verb_intro_and_ar_verbs
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The document discusses verbs in Spanish. It explains that verbs indicate actions and must be conjugated based on the subject. Verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er, or -ir in their infinitive form. The document provides examples of regular -ar verbs like hablar (to talk) and their conjugations according to subject pronouns like yo (I), tú (you), él/ella/usted (he/she/you formal), etc. It emphasizes that verb conjugations are important for expressing who is performing the action.
verb_intro_and_ar_verbs
- 1. Los verbos Verbs By Stephanie Dodson
- 2. What is a verb? A verb is an action word. It indicates that something we do (or did, or will do, etc.)
- 3. Which of these are verbs? Circle any verbs that you see.
- 4. Verb Conjugation In Spanish, we conjugate verbs according to the subject (who/what is doing the action). The unconjugated (unchanged) form is called the infinitive.
- 5. Infinitives English Spanish To sing Cantar To be Ser To have Tener To talk Hablar To go Ir
- 6. Infinitives English Spanish To sing Cantar To be Ser To have Tener To talk Hablar To go Ir ***Infinitives in Spanish always end in –ar, er, or –ir.***
- 7. Conjugating Infinitives We use infinitives as the “name” of a verb, or when talking about that verb. When we want to express that someone is doing an action, we must conjugate the verb.
- 8. Conjugating Infinitives We use infinitives as the “name” of a verb, or when talking about that verb. When we want to express that someone is doing an action, we must conjugate the verb.
- 10. Verb Charts
- 11. Verb Charts We will use our verb charts to record verbs that we learn. Your verb chart will be an important reference tool for the rest of the school year.
- 12. Verb Charts Infinitive Meaning First, we record the infinitive (name of verb) and meaning (English definition.
- 13. Verb Charts Next, we write our conjugations in the corresponding column for each subject pronoun.
- 14. Verb Charts Conjugating verbs tells us who is doing the action.
- 15. Verb Charts Notice that the same verb forms are always shared by él/ella/usted (he/she/you formal) and by ellos/ellas/ustedes (they/you all)
- 16. Ser “to be”
- 17. Tener “to have”
- 18. Regular & Irregular verbs Some verbs such as ser and tener are irregular. This means they don’t follow any rules. We just have have to memorize the conjugations. Other verbs are regular. This means they follow rules for conjugation. Once we know the rules for a type of regular verb, we can conjugate any regular verb of that type.
- 19. Regular –AR Verbs The first verb type we will learn is regular – AR verbs. The infinitive always ends in –AR. Examples include: Hablar (to talk), Cantar (to sing), Bailar (to dance), Dibujar (to draw), Descansar (to rest), Trabajar (to work)
- 20. Regular –AR Verbs Let’s start by writing the conjugation rules for –AR verbs on an index card. You can keep this in your folder as a handy reference.
- 21. -AR Verbs Yo: Tú: Él/ella/Usted: Ellos/Ellas Ustedes: Nosotros: Vosotros: AR O AR AS AR A AR AN AR AMOS AR ÁIS
- 22. Note that the verb endings are replacements, not additions. Ex. Yo bailaro Yo bailo
- 23. Hablar (“to talk”) Add hablar to your verb chart and highlight the endings Write *-AR to the left of the row and highlight it. This will serve as your example of a regular – AR verb.