09/03/ Los Verbos Regulares en -AR Present tense of regular –ar verbs Página 102 Capítulo 4 – Primer Paso
09/03/ Verbs Words that express actions or states of being: –to talk; to be tired Name some vocabulary words that express an action (to do something) –nadar (to swim) –bailar (to dance) –cantar (to sing)
09/03/ Verb Endings Endings of most verbs in English change only when the subject (or doer of the action) is he, she, it, or a proper name like Silvia. –I talkwe talk –you talkyou all talk –he, she, it talksthey talk conjugating a verb
09/03/ Possible Subjects yo tú él ella Ud. nosotros nosotras vosotros vosotras ellos ellas Uds.
09/03/ Steps of conjugating Regular -AR verbs: 1.Find the stem Drop the last two letters of the infinitive, the -AR. 2. Add the appropriate verb endings.
09/03/ Por ejemplo…: hablar habl ar habl o as a amos áis an
09/03/ Present-tense verbs in Spanish can have several English equivalents. Each simple expression in Spanish may convey three different ideas in English: Hablo español. (Yo) I speak Spanish. simple statement emphasis action in progress I do speak Spanish. I am speaking Spanish.
09/03/ Regular AR verb endings: STEM + Verb ending o as a amos áis an
09/03/ ¿Cuál es la forma correcta? mi amigo y yo hablamos hablar la estudiante habla
09/03/ ¿Cuál es la forma correcta? mi hermano nada nadar unos amigos nadan
09/03/ ¿Cuál es la forma correcta? yo canto cantar ¿quién? canta
09/03/ ¡A Trabajar! Working with a neighbor, complete the last page of today’s handout. Let’s review it! May begin tonight’s homework.