How to Conjugate Regular –AR Verbs in the Present Tense

to change a verb to match the subject of a sentence Conjugate:

This is a verb flower. This flower will help us learn how to conjugate regular –ar verbs in the present tense.

Think about the different parts of a flower. root stemstem petals

root The root of a verb is its INFINITIVE form. The infinitive is the UNCONJUGATED form of the verb. It means to _____. Examples are organizar (to organize), necesitar (to need) and comprar (to buy).

The stem of a verb is what happens when you drop its ending. stemstem For example, to find the stem of organizar, drop the –ar. Then you end up with organiz-

Just like the petals on a flower are the colorful, pretty parts, the petals on our verb flower are the same. petals

Each petal on our verb flower represents a different subject pronoun. yo tú él ella usted nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes

Each subject pronoun is associated with a different ending. yo tú él ella usted nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas ustedes -o -as -a -amos -áis -an

What does this all mean?! Let’s try putting it together!

Let’s conjugate the verb necesitar. necesitar necesit- yo necesito to need tú necesitas él necesita ella necesita usted necesita nosotros/ nosotras necesitamos vosotros/ vosotras necesitáis ellos necesitan ellas necesitan ustedes necesitan yo necesito = I need tú necesitas = you need él necesita = he needs ella necesita = she needs usted necesita = you need nosotros necesitamos = we need vosotros necesitáis = y’all need ellos necesitan = they need ellas necesitan = they need ustedes necesitan = you all need

yo tú él ella usted nosotros/ nosotras vosotros/ vosotras ellos ellas ustedes Now try conjugating organizar. 1. What is the root? 3. What is the stem? 4. What are the different forms in each petal? 2. What does it mean?

Does your flower look like this? organizar organiz- yo organizo to organize tú organizas él organiza ella organiza usted organiza nosotros/ nosotras organizamos vosotros/ vosotras organizáis ellos organizan ellas organizan ustedes organizan yo organizo = I organize tú organizas = you organize él organiza = he organizes ella organiza = she organizes usted organiza = you organize nosotros organizamos= we organize vosotros organizáis = y’all organize ellos organizan= they organize ellas organizan= they organize ustedes organizan= you all organize

yo tú él ella usted nosotros/ nosotras vosotros/ vosotras ellos ellas ustedes Now try conjugating comprar. 1. What is the root? 3. What is the stem? 4. What are the different forms in each petal? 2. What does it mean?

What does your flower look like? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Bring it to class and find out if you are correct!