CONJUGATION.

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1 CONJUGATION

2 VERBS BEGIN AS INFINITIVES
A verb in it’s original form. What is an infinitive? Infinitives in English begin with the word “to” (ex – to skate or to draw) How do I identify an infinitive? In Spanish the infinitives can be identified by their endings.

3 THREE TYPES OF INFINITIVES
There are three types of infinitives in Spanish: AR infinitives end in AR Can you list any? patinar hablar escuchar estudiar cocinar ayudar AR, ER & IR

4 ER infinitives end in ER
Can you list any? Leer comer deber IR infinitives end in IR Escribir vivir construir Caution: the verb ir (ir a la escuela) is different.

5 CONJUGATION What is conjugation? How do I conjugate?
To change a verb to show who is doing the action. You drop the infinitive ending and add a new one.

6 AR ENDINGS Each new ending has a different meaning
The endings match the subjects that are doing the action.

7 AR ENDINGS and SUBJECTS
Singular Plural 1st person YO = Nosotros = 2nd person (familiar) Tú = Vosotros = (SPAIN) 2nd person (formal) Usted = Ustedes = 3rd person Él & = Ella Ellos & = Ellas o AMOS AS ÁIS A AN A AN Note: Logically AR infinitives have A’s in their endings and the accent over the A in ÁIS!

8 CONJUGATION STEPS DROP THE INFINITIVE ENDING ESTUDIAR ESTUDI AR

9 ADD THE NEW ENDING DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY.
I STUDY = YO ESTUDI WE STUDY = NOSOTROS ESTUDI YOU STUDY = TÚ ESTUDI Y’ALL STUDY = VOSOTROS ESTUDI * You do not need to include the subjects because none of them share endings. O AMOS AS ÁIS

10 SAM ESTUDIA ÉL ELLA USTED
When subjects share verb endings you must identify the subject using a name or pronoun. SAM ESTUDIA ÉL ELLA USTED

11 (We practice) Nosotros practic
Conjugation Steps DROP THE INFINITIVE ENDING (To practice) practic ADD THE NEW ENDING DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. (We practice) Nosotros practic ar amos

12 ER ENDINGS and SUBJECTS
Singular Plural 1st person YO = Nosotros = 2nd person (familiar) Tú = Vosotros = (SPAIN) 2nd person (formal) Usted = Ustedes = 3rd person Él & = Ella Ellos & = Ellas O EMOS ES ÉIS E EN E EN Note: Logically ER infinitives have E’s in their endings and the accent over the E in ÉIS

13 CONJUGATION STEPS ER E RITA LE
DROP THE INFINITIVE ENDING AND ADD THE NEW ENDING. (RITA) LEER RITA LE ADD THE NEW ENDING ER E

14 CONJUGATE THE FOLLOWING
como (yo) comer = (nosotros) deber = (tú) beber = (usted) comer = (ustedes) beber = (vosotros) deber = (ella) comer = debemos bebes come beben debéis come

15 IR VERBS NOSOTROS VIVIMOS VOSOTROS VIVÍS
IR verbs have the same endings as ER verbs except for the 1st person plural and the 2nd person plural. These forms logically have I’s in them. NOSOTROS VIVIMOS VOSOTROS VIVÍS

16 IR VERBS AND SUBJECTS O IMOS ES ÍS E EN E EN
Singular Plural 1st person YO = Nosotros = 2nd person (familiar) Tú = Vosotros = (SPAIN) 2nd person (formal) Usted = Ustedes = 3rd person Él & = Ella Ellos & = Ellas O IMOS ES ÍS E EN E EN THIS IS A LAZY VERB SO IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO ER VERBS