1. Present Tense of -ar Verbs
Realidades 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

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