1. Breaking down the verb
-ar verb conjugations

2. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llego contesto paso hablo practico
I arrive I answer I pass I talk I practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -o, then it means “I …”

3. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llegas contestas pasas hablas practicas
you arrive you answer you pass you talk you practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -as, then it means “you …”

4. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
Usted llega Usted contesta Usted pasa Usted habla Usted practica
you arrive (formal)
you answer (formal)
you pass (formal)
you talk (formal)
you practice (formal)
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -a and is accompanied by usted, then it means “you …” formal

5. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llega contesta pasa habla practica
he/she arrives he/she answers he/she passes he/she talks he/she practices
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -a, then it means “he/she/it …”

6. What happens to the -ar when the verb is conjugated?
Quick question ---
What happens to the -ar when the verb is conjugated?
It’s replaced by the ending!

7. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llegamos contestamos pasamos hablamos practicamos
we arrive we answer we pass we talk we practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -amos, then it means “we …”

8. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llegáis contestáis pasáis habláis practicáis
you all arrive you all answer you all pass you all talk you all practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -áis, then it means “you all …”, but it’s only used in SPAIN.

9. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
Ustedes llegan Ustedes contestan Ustedes pasan Ustedes hablan Ustedes practican
you all arrive you all answer you all pass you all talk you all practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -an and is accompanied by ustedes, then it means “you all…”

10. What do they all end with?
¿Cómo se dice en inglés?
llegan contestan pasan hablan practican
they arrive they answer they pass they talk they practice
What do they all end with?
- we can say that if a verb ends with -an, then it means “they …”

11. Once you understand and remember these conjugations, your ability to understand and produce Spanish will expand exponentially.
The meaning of “I”, “you”, “he/she”, etc., are in the verb ending. It’s how the language works!
I talk
you talk
(formal) you talk
he/she talks
hablo
hablas
habla
we talk
you all talk
they talk
hablamos
habláis (Spain)
ustedes hablan
hablan