Regular Verbs -ar, -er, -ir
What’s an infinitive? In Spanish: they end in an –ar, -er, or –ir In English: To___________… Hablar – to talk Comer – to eat Vivir – to live
What’s an infinitive? Every infinitive has a stem and an ending. hablar comer vivir stem ending stem ending stem ending
What is conjugating? Not a cool gathering of friends. To conjugate means to change the endings of a verb to make it agree with who or what you’re talking about. (We’ll talk more about this in a minute)
How do I conjugate? 1.You take off the infinitive’s ending. 2.Add the ending that corresponds with the person you are talking about.
Endings correspond with this verb chart yo tú Ud., él, ella nosotros Uds., ellos, ellas
What are the endings? -ar o as a amos an
What are the endings? -er o es e emos en
What are the endings? -ir o es e imos en
Conjugating hablar 1.Take off the ending. 2.Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. hablar stem ending habl
Conjugating hablar cont.. habl o as a amos an habl habl habl habl
Conjugating comer 1.Take off the ending. 2.Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. comer stem ending com
Conjugating comer cont.. com o es e emos en com com com com
Conjugating vivir 1.Take off the ending. 2.Add the appropriate ending from the verb chart. vivir stem ending viv
Conjugating comer cont.. viv o es e imos en viv viv viv viv
¡A ti te toca! 1.escribir (yo) 2.tocar (tú) 3.trabajar (Ud.) 4.expresar (ella) 5.comprar (nosotros) 6.celebrar (Uds.) 7.cumplir (nosotros) 8. cantar (yo) 9. beber (tú) 10. leer (Ud.) 11. comprender (ella) 12. abrir (nosotras) 13. recibir (Uds.) 14. correr (ellos)