Spanish II Review of Regular -ar, -er, -ir Verbs Yo hablo español. María no habla inglés. ¿Hablas español? Nosotros no hablamos español en la clase de historía. Los alumnos hablan español en la biblioteca.

***Remember that the stem, or root of the verb contains the meaning of the word while the verb is conjugated according to its subject (person performing the action), number, voice, mood and tense. For example, the verbs hablar, hablan, hablaron, hablaba, hablaría, and hable all carry the inherent meaning of “to speak,” but each of the endings carries additional information about the verb and how it acts with the subject. This means your verb ending will change according to the tense you are using and the person who is completing the action. This is called “conjugating” the verb. So, let’s review…….

yo – Inosotros/as = we tú = you (familiar) él = heellos = they (boys/mixed, masc.) ella = sheellas = they (girls, fem.) usted = you (formal)ustedes = you all (formal & familiar) Subject Pronouns – who completes the actions? -ar -o-amos -as -a-an -er -o-emos -es -e-en -ir -o-imos -es -e-en

-ar -o-amos -as -a-an hablar – to speak hablo hablamos hablas habla hablan comer – to eat como comemos comes come comen vivir – to live vivo vivimos vives vive viven -er -o-emos -es -e-en -ir -o-imos -es -e-en

Remember that if a verb is not conjugated it is in its infinitive form (with the word “to” in front of it in English, like “to eat”). Infinitive verbs in Spanish end in -AR, -ER, -IR, like comer (to eat) - Yo quiero comer un taco - I want to eat a taco. Each verb you will learn this year you will learn in the infinitive form. It is up to you to know their proper endings when conjugating to a subject (he, she, I, you, etc.), tense (past, present, future, etc.) and mood (to be covered later). So, without further ado, let’s learn some regular, present tense verbs….this should be easy for you.

ayudarto help bajarto go down, to descend borrarto erase buscarto search for caminarto walk cantarto sing comprarto buy contestarto answer dejarto let, to allow, to leave You will be responsible for the following verbs….know their meaning and know how to conjugate them. Some are new to you, others you should be familiar with….

desearto want, to wish enseñarto teach entrarto enter escucharto listen esperarto wait for, to hope, to expect, to await explicarto explain gritarto shout hablarto speak hallarto find invitarto invite llenarto fill

llevarto carry, to wear mirarto look (at) necesitarto need pagarto pay (for) pasarto pass, to spend (time) patinarto skate preguntarto ask prepararto prepare quitarto take away regresarto return tomarto take, to drink trabajarto work

usarto use viajarto travel visitarto visit aprenderto learn beberto drink comerto eat comprenderto understand correrto run deberto have to (should), to owe leerto read responderto answer

venderto sell abrirto open asistirto attend decidirto decide escribirto write recibirto receive subirto go up, to ascend, to climb sufrirto suffer vivirto live Now, memorize their meanings and you already know how to conjugate them…right?

Click on the flag to practice conjugating regular -ar, -er, -ir verbs Remember to select “Present Tense” and “Regular Verbs” (Keep going - Your not done yet……..)

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