1. Essential ?: How do I use these irregular verbs? How are they different than the verbs I already know?

2.  You have learned to conjugate regular –ar verbs…the verbs that follow rules.  There are verbs that don’t always follow the rules.  Dar, estar and ir are some examples

3.  What is conjugating?  When do you conjugate?  How do you do it?

4.  Share 3 details with your pareja  Write 2 questions

5.  Dar = “to give”  Yo DOY (this is the irregular part)  Tú das  Él/Ella/Ud. da  Nosotros damos  Ellos/ellas/Uds. dan  It is only irregular in the “yo” form.

6.  It means “to be”, but for where you are and how you feel….not to describe someone’s looks or personality  Watch the accents!  Yo estoy  Tú estás  Él/ella/Ud. está  Nosotros estamos  Ellos/ellas/Uds. están

7.  ¿Cómo estás/está? ◦ How are you?  ¿Dónde está _______? ◦ Where is ______?

8.  Ir = “to go”  Irregular in ALL forms  Yo voy  Tú vas  Él/ella/Ud. va  Nosotros vamos  Ellos van

9.  ¿Adónde vas/va? ◦ Where are you going?  ¿Cómo vas/va a ______? ◦ How do you go to ______?  You always need “a” after using ir to state where you are going.

10.  Share 5 details with your pareja  Write 4 ?s on the left side of your notes

11.  The word “a” is funny in Spanish ◦ Sometimes it means “to” ◦ Sometimes it means “at” (only for time) ◦ Other times it has no meaning  Anytime a person is the object of the sentence, you have to have “a” ◦ Notice the difference.  Escucho música.  Escucho a Sr. Root.

12.  If you are going to use “a” and the next word is “el”, combine them into “al” ◦ Escucho a la profesora ◦ Escucho AL profesor.

13.  Share 3 details with your pareja  Write 2 ?s on the left side of your notes

14.  Time for bingo

15.  Write a sentence for each conjugation of dar, estar, ir (15 total)  Translate the sentences

16.  What did you learn?  What was most important?  How does it relate to things you already know?  What was easiest?  What will be most challenging?