1. Conjugation of Reg –AR Verbs

2. What is conjugation?
THE PROCESS IN WHICH YOU BREAK DOWN AN INFINITIVE TO MATCH A PARTICULAR SUBJECT

3. YOU CONJUGATE INFINITIVES.
What is conjugation?
YOU CONJUGATE INFINITIVES.
INFINITIVES IN ENGLISH INCLUDE THE WORD TO + VERB.
TO STUDY, TO RUN, TO TALK, TO SING, TO DANCE
IN SPANISH, 3 CLASSES OF INFINITIVIES: -AR, -ER, -IR
HABLAR, CORRER, ESCRIBIR.

4. EX. I like to sing a lot. Me gusta mucho cantar.
What is conjugation?
INSTEAD OF SAYING YOU LIKE TO DO SOMETHING, YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO THAT THING BY CONJUGATING THE VERB.
EX. I like to sing a lot. Me gusta mucho cantar.
EX. I sing a lot. Yo canto mucho.

5. Let’s first look at the subject pronouns
Let’s first look at the subject pronouns. In order to conjugate a verb, you have to know what the subject is. Here are the subject pronouns.

6. The Pronouns
YO I
NOSOTROS WE
NOSOTRAS WE (fem only)
Tú You
VOSOTROS YOU (Spain)
VOSOTRAS
ÉL HE
ELLA SHE
UD YOU
ELLOS THEY (M OR M & F)
ELLAS THEY (FEM only)
UDS. YOU (plural)

7. To conjugate a verb in Spanish, follow these three steps:
Take the infinitive
hablar
2. Drop the last 2 letters
(you’ll be left with a stem)
habl—
Add the appropriate endings to the matching subject…

8. The endings, with their pronouns
YO O
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS AMOS
Tú AS
VOSOTROS ÁIS
VOSOTRAS ÉL
ELLA A
UD.
ELLOS
ELLAS AN
UDS.

9. To finish conjugating HABLAR
YO HABLO
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS
HABLAMOS
Tú HABLAS
VOSOTROS HABLÁIS ÉL
ELLA HABLA
UD.
ELLOS
ELLAS HABLAN
UDS.

10. Other regular –AR verbs that follow the same pattern:
HABLAR to talk
ESCUCHAR to listen (to)
ESTUDIAR to study
CANTAR to sing
BAILAR to dance
TOCAR to look at, to watch

11. YO I
TÚ YOU (fam)
ÉL HE
ELLA SHE
UD. YOU (form)
NOSOTROS WE (masc or masc/fem)
NOSOTRAS WE (fem only)
VOSOTROS YOU (fam/pl. Spain)
ELLOS THEY (masc or masc/fem)
ELLAS THEY (fem only)
UDS. YOU (plural)