Los verbos -ar Español 1

Infinitives Verbs ending in -ar, -er and -ir are called infinitives. They are the basic forms of the verbs. They mean “to” do the activity.

Conjugating verbs You conjugate a verb by breaking it down into all of its forms. There are 6 forms in Spanish. We will not be covering the vosotros form. It is used only in Spain.

Steps to follow take off the ar The word that remains is the stem add the correct ending to the stem This works for all regular verbs.

Las terminaciones (yo)o (tú)as (él/ella)a (usted) (nosotros) amos (ellos/ellas)an (ustedes)

hablar- to speak yo hablo (I speak) tú hablas (you speak) él/ellahabla Usted (He/she speaks) (you (f) speak) nosotros hablamos (we speak) ellos/ellas hablan ustedes (They/you all speak)

cantar- to sing yo canto tú cantas él/ellacanta usted nosotros cantamos ellos/ellas cantan ustedes

Unas cosas importantes In Spanish, there is a verb form for every subject. (6 total) The verb must always agree with the subject. You have to remember to match the subject with the correct ending.

Unas actividades estudiarto study descansarto rest, relax trabajarto work bailar to dance practicar deportesto play sports tocar el pianoto play piano hablar por teléfonoto talk on phone

más patinarto skate pasarto spend time nadarto swim montarto ride pasearto walk escucharto listen

más dibujarto draw alquilarto rent platicarto chat These are all regular –ar verbs. Follow the steps and you can easily conjugate all of these infinitives.

Ejemplos Yo estudio mucho. I study a lot. ¿Practicas tú deportes? Do you play sports? María trabaja en la tienda. Maria works in the store.

más Nosotros descansamos los fines de semana. We relax on the weekends. Los chicos bailan con las chicas. The boys dance with the girls.