x El Ella baila Usted (Ud.) Ellos Ellas bailan Ustedes

TO STUDY (English) I study You study He She studies it We study They study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish) Yo estudio Tú estudias Ud. Él estudia Ella Nosotros estudiamos Nosotras Vosotros estudáis Vosotras Uds. Ellos estudian Ellas

STEM / ENDING For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.

STEM / ENDING For example, for “estudiar,”…”estudi” is the stem. “ar” is the ending.

STEM / ENDING So, the endings for -ar verbs are: o, as, a, amos, áis, an

THE VOSOTROS Verb forms ending in áis, such as estudiáis, are used mainly in the country of Spain only.

Let’s CONJUGATE Some more -ar verbs!

TOCAR Yo toco Tú tocas Ud. Él toca Ella Nosotros tocamos nosotras Vosotros tocáis vosotras Uds. Ellos tocan Ellas

Enseñar Nosotros enseñamos Yo enseño Vosotros enseñáis Tú enseñas Uds. Ellos enseñan Ellas Yo enseño Tú enseñas Ud. Él enseña Ella

NEGATING A SENTENCE When you want to say that you do not do something, use no before the verb form

NEGATING A SENTENCE Yo no cocino en la clase de educación física.

ASKING A QUESTION When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put the subject after the verb or sometimes at the end of the sentence.

ASKING A QUESTION Verb Subject Cocina Juan en la clase de ciencias? Estudia mucho Paulina? Verb Subject