1. Present tense verbs

2. What is a verb?

3. A verb is a word that shows action or existence.

4. They are action words! Tirar To throw Correr To run Nadar To swim

5. A expresses feelings and emotions… A verb expresses feelings and emotions… Estar triste To be sad Estar bravo To be mad Estar enamorado To be in love

6. and other non movement words like thinking believing having an idea…

7. and being! Ser-to be

8. A verb is what you do, think and are!

9. In English, you can tell a word is a verb if you can insert the word “to” in front of it. He walks to the office. to walk He sings in the boat. to sing He runs with the ball.to run

10. In Spanish, a verb ends in either “ar”, “er” or “ir” Mont ar en bicicleta Leer un libro bueno Recibir un diploma.

11. When the verb ends in “r” it is called the infinitive.

12. When looking up a verb in the dictionary you would look it up in the infinitive form.

13. With the infinitive form you know what the action is but you don’t know who is doing the action. Esquiar To ski Hablar To talk Nadar To swim

14. In order to tell who (the person) is doing the action, and when (the tense) someone is doing the action you must conjugate the verb.

15. When the verb is conjugated you know… 1.What Is being done (the verb) 2. Who is doing it (the conjugation ending) 3. And when (the tense).

16. To conjugate the verb you change the ending. To walk → He walk s To talk → She talk s

17. In English, conjugations in the present tense only change by adding an “s” To walk I walk We walk You walk You all walk He or she walksthey walk

18. In English, you must use the subject pronoun I, We, You, He, She, They in order to tell who is doing the action.

19. In Spanish, there is a different v vv verb ending for every person.

20. Caminar To Walk CaminoCaminamos I walkWe walk CaminasCamináis You walk (Familiar) You all walk (Familiar) CaminaCaminan He or she walksThey walk ¿Camina usted?¿Caminan ustedes? Do you walk? (formal) Do you all walk? (formal) See the different endings….

21. Preguntas

22. 1. What is a verb? A word that shows action or existence.

23. What is the infinitive form of a verb? The verb ending in “r” in Spanish. The verb before it is conjugated. 2.

24. 3. What is a subject pronoun? The word before the verb that says who is doing the action. I, We, He, She, They, You

25. What is one thing you would use the infinitive to do? Look up the verb in the dictionary. 4.

26. Are subject pronouns used more in English or Spanish? English 5.

27. What are the subject pronouns in English? I, we, you, he, she, they 6.

28. 7. What does it mean to conjugate a verb? To change the verb from the infinitive form to show who is doing the action and when.

29. What is the of the verb? What is the tense of the verb? It tells when the action is being done. 8.

30. What three pieces of information does the conjugated verb give you? 1. What is being done. 2. Who is doing it. 3. When it is being done. 9.

31. What are the 3 possible verb endings in Spanish in the ? What are the 3 possible verb endings in Spanish in the infinitive form ? ar, er and ir 10.

32. Talking About What People Are Doing

33. When conjugating any verb, you start with the verb in the infinitive. In other words, the verb when it’s ending in “r”. caminar

34. You will drop the ending of the verb and leave the stem. camin ar stem

35. The last thing you do is add the appropriate verb ending. camin stem

36. camin In Spanish to talk about yourself or “I” the verb will end in o or oy. Yoo

37. camin Yoo If you take away the word “yo” you still know “I” am the one talking because the verb ends in “o”. C

38. Yo corro Yo pinto Yo soy

39. To say “we” are doing the action the verb ends in mos Nosotros/Nosotras

40. To say are doing the action the verb ends in To say “we” are doing the action the verb ends in Nosotros/Nosotras mos montel bus ara

41. Nosotros nadamos Nosotros miramos Nosotras patinamos

42. To say “he” or “she” is doing the action the verb ends in “e” or “a”. le habl pint Él e er Ella a ar a Él and Ella Él

43. To say “they” are d d d doing the action the verb ends in “n”. an or en /EllasEllos

44. To say “they” are doing the action the verb ends in “n”. v nad bail Ellos Ellas en an. una película. er ar Ellos /Ellas

46. Usually… you use the words for “you” tú and vosotros usted and ustedes for asking personal questions

47. Did you know there were TWO ways to say You in Spanish? There is a formal way. And an informal way.

48. To ask a friend or someone you know well a question using “tú” the verb ends in “s” Hola ¿Cómo estás José? TúTú

49. ¿Estudia s tú en la biblioteca? ¿Escribe s tú con la pluma?

50. When asking a group of friends a question you use the vosotros form. Here the the verb ends in áis, éis, or ís. Hola amigas ¿Cómo estáis Vosotras?? Vosotros/Vosotras

51. ¿Camináis mucho vosotros? ¿Miráis vosotros el partido?

52. When you are asking a person a question formally, using “” the verb ends in “ usted ” the verb ends in “” or “” ( as in the “él and ella” form) “e” or “a” ( as in the “él and ella” form) Mucho gusto ¿Cómo está usted?

53. ¿Le e usted mucho? ¿Toma usted café? ¿Tiene usted buena idea?

54. When you are asking more than one person a question, using the verb ends in (as in the form) Ustedes When you are asking more than one person a question formally, using “ustedes” the verb ends in “n” (as in the “ellos and ellas” form) ¿Comen ustedes en un restaurante?

55. ¿Tienen ustedes calor? ¿Trabajan ustedes en una oficina?

56. Preguntas

57. 1. What letter or letters would a verb end in when talking about yourself in Spanish? o or oy

58. 2. What letters would a verb end in when talking about yourself and your friends in Spanish? mos

59. 3. What letter would a verb end in when talking about “Maria” in Spanish? e or a

60. 4. What letter would a verb end in when talking about a man you know in Spanish? e or a

61. 5. What letter would a verb end in when asking the friend you are talking to a personal question in Spanish? s

62. 6. What letters would a verb end in when asking a personal question to your group of friends in Spanish? áis, éis or ís

63. 7. What letter would a verb end in when asking your friend’s mother a question about herself in Spanish? e or a

64. 8. What letter would a verb end in when talking about Juan and María in Spanish? n

65. 9. What letters would a verb end in when talking about you and your classmates in Spanish? mos

67. Tienes 5 segundos

68. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Yo 1 23 4 5

69. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Él 1 23 4 5

70. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Tú 1 23 4 5

71. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Ud. 1 23 4 5

72. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Nosotros 1 23 4 5

73. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Ellos 1 23 4 5

74. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Ella 1 23 4 5

75. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Uds. 1 23 4 5

76. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Vosotros 1 23 4 5

77. o or oy e or a n mos áis, éis, ís s Ellas 1 23 4 5

78. ¡Muy bien! ¡Adiós!