Los Verbos Regulares en el Tiempo Presente (regular verbs in the present tense)
The Infinitive Form of Verbs An infinitive is the most basic form of a verb. In English, the infinitive form is To + verb For example: to sing to buy to dance to wish to speak to look for
The Infinitive Form of Spanish Verbs In Spanish, there are three families of the infinitive form of verbs. -ar family hablar (to speak) -er family comer (to eat) -ir family vivir (to live) Infinitive verbs end in ar, er, or ir.
Before we begin to conjugate verbs, let’s review subject pronouns. singular plural yo nosotros tú vosotros él/ ella/ usted ellos/ellas/ ustedes
Every verb has two parts: STEM + ENDING hablar = habl- practicar = practic- trabajar = trabaj- bailar = bail- comprar = compr- + ar
To form –ar verbs in the present tense, do the Chop Suey…….Swoosh Step one: Chop Suey chop off the –ar ending. hablar = habl mirar = mir dibujar = dibuj
Swoosh… -o -amos -as -áis -a -an Step two: Add the verb ending that matches the subject. -o -amos -as -áis -a -an
estudiar estudio estudiamos estudias estudiáis estudia estudian
contestar contesto contestamos contestas contestáis contesta contestan
escuchar escucho escuchamos escuchas escucháis escucha escuchan
How do we use the present tense in Spanish? The Spanish simple present tense can convey three different ideas in English. The simple present: Juan trabaja en la escuela. John works in the school. Ongoing actions: John is working in the school. To emphasize an action. John does work in the school.
-ar verbs bailar buscar
caminar cantar
cenar comprar
contestar conversar
descansar desayunar
dibujar desear
ensenar escuchar
esperar estudiar
hablar explicar
llevar llegar
necesitar mirar
preguntar practicar
regresar preparar
tomar terminar
trabajar viajar