Present Tense of -ar Verbs

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Present Tense of -ar Verbs

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• Realidades 1

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VERBS

• A verb usually names the action in a sentence.
• We call the verb that ends in -r the INFINITIVE

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VERBS

• The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a
  Spanish dictionary.
• In English it means
• to (verb)

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These are some INFINITIVES you already know

• Enseñar
• Estudiar
• Hablar
• Bailar
• Cantar
• Dibujar
• Escuchar

• Esquiar
• Jugar
• Montar
• Nadar
• Pasar tiempo
• Patinar
• And several more!

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IN SPANISH

• The last letter or letters of the verb tell you
  who does the action.

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IN SPANISH

• To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who
  is doing the action, remove the -ar and add the
  appropriate ending.

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IN SPANISH

• This action is called CONJUGATION

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TO STUDY (English)

• I study
• You study
• He
• She studies
• it

• We study
• They study

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ESTUDIAR (Spanish)

• Yo estudio
• Tú estudias
• Ud.
• Él estudia
• Ella

• Nosotros estudiamos
• Nosotras
• Vosotros estudáis
• Vosotras
• Uds.
• Ellos estudian
• Ellas

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STEM / ENDING

• For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM
  and an ENDING.

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STEM / ENDING

• For example, for estudiar,estudi is the
  stem.
• ar is the ending.

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STEM / ENDING

• So, the endings for -ar verbs are
• o, as, a, amos, áis, an

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THE VOSOTROS

• Verb forms ending in áis, such as estudiáis, are
  used mainly in the country of Spain only.

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Lets CONJUGATE Some more -ar verbs!
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TOCAR

• Yo toco
• Tú tocas
• Ud.
• Él toca
• Ella

• Nosotros tocamos
• nosotras
• Vosotros tocáis
• vosotras
• Uds.
• Ellos tocan
• Ellas

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Enseñar

• Nosotros enseñamos
• Vosotros enseñáis
• Uds.
• Ellos enseñan
• Ellas

• Yo enseño
• Tú enseñas
• Ud.
• Él enseña
• Ella

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NEGATING A SENTENCE

• When you want to say that you do not do
  something, use no before the verb form

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NEGATING A SENTENCE

• Yo no cocino en la clase de educación física.

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ASKING A QUESTION

• When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put
  the subject after the verb or sometimes at the
  end of the sentence.

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ASKING A QUESTION

• Cocina Juan en la clase de ciencias?
• Estudia mucho Paulina?
• Verb Subject