ER and IR verbs ¡Hola! Hoy vamos a hablar de los verbos
You already know how to conjugate AR verbs. yo canto tú cantas él ella canta usted nosotros cantamos vosotros cantáis ellos ellascantan ustedes CANTAR
Go ahead and fill out the –AR verb section of your chart with these endings.
There are not just AR verbs in Spanish. There are also ER and IR verbs. These verbs are conjugated like AR verbs but they have different sets of endings,
These are the endings for ER verbs. yo como tú comes él ella come usted nosotros comemos vosotros coméis ellos ellascomen ustedes COMER
ER and IR verbs have almost the same set of endings. They are only different in the nosotros and vosotros forms.
These are the endings for IR verbs. yo vivo tú vives él ella vive usted nosotros vivimos vosotros vivís ellos ellasviven ustedes VIVIR
ER verbs oemos eséis een oimos esís een IR verbs Use this to fill out the chart with the verb endings for your notebook.
How will you ever remember where to put the accent marks on the vosotros forms? On AR verbs the accent is on the a áis On ER verbs the accent is on the e éis On IR verbs the accent is on the i ís
ER verbs aprender – to learn beber – to drink comer – to eat comprender – to understand correr – to run leer – to read vender – to sell ver – to see abrir – to open compartir – to share escribir – to write recibir – to receive vivir – to live IR verbs Here are some ER and IR verbs that you should learn. You have seen some of these before.
You will practice with ER and IR verbs in class. ¡Adiós!