The Infinitive Form of Verbs

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1 Los Verbos Regulares en el Tiempo Presente (regular verbs in the present tense)

2 The Infinitive Form of Verbs
An infinitive is the most basic form of a verb. In English, the infinitive form is To + verb For example: to sing to buy to dance to wish to speak to look for

3 The Infinitive Form of Spanish Verbs
In Spanish, there are three families of the infinitive form of verbs. -ar family hablar (to speak) -er family comer (to eat) -ir family vivir (to live) Infinitive verbs end in ar, er, or ir.

4 Before we begin to conjugate verbs, let’s review
subject pronouns. singular plural yo nosotros tú vosotros él/ ella/ usted ellos/ellas/ ustedes

5 Every verb has two parts:
STEM ENDING hablar = habl- practicar = practic- trabajar = trabaj- bailar = bail- comprar = compr- ar

6 To form –ar verbs in the present tense, do the Chop Suey…….Swoosh
Step one: Chop Suey chop off the –ar ending. hablar = habl mirar = mir dibujar = dibuj

7 Swoosh… -o -amos -as -áis -a -an
Step two: Add the verb ending that matches the subject. -o -amos -as -áis -a -an

8 estudiar estudio estudiamos estudias estudiáis estudia estudian

9 contestar contesto contestamos contestas contestáis contesta contestan

10 escuchar escucho escuchamos escuchas escucháis escucha escuchan

11 How do we use the present tense in Spanish?
The Spanish simple present tense can convey three different ideas in English. The simple present: Juan trabaja en la escuela. John works in the school. Ongoing actions: John is working in the school. To emphasize an action. John does work in the school.

12 -ar verbs bailar buscar

13 caminar cantar

14 cenar comprar

15 contestar conversar

16 descansar desayunar

17 dibujar desear

18 ensenar escuchar

19 esperar estudiar

20 hablar explicar

21 llevar llegar

22 necesitar mirar

23 preguntar practicar

24 regresar preparar

25 tomar terminar

26 trabajar viajar