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    Understanding Verbs

    Today you will learn:


    • …the difference between Infinitive
    & Conjugated Verbs
    • … the rules for Infinitive Verbs
    • … the parts of verbs
    • … the four types of Conjugated
    Verbs
    El presente de los verbos -AR
    These basic forms that
    end in –AR, -ER, -IR are
    Verbs arecalled
    words INFINITIVES!
    that express…

    ACTIONS
    What does an infinitive
    do?
    Ex: to sing, to dance, to play, etc.
    It tells what the action is
    Spanish verbs can recognized by their endings. All verbs in Spanish end
    but not who performed
    in:
    the action.
    -AR
    HABLAR (to talk)

    -ER COMER (to eat)

    -IR ESCRIBIR (to write)


    Infinitive Verbs are limited in
    their use: THEY DO NOT
    STAND ALONE

    UNLESS:
    1. Voy al parque para jugar fútbol
    2. En estudiar hay inteligencía
    Conjugating Verbs in Spanish

    To say who performed the action, or when the action was


    perfomed, you must CONJUGATE the verb.

    Huh? What is “conjugating”?

    Conjugating a verb means changing it into one of its 8 forms


    (conjugated in 6 ways) to indicate who performed an action.

    Singular Plural
    1st Yo Nosotros
    2nd Tú Vosotros
    Fam

    2nd Ud Uds.
    For

    3rd Él/ Ella Ellos/ Ellas


    Identifying stems/roots & endings

    All verbs in Spanish have a stem or root and an


    ending. To conjugate a verb you must be able to
    separate the stem/root from the ending.
    Simply remove the AR/ER/IR from the verb and
    you have the stem or root.
     Habl/AR (to speak)
     Com/ER (to eat)
     Trabaj/AR (to work)
     V/ER (to see)
     Est/AR (to be)
     Le/ER (to read)
     Dorm/IR (to sleep)
    Types of Conjugated Verbs in Spanish

    There are four types of conjugated verbs in


    Spanish
     Regular
     Stem Changing **
     Orthographic ***
     Irregular *
    Regular Verbs

    To conjugate simply remove the ending from


    the stem or root and add the appropriate
    ending.
    El presente de los verbos -AR

    Let's see how it works!!!

    Take the verb HABLAR:

    Step 1: Take off the -AR.


    Now we're left with the VERB STEM "HABL-"...
    Step 2: Add the appropriate VERB ENDING to match the
    subject.
    There are 6 different VERB ENDINGS for -AR verbs in the present:

    nosotros/as -amos
    yo -o

    tú -as vosotros/as -áis

    él/ella -a ellos/ellas -an


    usted ustedes
    El presente de los verbos -AR
    After doing Steps 1 & 2, you should end up with all the present
    tense forms of HABLAR...
    HABLAR – to talk / speak

    yo hablo nosotros/as hablamos


    I speak we speak

    tú hablas vosotros/as habláis


    you speak you speak (pl.)

    él/ella habla ellos/ellas hablan


    usted he/she speaks ustedes they speak
    you speak (form) you speak
    (pl. form)
    Verb Endings (ER & IR)
    Verb Endings (ER & IR)
    Irregular Conjugated Verbs in
    Spanish*

    These verbs don’t follow regular conjugation


    rules, generally the ending follows the rules
    but they typically “march to the beat of their
    own drummer”
    Irregular Conjugated Verbs in
    Spanish*

    These verbs don’t follow regular conjugation


    rules, generally the ending follows the rules
    but they tend to “march to the beat of their
    own drummer”.
    Stem Changing Verbs**

    There is a change in the stem of the word (within


    the boot) when conjugating, endings follow the
    conjugation pattern
    Orthographic Conjugated Verbs

    These verbs generally follow all the rules;


    however when conjugated phonetics require
    a spelling change so that word can be said
    correctly.

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