1. Subject Promouns

2. What is a verb?
an ACTION word!!

3. In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1). 2). 3). There are the most
In Spanish there are 3 kinds of verbs: 1) 2) 3) There are the most verbs. (They are the most popular)
-AR
-ER
-IR
-AR

4. An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “
An INFINITIVE is the original form of the verb. It always means “ “ ex) hablar=
TO + AN ACTION
TO TALK

5. The parts of the infinitive have names too: stem hablar ending The stem tells you The ending tells you
WHAT the action is
WHO/WHAT is doing the action

6. changing the ending of the verb to match who is doing the action
“Conjugation” means
changing the ending of the verb to match who is doing the action

7. The three steps to conjugating a verb are: 1) 2) 3)
Identify Action & Who is
doing it
Chop ending off infinitive
Put on correct ending
depending on who is doing
the action

8. -AR Verb Endings -o -amos -as -áis -a -an yo (I…) nosotros nosotras
(we…) tú
(you…)
vosotros
vosotras
él (he…)
ella (she…)
Ud. (you…)
ellos (they…)
ellas (they…)
Uds. (you…) -o
-amos
-as
-áis -a
-an

9. Ex) I swim. nadar nad nado
Practicamos
Ex) I swim.
nadar
nad
nado
Who & What
chop off ending
Add correct ending for “yo”

10. Did you know? nado= I swim I do swim I’m swimming Do I swim ?
**You don’t even need the “yo” b/c the “o” on the end tells you who is swimming

11. Practicamos? Ex) We study. 1) 2) estudiar 3) estudi estudiamos
Who & What
estudiar
chop off ending
estudi
estudiamos
Add correct ending for “nosotros”

12. Did you know? estudiamos=
we study
we do study
we are studying
Do we study?

13. Practicamos? Ex) He listens. 1) 2) escuchar 3) escuch escucha
Who & What
escuchar
chop off ending
escuch
Add correct ending for “Él”
escucha

14. Practicamos Ex) They skate. 1) 2) patinar 3) patin patinan Who & What
chop off ending
patin
Add correct ending for “Éllos”
patinan

15. “Why do we have to conjugate?” 1) 2) 3)
How do you get to school?
“to ride the bus”
What do you do on the weekends?
“to talk, to listen to music.”
What do we need for class?
“to need a pencil, calculator…”

16. commit these endings to memory
It is YOUR job to 1) 2) 3)
learn endings by studying
& putting effort into hw &
classwork
commit these endings to
memory
come for help BEFORE
quiz if you need to