Present Tense of -ar Verbs

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Realidades 1

VERBS

A verb usually names the action in a sentence.

We call the verb that ends in –ar/ -er/ -ir the INFINITIVE

VERBS

The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a Spanish dictionary.

In English it means “to + (verb)”

These are some INFINITIVES you already know:

Enseñar Estudiar Hablar Bailar Cantar Dibujar Escuchar

Esquiar Montar Nadar Pasar tiempo Patinar Textear And several more!

STEM / ENDING

For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.

These are some INFINITIVES you already know:

Enseñ-ar Estudi-ar Habl-ar Bail-ar Cant-ar Dibuj-ar Escuch-ar

Esqui-ar Mont-ar Nad-ar Pas-ar tiempo Patin-ar Texte-ar

NOTICE!!!! All of these verbs are –ar verbs!

IN SPANISH:

To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who is doing the action, remove the -ar and add the appropriate ending.

IN SPANISH:

This action is called CONJUGATION

IN SPANISH:

The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who does the action.

STEM / ENDING

For example, for “estudiar,”…”estudi” is the stem.

“ar” is the ending.

TO STUDY (English)I study

You study

He

Shestudies

it

We study

They study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish)

Yo estudio

Túestudias

Ud.

Él estudia

Ella

Nosotros estudiamos

Nosotras

Vosotros estudáis

Vosotras

Uds.

Ellos estudian

Ellas

STEM / ENDING

So, the endings for -ar verbs are:

o, as, a, amos, áis, an

For a verb ending in -AR

Yo - o

Tú - as

Ud.

Él - a

Ella

Nosotros - amos

Nosotras

Vosotros - áis

Vosotras

Uds.

Ellos - an

Ellas

THE VOSOTROS

Verb forms ending in -áis, such as estudiáis, are used mainly in the country of Spain only.

Let’s CONJUGATESome more -ar verbs!

TOCAR- to play (instrument)

Yo toco

Tú tocas

Ud.

Él toca

Ella

Nosotros tocamos

nosotras

Vosotros tocáis

vosotras

Uds.

Ellos tocan

Ellas

ENSEÑAR- to teach

Yo enseño

Túenseñas

Ud.

Él enseña

Ella

Nosotros enseñamos

Vosotros enseñáis

Uds.

Ellos enseñan

Ellas

Práctica Trabajar-to work

Cantar-to sing

Bailar-to dance

Dibujar-to draw

So…WHAT do they MEAN?

Toco = I play

I do play

I am playing

Tocas = You play

You do play

You are playing

ETC.

What are the subject pronouns?

1. Monto

2. Tocáis

3. Enseñan

4. Trabajamos

5. Tocas

6. Baila

YoVosotros

Ellos or Ellas or Uds.

Nosotros

Tú

Él or ella or Ud.

I ride, I do ride, I am ridingYou all play, You all do play, You all are playing

They/You all teach, They/You all do teach, They/You all are teaching

NEGATING A SENTENCE

When you want to say that you do not do something, use no before the verb form

NEGATING A SENTENCE

Yo no nado en la clase de español, pero nado en la clase de educación física.

ASKING A QUESTION

When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put the subject after the verb or sometimes at the end of the sentence.

ASKING A QUESTION

¿Trabaja Juan en la clase de ciencias?

¿Estudia mucho Paulina?¿Verb Subject?

Práctica Does Simón ride the bike? María draws in art class. We sing in choir class. They need to see the tape and scissors.