what we can do! conjugations! conjugating -con·ju·gate (k ŏ n'j ə -g ā t') v....
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What we can DO!
CONJUGATIONS!
Conjugating
-con·ju·gate (kŏn'jə-gāt') v. con·ju·gat·ed, con·ju·gat·ing, con·ju·gatesTo inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such asnumber, person, voice, mood, and tense.
The concept of verb conjugation is the same as in English — only the details are far more complicated.
Verb conjugation refers to the process of changing a verb form to provide information about the action being performed.
The form of the verb can gives us some idea aboutWHOis performing the action,WHENthe action is being performed, and theRELATIONof the verb to other parts of the sentence.
Insimplerwords… change a verb to match the subject!
Infinitives What is an infinitive?
It is the basic form of the verb, by itself conveying no information about the verb action. (aka UNCONJUGATED)
Example: To talk is in the infinitive form.
Spanish infinitives are the same; they convey no information about the verb action. (aka UNCONJUGATED)
Infinitives in Spanish always end in…? -ar, -er, or -ir.
Example: The verb for "to talk" is hablar.
Conjugating present-tense indicative verbs In English, an "-s" is added at the end to
indicate that a verb is being used in the third-person, present-tense singular form. I talk, you talk, he talks, she talks,we talk,
they talk.
In Spanish, various endings are attached to verbs to indicate who is speaking for first-, second-, and third-person forms in singular and plural. For regular verbs, the -ar, -er or -ir at the end is
replaced with the appropriate ending.
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Los Pronombres Personales
(Subject Pronouns)
o Singular
o yo
o tú
o él / ella / Ud.
o Plural
o nosotros
o vosotros
o ellos / ellas / Uds.
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Every verb has 2 parts:
Hablar = habl-Practicar =
practi-Estudiar =
estudi-Trabajar =
trabaj-Cocinar =
cocin-
STEM + ENDING
Mirar = mir-Escuchar =
escuch-Jugar = jug-Presentar =
present-Comprar =
compr-
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To form the present tense:
STEM + Verb ending
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-áis
-an
Yo
Tú
Él/ ella / ud.
Nosotros
Vosotros
Ellos/ellas/ uds.
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Porejemplo…: hablar
hablarhabl
habl
habl
habl
habl
habl
o
as
a
amos
áis
an
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Porejemplo…:estudiar
estudiarestudi
estudi
estudi
estudi
estudi
estudi
o
as
a
amos
áis
an
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Pues, ¿qué esel presente… exactamente?
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•Present-tense verbs in Spanish can have several English equivalents.
•Each simple expression in Spanish may convey three different ideas in English:
Estudio español.(yo)
I study Spanish.
I do study Spanish.
I am studying Spanish.
simple statement
emphasis
action in progress
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¿Cuáles son las formas de…?
Practicar - to practice
Cantar - to sing
Estudiar - to help
Trabajar - to work
¿Cómo se dice?
I speak
We study
They cook (cocinar)
Elena dances (bailar)
You sing (cantar)
Yo hablo
Nosotros estudiamos
Ellos cocinan
Elena baila
Tú cantas
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
mi padre
trabaja
unos amigos
trabajan
trabajar
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
tú
cocinas
ella
cocina
cocinar
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
Elena y José
bailan
Enrique Iglesias y yo
bailamosbailar
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
mis amigos
compran
Ramón y tú (think Spain)
compráiscomprar
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
la clase
canta
las estudiantes
cantancantar
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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?
los profesores de inglés
tocan
Ud.
tocatocar
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¿Cómo se dice en español?
She’s buying a green book.
They (those girls) need some new pens.
We work a lot in history class.
You are studying math.
Ella compra un libro verde.
Ellas necesitan unos bolígrafos nuevos.
(Nosotros) trabajamos mucho en la clase de historia.
Tú estudias la matemáticas.
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El fin…(Terminamos…)