Present Tense Regular

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Present TenseRegular
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Objective

• to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense.

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Types of Verbs

• Verbs that end in ar
• Verbs that end in er
• Verbs that end in ir

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Here are some examples

• Hablar
• Comer
• Vivir

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hablar, comer, vivir(Infinitive forms)

• hablar to speak
• comer to eat
• vivir to live

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A verb has two partsa stem an ending

• Habl
• com
• viv

• ar
• er
• ir

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English

• When we form a sentence in English, we begin the
  sentence with a subject
• The subject can be either a noun ora pronoun

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English Subject Pronouns

• I
• you
• he, she, it

• we
• they

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Spanish Subject Pronouns

• Yo
• Tú
• usted, él, ella,

• Nosotros
• Ustedes, ellos, ellas,

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Qué pasa aquí?

• What happened to the it?

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When the subject is a singular masculine or
feminine noun,

• we simply use the same ending on the verb that we
  would use if the subject was él or ella.
  (That would be the third person singular verb
  ending)

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When the subject is a plural masculine or
feminine noun,

• we simply use the same ending on the verb that we
  would use if the subject was ellos or ellas
  . (That would be the third person plural verb
  ending)

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Enough of that confusion!

• Lets move on to verb conjugation

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As with English verbs, Spanish verbs must be
conjugated in order to make the verb agree with
the subject in person and number.
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In order to make a Spanish verb agree with
the subject, we have to change its ending.
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Present tense regular verb endings arverbs.

• o
• as
• a

• amos
• an

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The verb ending identifies the subject.

• o yo
• as tú
• a Ud., él, y ella

• amos nosotros
• an Uds., ellos y ellas

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Since all Spanish nouns are either masculine or
feminine..

• there is no Spanish subject pronoun for it.

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Correspondingly, the subject dictates the verb
ending

• I - o
• you - as
• he, she, a
• you formal -a

• We amos
• yall an
• They, -an

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The ending of a verb also tells us when the
action takes place.
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PastPresentFuture
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For the moment we will deal only with present
tense, regular and stem-changing ar, er and
ir verbs.
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First, lets look at a typical ar verb

• hablar
• (to speak)

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In order to make the verb agree with the subject
we must ...

• Drop the ending from the infinitive form .

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Hablar(infinitive form - to speak)

• Drop the ar ending
• habl

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Remember the ar verb endings????

• o
• as
• a

• amos
• an

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Stem ending

• hablo
• hablas
• habla

• hablamos
• hablan

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And, that means

• I speak
• You speak
• he speaks, she speaks, you speak

• We speak
• You all speak
• They speak

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Now, lets look at a typical er verb

• comer
• (to eat)

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Remember the er verb endings????

• o
• es
• e

• emos
• en

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Stem ending

• como
• comes
• come

• comemos
• comen

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And, that means

• I eat
• You eat
• he eats, she eats, you eat

• We eat
• You all eat
• They eat

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Finally, lets look at a typical ir verb

• vivir
• (to live)

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Remember the ir verb endings????

• o
• es
• e

• imos
• en

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Stem ending

• vivo
• vives
• vive

• vivimos
• viven

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And, that means

• I live
• You live
• he lives, she lives, you live

• We live
• You all live
• They live

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Whats next?

• Caramba!
• Es el fin

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El Fin