Spanish EL A - 2A: Present tense of -AR verbs

Spanish EL A - 2A: Present tense of -AR verbs

In Spanish, verbs can be regular or irregular

• Ser, estar and tener are examples of irregular verbs

• hablar, cantar, bailar are examples of regular verbs

Poll

A regular verb

• I know exactly what you mean.

• I think I have a good idea what you mean.

• I'm not sure what you mean.

• I have no idea what you mean.

Regular verbs

1. Follow the rules

2. They have a stem that usually stays the same

3. Use a set of endings

Stem and ending?

For example to verb

Amar = to love

* The stem is am-

* and it belongs to the -AR family of verbs

Regular verbs come in three families.

-AR

-ER

-IR

Each family has their set of endings

Poll

Stem and endings

• I get it.

• Not sure.

• I have no clue what that is.

Multiple Choice

How many families are there for regular verbs?

• just one

• two

• three

• many

The stem normally does not change

The endings do, to match the subject

habl- is the stem

-o, -as, -a, -amos, -an are the endings

Poll

I know what is the subject of a sentence.

• True

• False

Subject does the action

Or the sentence is about the subject

-AR verb

In the present tense

Subject pronouns

• I = yo

• You = tú / You formal = usted

• He = él

• She = ella

• We = Nosotros, Nosotras

• You (plural in Spain) Vosotros, Vosotras / Ustedes

• They = Ellos, Ellas

The stem normally does not change

The endings do, to match the subject

hablar = to speak

habl- is the stem

-o, -as, -a, -amos, -an are the endings

Multiple Choice

I speak is...

(ending for yo is -o)

• Yo hablar

• Yo hablo

Multiple Choice

I sing is

• Yo cantar

• Yo canto

Multiple Choice

You speak.

(ending for tú is -as)

• Tu hablar.

• Tu hablo.

• Tu hablas.

Multiple Choice

He speaks.

(ending for Él, Ella is -a)

• Él hablar.

• Ella habla.

• Él habla.

• El habla.