survival spanish for travelers lesson 4: verbs, verbs everywhere! part 1
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Survival Spanish for
travelersLesson 4: Verbs, verbs everywhere!
Part 1
Welcom back travelers!This lesson is divided into 2 parts. In the first part we
are going to learn how to conjugate the Spanish regular and irregular verbs. In the second part we are going to
study how to conjugatethe past and the future.
Let’s start taking a general look at the regular and irregular verbs in some steps:
1) Understand subjects. The subject is the noun that the verb is referring to.To conjugate a verb in Spanish, you’ll first need to be familiar with the several
different personal subject pronouns in the language. Here they are:
Yo I Formal
Tú You Singular familiar
Usted You Singular formal
Él / ella He / she
Nosotros / as We
Vosotros / as You Plural familiar
Ustedes You Plural formal
Ellos / ellas They
2) Remove the ending. All Spanish verbs have the endings of either “-ar”, “-er” or “-ir”.
Once you remove the current ending, you can add on the new corresponding ending.
Unless the verb is reflexive; then it will have “se” tacked on past the end of the verb.
3) Conjugate “-ar” verbs.
Once you learn the form of conjugation for “-ar” verbs in the present tense, you
can just add the form to the end of any regular “-ar”
verbs.
He are the rules for conjugating them in present tense, using the
verb “hablar” (To talk)
Yo habloTú hablas
Él/ella hablaNosotros/as hablamos
Vosotros/as habláisEllos/ellas hablan
4) Conjugate “-er” verbs.
Learn the form for conjugating “-er” verbs in the present tense and just add it to the end of each
verb.
Here are the endings for the verb “-er” in the present tense, using the
verb “beber” (To drink)
Yo beboTú bebes
Él/ella bebeNosotros/as bebemos
Vosotros/as bebéisEllos/ellas beben
5) Conjugate “-ir” verbs.
Learn the form for conjugating “-ir” verbs in the present tense and just add it to the end of each
verb.
Here are the endings for the verb “-ir” in the present tense, using the
verb “vivir” (To live)
Yo vivoTú vives
Él/ella viveNosotros/as vivimos
Vosotros/as vivísEllos/ellas viven
Now let’s see a little bit how to conjugate the stem-changing verbs.
Conjugate verbs with a stem change from “o” to “ue” using
“dormir” (To sleep) as an example:
Yo duermo
Tú duermes
El/ella/usted duerme
Nosotros/as dormimos
Vosotros/as dormís
Ellos/ellas/ustedes duermen
Conjugate verbs with a stem change from “e” to “ie” using
“querer” (To want) as an example
Yo quiero
Tú quieres
Él/ella/usted quiere
Nosotros/as queremos
Vosotras/as queréis
Ellos/ellas/ustedes quieren
Conjugate verbs with a stem change from “e” to “i” using “seguir” (To follow or continue) as an
example:
Yo sigo
Tú sigues
Él/ella/usted sigue
Nosotros/as seguimos
Vosotros/as seguís
Ellos/ellas/ustedes siguen
You have to pay attention! Because some verbs are irregular
just in the first person. For example