topico: los verbos irregulares ‘yo’ pregunta esencial: how do i talk about planning a party...

TOPICO: LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES ‘YO’

Pregunta esencial: How do I talk about planning a party using irregular ‘yo’ verbs in the present tense?

Repaso – KEY GRAMMAR TERMS

Subject – WHO or WHAT the sentence is about Felix washes the dishes.

Verb – The action of a sentence. The verb is conjugated according to the subject. Felix washes the dishes

Conjugate – to change a verb so that it AGREES with the subject. I sweep. Felix sweeps.

Repaso

A verb unconjugated (no subject) is called the INFINITIVE form of the verb

There are three “classes” of infinitives in Spanish: –ar, -er, or -ir Ejemplo: bailar = to dance

envolver = to wrap recibir = to receive

When you conjugate a verb, you add endings according to which “class” of verb it is (ej: hablar takes –ar verb endings while comer takes –er verb endings)

To conjugate regular –AR verbs

Yo -o -amosnostoros

Tú -as -áisvosotros

Él/ella/ -a -an ellos/ellas/Usted ustedes

Example: Decorar

Yo decoro decoramosnostoros

Tú decoras decoráis vosotros

Él/ella/ decora decoran Ellos/ellas/Usted ustedes

To conjugate regular –ER verbs

-o -emos-es -éis-e -en

To conjugate regular –IR verbs

-o -imos-es -ís-e -en

Exit Ticket

Number your Exit Ticket from 1-5 and answer the following questions. 1. What is a subject? 2. What does the term “conjugate” mean? 3. Give an example of an infinitive form of a

verb 4. What are the 3 “classes” of verbs? 5. Conjugate ‘bailar’ in the ‘yo’ form only.

The irregulars!

The following verbs irregular and have unique conjugated forms: (Most are ‘yo-go’ verbs) Decir – to say/tell Dar – to give Poner – to put/place/set Hacer – to do/make Salir – to leave Traer – to bring Venir – to come

DECIR – to say / to tell

Decir has several irregular forms; only vosotros & nosotros is regular

digodecimos dices decís dicedicen

Venir – to come

Venir is also a ‘yo-go’ verb and has a stem-change in the 2nd and 3rd person forms (cousins with ‘tener’)

vengo venimos vienes venís viene vienen

And finally….

These are irregular ONLY in the ‘yo’ form Dar – Yo doy Poner – Yo pongo Hacer – Yo hago Salir – Yo salgo Traer – Yo traigo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)

Dar – ‘yo go’

damos das dáis da dan

doy

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)

Poner – ‘yo go’

ponemos pones ponéis pone ponen

pongo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)

Salir– ‘yo go’ / -ir verb

salimos sales salís sale salen

salgo

¡Pruébalo! (Try it!)

Traer – ‘yo go’ / -er verb

traemos traes traéis trae traen

traigo

Exit Ticket:

Number your Exit Ticket from 6-10 and provide the correct Spanish translations. They say I bring You come We say I leave