AR Verb Conjugation Introduction

AR Verb Conjugation Introduction

Why Do We Conjugate

• In Spanish we conjugate verbs to show who is doing the action.

• For example: Yo hablo - means I talk

• The verb in the inifinitive form is hablar

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Personal Pronouns

• This is why it is important to know your personal pronouns

• In English we use: I, You, He, She, We, and They

• In Spanish we use: Yo, Tú, Él, Ella, UstedNosotros/as and Ustedes, Ellos, Ellas

Multiple Choice

What Spanish Personal Pronoun do we use for this sentence?

Debbie and I are going to the mall

Replace Debbie and I with:

• Ellos

• Nosotras

Multiple Choice

What personal pronoun can we use here?

Cooper runs fast!

Replace Cooper with

• Ella

• Usted

• Yo

• Él

Conjugation

• To conjugate we follow a formula

• We look at the infinitive form of the verb:

• Take off the "ar" ending

• And put in place the ending the signifies who is doing the action

AR Conjugation Chart

• Yo -o............................................... Nosotros/as - amos

• Tú - as

• Él, Ella, Usted - a .................... Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes - an

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Let's Practice

• Take the verb "hablar" - to speak - in it's infinitive nonconjugated form

• Take off the ending - in this case "ar" - so habl

• And look to see whos doing the action

• Malachi talks = He talks

• Él habla

Multiple Choice

What is the first step in conjugation

• Google Translate

• Look for the verb in the infinitive form - the nonconjugated form

• See whos doing the action

Multiple Choice

What is the second step

• Google translate

• Remove the ending "ar"

• Add the correct answer

Multiple Choice

What is the 3rd step in conjugation

• Google Translate

• Added an "ed"

• Look whos doing the action - what pronoun can you use

Multiple Choice

What is the fourth step

• Google translate

• Put it back in its infinitive form

• Add the ending that corresponds with the person(s) doing the action

Lets Look at another example

Jessica works at school

Jessica "trabajar" en la escuela

Look at the verb- to work - trabajar

Remove the ending "ar" - trabaj

Look to see whos doing the action - Jessica

Conjugate: Jessica trabaja en la escuela

Multiple Choice

Now its your turn:

Carl listens to music

Carl "escuchar" la musica

Conjugate escuchar:

• Escucho

• Escuchas

• Escucha

• Escuchamos