Regular Present Tense -er and –ir Verbs

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1 Regular Present Tense -er and –ir Verbs

2 yo hablo nosotros, hablamos tú hablas nosotras
There are three types of regular verbs in Spanish: verbs that end in –ar, verbs that end in –er, and verbs that end in –ir. You’ve already learned –ar verbs (example is below): yo hablo nosotros, hablamos tú hablas nosotras él, ella, vosotros habláis usted habla ellos, ellas, ustedes hablan

3 Now for –er verbs: To form –er verbs, take off the –er and then add the following endings: comer (to eat) -o -emos como comemos -es -éis comes coméis -e -en come comen Notice that the only difference between –er verbs and –ar verbs is that you use e instead of a -ar -er -o -amos -o -emos -as -áis -es -éis -a -an -e -en

4 Now for –ir verbs. Drop the –ir and add the following endings:
abrir (to open) -o -imos abro abrimos -es -ís abres abrís -e -en abre abren Do you see what the difference is between –er and –ir verbs? They’re just alike except for the nosotros and vosotros forms: -er ir -o -emos -o -imos -es -éis -es -ís -e -en -e -en

5 -ER and –IR verb endings
-er Verbs -ir Verbs Yo Tú Él, ella, Ud. Nosotros, Nosotras Ellos, Ellas, Uds. -o -o -es -es -e -e -emos -imos -en -en

6 Practicamos slide A: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb beber.
La señora ____________________ café con leche. Las muchachas ____________________ una limonada. Nosotros ____________________ limonada. Tú ____________________ leche. Yo ____________________ té helado.

7 Practicamos slide B: Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb escribir.
Yo ____________________ muchas cartas. La profesora ____________________ el examen. Los alumnos ____________________ con lápices. Mariana y yo ____________________ con bolígrafos. Tú ____________________ una carta larga.

8 -ER verbs aprender = to learn barrer = to sweep beber = to drink comer = to eat comprender = to comprehend correr = to run deber = to owe, to ought to depender = to depend esconder = to hide meter = to put in poseer = to possess prometer = to promise romper = to break sorprender = to surprise temer = to fear vender = to sell, vend

9 to debate, discuss, agitate describir to describe asistir (asistir a)
-IR verbs escribir to write vivir to live decidir to decide compartir to share discutir to discuss permitir to permit aplaudir to applaud debatir to debate, discuss, agitate describir to describe asistir (asistir a) to assist (to attend) descubrir to uncover, discover abrir to open definir to define recibir to receive, get dividir to divide partir to leave, part, split reunir to meet, have a meeting