Conjugaciones -ar, -er, -ir

Conjugaciones

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Before starting this lesson, make sure that you:

• Have your pencil and notebook on hand to take notes

• Have the time to concentrate only on this lesson

• Open your mind to understand the concepts explained

• Be ready to learn and practice

Conjugaciones. The basics.

In Spanish, all verbs end with -ar, -er or -ir.

Some examples are:

hablar, comer, dormir (to speak, to eat, to sleep)

ALERTA

Be prepared to write down in your notes the next slide.

First things first... pronombres

• Yo (I)

• Tú (you singular informal)

• Él, ella, usted (he, she, you formal)

• Nosotros, nosotras (we; masculine and feminine)

• Ellos, ellas (they, masculine and feminine)

• Ustedes (you plural)

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The pronoun in Spanish for You (plural) is:

• ustedes

• nosotros

• ellos

• ellas

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The pronoun in Spanish for You (singular informal) is:

• tú

• nosotros

• ellos

• ellas

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The pronoun in Spanish for You (singular formal) is:

• tú

• nosotros

• usted

• ellas

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The pronoun in Spanish for she is:

• tú

• ella

• usted

• ellas

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The pronoun in Spanish for he is:

• tú

• ella

• él

• ellas

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The pronoun in Spanish for we is:

• tú

• ella

• él

• nosotros, nosotras

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The pronoun in Spanish for they is:

• tú

• ella

• ellos, ellas

• nosotros, nosotras

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The pronoun in Spanish for I is:

• tú

• yo

• ellos, ellas

• nosotros, nosotras

Let's begin with the rule for regular verbs ending in -ar

All regular verbs ending in -ar, are conjugated in a way that they will always end with: o, as, a, amos, an

Example: caminar (to walk) We remove the ending -ar, keep the stem camin, and add instead:

yo camino

tú caminas

él, ella, usted camina

nosotros, nosotras caminamos

ellos, ellas, ustedes caminan

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The conjugation for I walk, in Spanish is:

• camina

• camino

• caminamos

Task 1

Be prepared to write down in your notes the next list of verbs.

Some basic verbs ending in -ar that follow this rule, are:

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¿Cómo se dice She speaks en español? how do you say She speaks in Spanish?

• yo hablo

• él habla

• nosotros hablamos

• ella habla

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When we conjugate verbs ending in -ar in simple present tense, the endings change to:

• o, as, a, amos, an

• o, es, e, emos, en

• o, es, e, imos, en

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The steps to conjugate a verb are:

• 1 to remove the end (ar)

• 2 to keep the stem

• 3 to add the new ending according to the pronoun

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I understand how to conjugate verbs ending in -ar (being 1 nothing, and 5 everything)

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Verbs ending with -er or -ir

For these verbs, the rule is similar

1. We remove the ending -er or -ir
2. We keep the stem of the verb
3. We add the new ending according to the pronoun

Task 2

Be prepared to write down in your notes the next list of verbs.

Common regular verbs ending in -er or -ir

Let's study the rule for regular verbs ending in -er

All regular verbs ending in -er, are conjugated in a way that they will always end with: o, es, e, emos, en

Example: beber (to drink) We remove the ending -er, keep the stem beb, and add instead:

yo bebo

tú bebes

él, ella, usted bebe

nosotros, nosotras bebemos

ellos, ellas, ustedes beben

Multiple Choice

When we conjugate verbs ending in -er in simple present tense, the endings change to:

• o, as, a, amos, an

• o, es, e, emos, en

• o, es, e, imos, en

Let's study the rule for regular verbs ending in -ir

All regular verbs ending in -ir, are conjugated in a way that they will always end with: o, es, e, imos, en

Example: vivir (to live) We remove the ending -ir, keep the stem viv, and add instead:

yo vivo

tú vives

él, ella, usted vive

nosotros, nosotras vivimos

ellos, ellas, ustedes viven

Multiple Choice

When we conjugate verbs ending in -ir in simple present tense, the endings change to:

• o, as, a, amos, an

• o, es, e, emos, en

• o, es, e, imos, en

The only difference in the conjugation

The only conjugation that changes between -er and -ir is the ending for nosotros

For -er verbs is emos,

For -ir verbs is imos.

o, es, e, emos, en

o, es, e, imos, en

Bebemos, vivimos, comemos, escribimos

(We drink, we live, we eat, we write)



Poll

I understand how to conjugate verbs ending in -er and -ir (being 1 nothing, and 5 everything)

• 1

• 2

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• 5

Multiple Choice

¿Cómo se dice she lives en español?

• ella viva

• ella vive

• ella vivo

• ella vivimos

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¿Cómo se dice I speak en español?

• yo hablo

• yo habla

• ellos hablo

• nosotros hablo

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¿Cómo se dice we understand en español?

• comprendo

• comprenden

• comprendemos

• comprende

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¿Cómo se dice they read en español?

• lees

• leo

• leemos

• leen

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How useful you found this type of lesson? 1 being useless, 5 being great

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I need another class to understand the conjugations

• Yes, I don't get it yet

• No, I only need to practice more