1. Verbos -AR

2. What is a verb?
It is an ACTION word!!

3. In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1). 2). 3). There are the most
In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1) 2) 3) There are the most verbs.
-AR
-ER
-IR
-AR

4. An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “
An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “ “ ex) hablar=
TO + AN ACTION
TO TALK

5. The parts of the infinitive have names too: stem hablar ending The stem tells you The ending tells you
WHAT the action is
WHO/WHAT is doing the action

6. “Conjugation” means
changing the ending of the verb to make it match who is doing the action

7. The three steps to conjugating a verb are: 1) 2) 3)
Identify Action & Who is
doing it
Chop ending off infinitive
Put on correct ending
depending on who is doing
the action

8. -AR Verb Endings -o -amos -as -áis -a -an yo (I…) nosotros nosotras
(we…) tú
(you…)
vosotros
vosotras
él (he…)
ella (she…)
Ud. (you…)
ellos (they…)
ellas (they…)
Uds. (you…) -o
-amos
-as
-áis -a
-an

9. Ex) I swim. nadar nad nado
Practicamos
Ex) I swim.
nadar
nad
nado
Who & What
chop off ending
Add correct ending for “yo”

10. Did you know? nado= I swim I do swim I’m swimming Do I swim ?
**You don’t even need the “yo” b/c the “o” on the end tells you who is swimming

11. Practicamos Ex) We study. 1) 2) estudiar 3) estudi estudiamos
Who & What
estudiar
chop off ending
estudi
estudiamos
Add correct ending for “nosotros”

12. Did you know? estudiamos=
we study
we do study
we are studying
Do we study?
**You don’t even need the “nosotros” b/c the “amos” on the end tells you who is studying

13. Practicamos Ex) He listens. 1) 2) escuchar 3) escuch escucha
Who & What
escuchar
chop off ending
escuch
Add correct ending for “Él”
escucha

14. Practicamos Ex) They skate. 1) 2) patinar 3) patin patinan Who & What
chop off ending
patin
Add correct ending for “Éllos”
patinan

15. commit these endings to memory
It is YOUR job to 1) 2) 3)
learn endings by studying
& putting effort into hw &
classwork
commit these endings to
memory
come for help BEFORE
quiz if you need to