Present Tense of -ar Verbs Realidades 1

VERBS What is a verb called in its natural form before it´s conjugated? the INFINITIVE

VERBS The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a Spanish dictionary. In English it means “to + (verb)”

IN SPANISH: The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who does the action.

IN SPANISH: To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who is doing the action, remove the -ar and add the appropriate ending.

STEM / ENDING For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.

STEM / ENDING For example, for “estudiar,”…”estudi” is the stem. “ar” is the ending.

TO STUDY (English) I study You study He She studies it We study They study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish) Yo estudio Tú estudias Ud. Él estudia Ella Nosotros estudiamos Nosotras Vosotros estudáis Vosotras Uds. Ellos estudian Ellas

TOCAR Yo toco Tú tocas Ud. Él toca Ella Nosotros tocamos nosotras Vosotros tocáis vosotras Uds. Ellos tocan Ellas

NEGATING A SENTENCE When you want to say that you do not do something, use no before the verb form

NEGATING A SENTENCE Yo no cocino en la clase de educación física.

ASKING A QUESTION When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put the subject after the verb or sometimes at the end of the sentence.

ASKING A QUESTION Verb Subject ¿Cocina Juan en la clase de ciencias? ¿ Estudia mucho Paulina? Verb Subject

On the blank side of the green card: -ar regular verbs nombre

On the lined side of the green card: to … present -o -amos -as -áis -a -an