How to Conjugate

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How to Conjugate

• SPANISH VERBS

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First, lets review the subject pronouns.
Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd

• nosotros m. we
• nosotras f.
• vosotros m. you
• vosotras f.
• ustedes you
• ellos m. they
• ellas f.

• yo I
• tú you
• usted you
• él he
• ella she

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Conjugate

• Grammar. To inflect a verb in its forms for
  distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood,
  and tense.

Examples of a conjugation

• I run.
• You have.
• She walks.

• We are.
• You see.
• They speak.

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Infinitive

• not having inflections to indicate tense n the
  uninflected (or unconjugated) form of the verb
• the to form of a verb to run, to walk, to have

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There are three types of verbs in Spanish.
-AR
-ER

• -AR verbs are verbs that end in ar. Hablar,
  mirar.
• -ER verbs end in er. Comer, beber.
• -IR verbs end in ir. Vivir, ofrir.

Types of verbs
-IR
Verbs ending in ar, -er, and ir in Spanish
are known as infinitives.
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Lets get startedConjugating regular AR verbs.

• To conjugate a regular AR verb, one must first
  remove the AR ending from the infinitive. This
  will leave you with the base.

Use the infinitive, hablar
hablar ar habl
habl is your base
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Add the regular AR verb endings to your base

• o
• as
• a

• amos
• áis
• an

infinitive ending base
hablar ar habl
habl habl habl
habl habl habl
o as a
amos áis an
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These endings correspond with the following
subject pronouns.
Singular Plural
Person 1st 2nd 3rd

• yo

• amos

• o

• nosotros/as

• as

• tú

• vosotros/as

• áis

• Ud.
• él
• ella

• Uds.
• ellos
• ellas

• a

• an

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Regular AR Verbs
P u z z l e d
Memorization is the key to conjugating regular
verbs in Spanish
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verbs in Spanish
Conjugating regular
is a pattern.
o
Base
Infinitive
-AR
Habl
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Once you have learned to conjugate one regular
AR verb
infinitive ending base
nadar ar nad
nad nad nad
nad nad nad
o as a
amos áis an
you can conjugate all regular AR verbs.
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One More Time...
infinitive ending base
caminar ar camin
camin camin camin
camin camin camin
o as a
amos áis an
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Now...
add your subject pronouns
cocinar ar cocin
cocin cocin cocin
cocin cocin cocin
o as a
amos áis an
yo tú Ud. él ella
nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas
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Conjugating Spanish AR verbs is like learning
your 123s and your ABCs.
Once you know the pattern, you can conjugate
every regular AR verb. Also, you can tell if it
is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person singular or plural.
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Were not finished yet.
Not any more!
We still have two more verbs ER and IR.
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Dont sweat it though!
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The pattern is
infinitive ending base
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infinitive ending base
hablar ar habl
comer er com
One more time...
vivir ir viv
Now you know the pattern!
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Now all you need are the endings
Once you know how to conjugate the regular AR
verb, conjugating ER and IR verbs are simple.
-ER verbs are like AR verbs. The only
difference is the A and the E.
-IR verbs are sister verbs to the ER verbs.
They share four of the same endings.
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Here are the regular verb endings
Person -AR -AR -ER -ER -IR -IR
Person Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st -o -amos -o -emos -o -imos
2nd -as -áis -es -éis -es -ís
3rd -a -an -e -en -e -en
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Get your pencil ready!
comer er com
com com com
com com com
o es e
emos éis en
yo tú Ud. él ella
nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas
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Dont get tired yet,
Now ready for the next step
vivir ir viv
viv viv viv
viv viv viv
o es e
imos ís en
yo tú Ud. él ella
nosotros/as vosotros/as Uds. ellos ellas
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Now wipe away all those tears,
there is nothing more to fear.
You have now learned how to conjugate regular
Spanish verbs.
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Time is up, so now were done.
Lets go have some fun!
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Regular -AR, -ER, -IR Spanish Verbs
The End!
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Regular -AR, -ER, -IR Spanish Verbs
The End!
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