Present Tense of -ar Verbs
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VERBS
What is a verb called in What is a verb called in its natural form before itits natural form before it´s conjugated?´s conjugated?
the INFINITIVEthe INFINITIVE
VERBS
The INFINITIVE is the The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a form you would find in a Spanish dictionary.Spanish dictionary.
In English it means In English it means ““to + to + (verb)(verb)””
IN SPANISH:
The last letter or letters The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who of the verb tell you who does the action.does the action.
IN SPANISH:
To change an INFINITIVE To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who to a form that tells who is doing the action, is doing the action, remove the -ar and add remove the -ar and add the appropriate ending.the appropriate ending.
STEM / ENDING
For every INFINITIVE in For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.and an ENDING.
STEM / ENDING
For example, for For example, for “estudiar,”…”estudi” is “estudiar,”…”estudi” is the stem.the stem.
““ar” is the ending.ar” is the ending.
TO STUDY (English)
II studystudy
YouYou studystudy
HeHe
SheShe studiesstudies
itit
WeWe studystudy
TheyThey studystudy
ESTUDIAR (Spanish)
YoYo estudiestudioo
TúTú estudiestudiasas
Ud.Ud.
ÉlÉl estudiestudiaa
EllaElla
Nosotros estudiNosotros estudiamosamos
NosotrasNosotras
VosotrosVosotros estud estudáisáis
VosotrasVosotras
Uds.Uds.
EllosEllos estudi estudianan
EllasEllas
TOCAR
YoYo toctocoo
TúTú toctocasas
Ud.Ud.
ÉlÉl toctocaa
EllaElla
NosotrosNosotros toctocamosamos
nosotrasnosotras
Vosotros tocVosotros tocáisáis
vosotrasvosotras
Uds.Uds.
EllosEllos toc tocanan
EllasEllas
NEGATING A SENTENCE
When you want to say When you want to say that you dothat you do not not do do something, use something, use nono before the verb formbefore the verb form
NEGATING A SENTENCE
Yo Yo no cocinono cocino en la clase en la clase de educación física.de educación física.
ASKING A QUESTION
When we ask a question When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put in Spanish, we usually put the the subjectsubject afterafter the verbthe verb or sometimes or sometimes at the end at the end of the sentence.of the sentence.
ASKING A QUESTION
¿Cocina ¿Cocina JuanJuan en la clase de en la clase de ciencias?ciencias?
¿ Estudia mucho ¿ Estudia mucho PaulinaPaulina??Verb SubjectVerb Subject
On the blank side of the green card:
-ar regular verbs-ar regular verbs
nombre
On the lined side of the green card:
to …to …
present present
-o -amos-o -amos
-as --as -áisáis
-a -an-a -an
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