Calentamiento: ¿Qué hora es? 1.9:30 am 2.1:15 pm 3.4:50pm 4.6:25am 5.11:15pm 6.7:45pm 7.10:13am 1.Son las nueve y media de la mañana. 2.Es la una y cuarto de la tarde. 3.Son las cinco menos diez de la tarde. 4.Son las seis y veinticinco de la mañana. 5.Son las once y cuarto de la noche. 6.Son las ocho menos cuarto de la noche. 7.Son las diez y trece de la mañana.
Present Tense Verbs students write what is in blue
Present Tense Verbs Subject Pronouns Conjugating the Verb in Spanish yo nosotros nosotras tú vosotros vosotras él, ella usted ellos, ellas ustedes Remember the graphic organizer on the left. ▫Remember seeing that same organizer with the verbs SER, TENER, and ESTAR In Spanish, there are 6 conjugations to each verb. ▫One for each subject Instead of learning each conjugation individually (like in English), there is a pattern.
Present Tense Verbs Before learning the pattern you must understand a few things about Spanish verbs. 1.Spanish infinitives are categorized as –ar, -er, and –ir verbs. These categories don’t cover all the verbs. 2.Spanish verbs have two sections: a stem and an infinitive ending. 3.Each category of infinitive ending (-ar, -er, and – ir) has its own set of 6 conjugation endings. Once you learn these 18 new endings, you can conjugate almost anything! Unconjugated verb, “to dance/sing/eat/play/run”
Present Tense Verbs Steps to conjugating-ar Verbs (like estudiar) Ex: We study Spanish. Nosotros [estudiar] el español. 1.Determine what type of verb you have (-ar, -er, -ir). ▫Estudiar = -ar 2.Determine your subject. ▫we = nosotros 3.Remove the infinitive ending. ▫Estudiar estudi 4.Add your new ending on to the verb’s stem. ▫Estudi + amos = estudiamos 5.Ta-da! Nosotros estudiamos el español. oamos asáis aan
Present Tense Verbs Steps to conjugating-er Verbs (like aprender) Ex: They learn science. Ellos [aprender] las ciencias. 1.Determine what type of verb you have (-ar, -er, -ir). ▫Aprender = -er 2.Determine your subject. ▫They = ellos 3.Remove the infinitive ending. ▫aprender aprend 4.Add your new ending on to the verb’s stem. ▫aprend + en = aprenden 5.Ta-da! Ellos aprenden las ciencias. oemos eséis een
Present Tense Verbs Steps to conjugating-ir Verbs (like escribir) Ex: I write the homework. Yo [escribir] la tarea. 1.Determine what type of verb you have (-ar, -er, -ir). ▫escribir = -ir 2.Determine your subject. ▫I = yo 3.Remove the infinitive ending. ▫escribir escrib 4.Add your new ending on to the verb’s stem. ▫escrib + o =escribo 5.Ta-da! Yo escribo la tarea. oimos esís een Notice these 3 repeat from the –er chart! That means there’s really only 15 endings you have to memorize!
Present Tense Verbs: Recap -ar verbs-er verbs-ir verbs oamosoemosoimos as áis eséisesís aaneene yo nosotros nosotras tú vosotros vosotras él, ella usted ellos, ellas ustedes
Práctica 1.La profesora _______ (leer) mucho de la historia. 2.En el colegio, tú ________ (aprender) mucho. 3.Nosotros __________ (asistir) a un colegio muy bueno. 4.¿Adónde _________ (vivir) Pablo y Mónica? 5.Yo __________ (usar) una computadora para hacer mi tarea. 6.¿_________ (ayudar) ustedes con los quehaceres en casa? 7.Amalia _________ (correr) mucho en los fines de semana. 8.Yo ____________ (escribir) cartas a mi mejor amigo en Pennsylvania. 9.Mis amigos no __________ (bailar) bien. 10.Nosotros _____________ (comprender) mucho en español.
The VERY special verb IR Ir = to go ▫Helping verb for the near future to say what you’re going to do Ir + a + infinitive I’m going to eat pizza. Voy a comer pizza. ▫Say where you’re going to go Ir + a + (article) place I’m going to the movies. Voy al cine. Remember the articles (el/la/los/las & un/una/unos/unas). ▫A + EL = AL al cine, al baño, al gimnasio, al apartamento de Paula
The Present Tense Conjugations of IR voyvamos vasvais vavan
The Present Tense Conjugations of IR Sigular Subject (1 person/thing)Plural Subject (1 person/thing) 1 st Person (Yo) voy I go/ am going (Nosotros) vamos We go/ are going 2 nd Person (Tú) vas You go/ are going (Vosotros) vais Y’all go/are going 3 rd Person (él/ella) va / (Ud.) va he/she goes/is going (ellos/ellas) van / (Uds.) van They go/are going You all go/are going
Práctica Say in Spanish: 1.Elena is going to eat lunch Elena va a comer el almuerzo. 2.We are going to the library. Nosotros vamos a la biblioteca. 3.You all are going to study. Ustedes van a estudiar. 4.He is going to the gym. Él va al gimnasio. 5.At 11 o’clock I’m going to Spanish class. A las once voy a la clase de español.
Práctica Say in Spanish: 1.Elena is going to eat lunch 2.We are going to the library. 3.You all are going to study. 4.He is going to the gym. 5.At 11 o’clock I’m going to Spanish class.