Los Verbos El Presente

Verbos Verbs are words the explain what happens in a phrase -ejemplo: John rides a bike (what is happening?) -ejemplo: John monta en bicicleta (¿qué pasa?) Verbs in Spanish END in 3 different pairs of letters: AR, ER or IR -ejemplos: encontrar, poner, salir When verbs are written with AR, ER or IR endings it is called the infinitive form of the verb

La conjugación Verbs change from the infinitive form according to their subject; this process of changing the verb is called conjugation -ejemplos: yo necesito, tú hablas, o él ama The subject is the person or thing doing the action of the verb ejemplos: yo necesito, tú hablas, o él ama (o la coche necesita la gasolina para funcionar) Sometime subjects are written as pronouns and sometimes they are written as nouns ejemplos: Marcos parte vs. él parte Los pronombres de sujeto son: Yo Nosotros Tú Vosotros Él/Ella/Ud. Ellos/Ellas/Uds.

La Conjugación en el Presente Sólo usamos estas formas para los verbos AR Las Formas de los Verbos AR en el Presente Yo necesito Nosotros necesitamos Tú necesitas Vosotros necesitáis Él/Ella/Ud. Necesita Ellos/Ellas/Uds. necesitan

Repaso de Conjugación Pasos: Buscar el SUJETO (find the subject) Quita el FIN AR, ER, IR (get rid of the ending) Reemplaza con la FORMA CORRECTA (replace with the correct ending) Ejemplos: Molly (caminar) por la calle Sujeto: Molly Caminar Molly=Ella= camina

Las formas para los verbos ER/IR Verbos ER: comer (to eat) yo como nosotros comemos tú comes vosotros coméis él/ella/ud. come ellos/ellas/uds. comen Verbos IR: escribir (to write) yo escribo Nosotros escribimos tú escribes vosotros escribís él/ella/ud. escribe ellos/ellas/uds. escriben

El Presente Progresivo (the present progressive) The present progressive is used to describe, current, ongoing actions --I am closing the door----Estoy cerrando la puerta Se forma el presente progresivo asi: Forma correcta de Estar (según el sujeto) + gerundio Gerundios: take off the AR, ER or IR ending and add Ar—ando Er—iendo Ir—iendo Las Formas de Estar en el Presente Yo estoy Nosotros Estamos Tú estás Vosotros Estais Él/Ella/Ud. Está Ellos/Uds. Están

El Futuro: Ir + a + infinitivo In spanish the phrase ir + a + infinitive is used to talk about future events that are going to happen. ¿Qué es un infinitivo? Los verbos cuando terminan en AR, ER o IR Se forma así: La forma correcta de ir + a + infinitivo Ejemplo: Yo voy a jugar al baloncesto durante el invierno. Uds. van a dibujar en la clase de arte Tú vas a lavar el carro Las Formas de Ir (to go) Yo voy Nosotros vamos Tú vas Él/Ella/Ud. va Ellos/Ellas/Uds. van

Reflexive Verbs The subject of a verb is the person or thing “doing” the verb The object of a verb is the person or thing receiving the action of the verb—look at the verb and ask “(insert verb here)what/who?” A verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the same. Ejemplo: I wash myself. subject: I verb: wash object: myself Since the subject and object are the same, the verb is reflexive. I wash the car. subject: I verb: wash object: car Since the subject and object are different, the verb is not reflexive.

Verbos Reflexivos When a verb is reflexive, the infinitive ends in "se.“ ejemplos: lavarse, despertarse, acostarse There is one reflexive verb you have been using since you began studying Spanish. llamarse: me llamo…, ¿Cómo te llamas?, Él se llama… When you learned to conjugate regular verbs, you needed to learn a set of pronouns called "subject pronouns." Ejemplo: lavar—yo lavo, tú lavas, él, ella, ud. lava etc. To learn to conjugate reflexive verbs, you need to learn a different set of pronouns called "reflexive pronouns." These pronouns are positioned before the verb, while the ending "se" is dropped and the verb is conjugated normally. Ejemplo: lavarse—yo me lavo: I wash (myself), tú te lavas: you wash (yourself) (informal), él se lava: he washes (himself)

Verbos Reflexivos The reflexive pronouns are not subject pronouns; rather they are object pronouns. me (myself) te (yourself) se (himself, herself, yourself) nos (ourselves) os (yourselves) se (themselves, yourselves) The purpose of the reflexive object pronouns is to show that the action of the verb remains with the subject. Ejemplo: Juan se lava la cara: Juan washes his face. (reflexive) Juan lava su carro. (non-reflexive) : Juan washes his car. Note: When referring to body parts (reflexive), use the definite article, thus "la cara" not "su cara."

Verbos Reflexivos Note that many, many verbs can be made reflexive. All it means when a verb is reflexive is that the action remains with the subject. EN FIN: LOS PASOS 1: take off the “se,” change it for the subject—subject and object are the same—and position it in front of the verb 2: conjugate the verb normally for the subject (just like always)