Present Present tense of -er tense of -er and -ir verbsand -ir verbs

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-AR Verbs-AR VerbsYou know the endings of present-tense -ar verbs:o, as, a, amos, áis, an

HABLARHABLARYo hablo

Tú hablas

Ud.Él hablaElla

Nosotros hablamos

Vosotros habláis

Uds.Ellos hablanEllas

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•Infinitives that end in -ar•Infinitives that end in -er•Infinitives that end in -ir

Some Some -er-er Verbs Verbs

•Some -er verbs that you already know are:

beber leer comer ver

•The pattern for -er verbs is much like the pattern for -ar verbs.

•The only difference is, instead of using “a” you use “e.”

Let’s try the verb “to eat”, in Spanish: “comer.”

TO EATTO EATI eat

You eat

HeShe eatsIt

We eat

They eat

COMERCOMERYo como

Tú comes

Ud.Él comeElla

Nosotros comemos

Vosotros coméis

Uds. Ellos comen Ellas

The Other -er VerbsThe Other -er VerbsNow let’s do the other -er verbs that youknow.

BEBERBEBERYo bebo

Tú bebes

Ud.Él bebeElla

Nosotros bebemos

Vosotros bebéis

Uds.Ellos bebenEllas

LEERLEERYo leo

Tú lees

Ud.Él leeElla

Nosotros leemos

Vosotros leéis

Uds.Ellos leenEllas

The Verb VERThe Verb VERThe verb VER is the same as the other -er verbs except in the “yo” form. It is irregular in the “yo” form.

VERVERYo veo

Tú ves

Ud.Él veElla

Nosotrosvemos

Vosotros veís

Uds. Ellos ven Ellas

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•You’ve already learned some -ar verbs and -er verbs. Now you are going to learn some -ir verbs.

The pattern for -ir verbs is the exact same pattern for -er verbs except that in the

nosotros form you will

use imos.

Let’s try to share, “compartir.”

-ER Verbs-ER Verbs• aprender to learn• barrer to sweep• beber to drink• comer to eat• comprender to understand• correr to run• creer to believe• deber should, ought to• esconder to hide

-ER Verbs-ER Verbs

• leer to read• prometer to promise• responder to respond• Romper to break, to tear• sorprender to surprise• vender to sell

COMPARTIRCOMPARTIRYo comparto

Tú compartes

Ud.Él comparteElla

Nosotros

compartimos

Vosotros compartís

Uds. comparten

Ellos Ellas

-IR Verbs-IR Verbs• abrir to open• aburrir to bore• añadir to add• aplaudir to applaud, to clap• asistir to assist, to attend• batir to shake, to beat• compartir to share• decidir to decide• describir to describe

-IR Verbs-IR Verbs

• descubrir to discover• discutir to discuss, to debate, to

argue, to quarrel• dividir to divide• escribir to write• gruñir to growl, to grunt, to

grumble• hundir to sink• insistir to insist

-IR Verbs-IR Verbs• interrumpir to interrupt• permitir to permit, to allow• recibir to receive• repartir to deliver• reunir to gather(things), to raise

(money)• subir to go up, to climb• subir to get into(a

vehicle/amusement ride)

-IR Verbs-IR Verbs

• sufrir to suffer• vivirto live