Conjugating -ar verbs Spanish 1 Sra. Lear

Content Objective: I will be able to conjugate present tense -ar verbs. Language Objective: I will conjugate and apply –ar verbs in every day situations.

Conjugating Verbs When you conjugate a verb in Spanish, It simply means to change a verb so that It agrees with the SUBJECT PRONOUN.

INFINITIVE An INFINITIVE is the BASIC form of a verb that has not been CONJUGATED. All INFINITIVES end in -ar -er -ir

Subject Pronouns yo nosotros/ nosotras tú vosotros(as) él, ella, usted SINGULAR PLURAL 1st person I 2nd person YOU 3rd person him, her, you, it yo nosotros/ nosotras tú vosotros(as) él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes 1st person We 2nd person you (pl.)formal 3rd person they, f/m you all formal

hablar habl Whats left is the stem.

Then you need to apply the appropriate ending..

-ar Verb Endings -o -amos -as -áis -a -an

hablar- to speak, to talk yo habl nosotros habl tú habl vosotros habl él habl ellos habl o amos as áis a an

In English you have to include the subject pronoun and sometimes add an ending: I talk you talk he talks she talks we talk you all talk they talk return to index 10

hablo I speak arvb.ppt 11

hablas you speak return to index arvb.ppt 12

habla she speaks return to index arvb.ppt 13

hablamos we speak return to index arvb.ppt 14

hablan they speak return to index arvb.ppt 15

nadamos we swim return to index 16

miran they watch return to index 17

nadamos we swim return to index 18

baila she dances return to index 19

caminas you walk return to index 20

escuchan they listen return to index 21

nadáis you all swim 22

habla he speaks return to index 23

nado I swim return to index 24

estudian they study 25

llegamos we arrive return to index 26

usas you use return to index 27

enseñan you teach return to index 28

busco I look for return to index 29

esperan you wait for return to index 30

Your turn! Conjugate the following –ar verbs: estudiar- to study escuchar- to listen llegar- to arrive

estudiar- to study estudio estudiamos estudias estudiáis estudia estudian

escuchar- to listen escucho escuchamos escuchas escucháis escucha escuchan

llegar- to arrive llego llegamos llegas llegáis llega llegan

Tarea:Choose 6 verbs from your vocab list p.121 and conjugate them. ayudar-to help mirar-to watch buscar-to look for contestar-to answer entrar- to enter esperar-to wait for preparar-to prepare llevar-to wear; to carry necesitar-to need usar-to use pasar-to happen, to pass, to pass by Sacar una buena nota-to get a good grade hablo hablamos hablas habláis habla hablan example: hablar-to speak