Los verbos – el presente Learning Objective To understand about verbs in the present tense in Spanish

What is a verb? Write down your definition

answer It is a doing word / an action word To sing To dance To eat To play

Conjugation is the art of knowing which ending to attach.

Conjugación -AR-ER -IR Primera Conjugación Tercera Conjugación Segunda Conjugación Fortunately, conjugations in Spanish follow various patterns. That's what the -ar, -er, and -ir are all about.

In Spanish, there are three different types of verbs. Look at the last two letters… Verbs which end in AR- hablar – to speak Verbs which end in ER – beber – to drink Verbs which end in IR – vivir – to live Notice the word “to” is incorporated into the verb in Spanish. There is no separate word needed for TO unlike English.

SUBJECT PRONOUNS YoII TúYou Él He (it) EllaShe (it) Nosotros / nosotrasWe Vosotros / vosotrasYou Ellos They (m) Ellas They (f)

Pronombres Personales 1.I 2.You 3.He She 4.We 5.You 6.They 1.Yo 2.Tú 3.Él Ella 4.Nosotros 5.Vosotros 6.Ellos

Tenses Present = "now" or "ongoing" Imperfect = [past] "was happening, used to happen, or would repeatedly happen" Preterite = [past] "happened" or "did happen" Future = "might happen" or "may happen" or "will happen" Conditional = "would happen," if... [There's a condition!]

AR verbs – Present Tense Take off the AR leaving you with the stem and add the following endings - HabloI talk Hablasyou talk (familiar sing) Hablahe/she/it talks Hablamoswe talk Habláisyou talk (familiar plural) Hablanthey talk

AR verbs – Present Tense bailar to dance cantar to sing, chant contestar to respond, answer escuchar to listen estudiar to study, learn hablar to speak sprechen practicar to practice preguntar to ask (a question) trabajar to work, labor

AR verbs – Present Tense bailar to dance cantar to sing, chant contestar to respond, answer escuchar to listen estudiar to study, learn hablar to speak sprechen practicar to practice preguntar to ask (a question) trabajar to work, labor

AR verbs – Present Tense BAILAR To DANCE bailo bailamos bailas bailais baila bailan I you he we you all they

AR verbs – Present Tense ………AR To ………. O amos as áis a an I you he we you all they

ER verbs – Present Tense Take off the ER leaving you with the stem and add the following endings - BeboI drink Bebesyou drink Bebehe/she/it drinks Bebemoswe drink Bebéisyou drink Bebenthey drink

ER verbs – Present Tense aprender to learn beber to sip comer to eat deber to owe, "should" esconder to hide proceder to proceed prometer to promise tejer to weave vender to sell

ER verbs – Present Tense aprender to learn beber to sip comer to eat deber to owe, "should" esconder to hide proceder to proceed prometer to promise tejer to weave vender to sell

ER verbs – Present Tense ………ER To ………. O emos es éis e en I you he we you all they

IR verbs – Present Tense Take off the IR leaving you with the stem and add the following endings - VivoI live VivesYou live ViveHe/she/it lives Vivimoswe live Vivísyou live Viventhey live

IR verbs – Present Tense abrir to open admitir to admit cumplir to finish, accomplish decidir to decide exhibir to exhibit existir to exist interrumpir to interrupt ocurrir to happen, occur omitir to omit, leave out

IR verbs – Present Tense abrir to open admitir to admit cumplir to finish, accomplish decidir to decide exhibir to exhibit existir to exist interrumpir to interrupt ocurrir to happen, occur omitir to omit, leave out

IR verbs – Present Tense ………IR To ………. O imos es ís e en I you he we you all they

JUGAR To …. Juego Jugamos Juegas Jugais Juega I We You They You all He PRACTICAR To …. Practico Practicamos Practicas Practicais Practica

……….AR To …. o amos as aís a an ……….ER To …. o emos es eís e en ……….IR To …. o imos es ís e en ……….AR To …. é amos aste asteis ó aron ……….ER To …. í imos iste isteis ió ieron ……….IR To …. í imos iste isteis ió ieron ……….AR To …. ARé ARémos ARás ARéis ARá ARán ……….ER To …. ERé ERémos ERás ERéis ERá ERán ……….IR To …. IRé IRémos IRás IRéis IRá IRán I YOU HE WE YOU ALL THEY

……….AR To …. o amos as aís a an ……….ER To …. o emos es eís e en ……….IR To …. o imos es ís e en ……….AR To …. é amos aste asteis ó aron ……….ER To …. í imos iste isteis ió ieron ……….IR To …. í imos iste isteis ió ieron ……….AR To …. ARé ARémos ARás ARéis ARá ARán ……….ER To …. ERé ERémos ERás ERéis ERá ERán ……….IR To …. IRé IRémos IRás IRéis IRá IRán I YOU HE WE YOU ALL THEY

To …. BEBER To …. VIVIR To …. HABLAR To …. To …. PERIFRÁSTICO Traducción: To ….

BEBER To …. VIVIR To …. To …. HABLAR To …. To …. Traducción: Pretérito

To …. BEBER To …. VIVIR To …. To …. HABLAR To …. To …. Traducción: Pretérito SIMPLE

To …. I we you You all He/she/it They PRESENTE ________ INFINITIVO_______________Conjugación:_________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They To …. I we you You all He/she/it They PRETÉRITO_________ IMPERFECTO_________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They FUTURO ________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They FUTURO SIMPLE ________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They CONDICIONAL________

To …. I we you You all He/she/it They PRESENTE ________ INFINITIVO_______________Conjugación:_________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They To …. I we you You all He/she/it They PRETÉRITO_________ IMPERFECTO_________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They FUTURO ________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They FUTURO SIMPLE ________ To …. I we you You all He/she/it They CONDICIONAL________