LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES ‘YO’ – 5.2 Pregunta esencial: How do I talk about planning a party using irregular ‘yo’ verbs in the present tense?

Repaso – KEY GRAMMAR TERMS  Subject – WHO or WHAT the sentence is about  Felix washes the dishes.  Verb – The action of a sentence. The verb is conjugated according to the subject.  Felix washes the dishes  Conjugate – to change a verb so that it AGREES with the subject.  I sweep. Felix sweeps.

Repaso  A verb unconjugated (no subject) is called the INFINITIVE form of the verb  There are three “classes” of infinitives in Spanish: –ar, -er, or -ir  Ejemplo: bailar = to dance envolver = to wrap recibir = to receive  When you conjugate a verb, you add endings according to which “class” of verb it is (ej: hablar takes –ar verb endings while comer takes –er verb endings)

To conjugate regular –AR verbs  Yo-o-amosnostoros  Tú-as-áisvosotros  Él/ella/-a-an ellos/ellas/ Usted ustedes

Example: Decorar  Yo decoro decoramosnostoros  Tú decoras decoráisvosotros  Él/ella/ decora decoran Ellos/ellas/ Usted ustedes

To conjugate regular –ER verbs -o-emos -es-éis -e-en

To conjugate regular –IR verbs -o -imos -es-ís -e-en

Comprehension Check  On your paper, number the sheet from #1-3 and answer the following questions 1. What does the term “conjugate” mean? 2. Provide an example of an infinitve verb. 3. Translate the following 1. We decorate (include the subject pronoun)

The irregulars!  The following verbs irregular and have unique conjugated forms: (Most are ‘yo-go’ verbs)  Decir – to say/tell  Dar – to give  Poner – to put/place/set  Hacer – to do/make  Salir – to leave  Traer – to bring  Venir – to come

DECIR – to say / to tell  Decir has several irregular forms; only vosotros & nosotros is regular  digodecimos  dicesdecís  dicedicen

Venir – to come  Venir is also a ‘yo-go’ verb and has a stem-change in the 2 nd and 3 rd person forms (cousins with ‘tener’)  vengo venimos  vienes venís  viene vienen

Comprehension Check  On your paper, number the sheet from #4-6 and answer the following questions 4. What does the term “irregular verb” mean? 5. When looking at the verb ‘decir’, what is one characteristic trait in which you can determine it’s an irregular verb? 6. What verb is ‘cousins’ to Tener?

And finally….  These are irregular ONLY in the ‘yo’ form  Dar – Yo doy  Poner – Yo pongo  Hacer – Yo hago  Salir – Yo salgo  Traer – Yo traigo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)  Dar – ‘yo go’  damos  dasdáis  dadan doy

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)  Poner – ‘yo go’  ponemos  ponesponéis  pone ponen pongo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)  Salir– ‘yo go’ / -ir verb  salimos  salessalís  salesalen salgo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)  Traer – ‘yo go’ / -er verb  traemos  traestra éis  trae traen traigo

Ejercicios:  Create 2 sentences for each of the following verbs in Spanish using the vocabulary from the 5.2 lesson. You will end up with 12 setnences  They say  I bring  You come  We say  I leave  You give