Review Conjugating Verbs Present Tense Reflexive Verbs Imperfect Tense
yo nosotros tú vosotros él,ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes Subject Pronouns yo nosotros tú vosotros él,ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Tense
Present Tense Endings -ar verbs -o -amos -as -áis -a -an
Present Tense Endings -er verbs -o -emos -es -éis -e -en
Present Tense Endings -ir verbs -o -imos -es -ís -e -en
Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs take a special pronoun called a reflexive pronoun. me Reflexive verbs take a special pronoun called a reflexive pronoun. me nos te os se se 8
Conjugating Reflexive Verbs Remove the ending –se. Use the appropriate reflexive pronoun and conjugate the verb in the present tense. me lavo nos lavamos te lavas os laváis se lava se lavan lavarse-to wash oneself 9
me divierto nos divertimos te diviertes os divertís divertirse- to have fun First remove the –se then conjugate the verb in the present tense. divertir me divierto nos divertimos te diviertes os divertís se divierte se divierten
bañarse bañar me baño nos bañamos te bañas os bañáis se baña se bañan
sonreírse sonreír me sonrío nos sonreímos te sonríes os sonreís se sonríe se sonríen
Imperfect Verbs
Now you will learn about another past tense called the imperfect. You can use the imperfect in the following ways: to speak about background events in a story. to talk about something you used to do as a matter of habit (things you used to do) to speak about how old someone was to say what time it was
Conjugating Imperfect Verbs -remove the –ar, -er or –ir and add the appropriate ending -ar verbs -er, -ir verbs -aba -ábamos -abas -abais -aban -ía -íamos -ías -íais -ían
Here are the only verbs that don’t follow the pattern. era éramos eras erais eran iba íbamos ibas ibais iban ser-to be ir-to go veía veíamos veías veíais veían ver-to see