LOS VERBOS IRREGULARES ‘YO’ – 5.2

Pregunta esencial: How do I talk about planning a party using irregular ‘yo’ verbs n the present tense?

Repaso – KEY GRAMMAR TERMS

Subject – WHO or WHAT the sentence is about Felix washes the dishes.

Verb – The action of a sentence. The verb is conjugated according to the subject. Felix washes the dishes

Conjugate – to change a verb so that it AGREES with the subject. I sweep. Felix sweeps.

Repaso

A verb unconjugated (no subject) is called the INFINITIVE form of the verb

There are three “classes” of infinitives in Spanish: –ar, -er, or -ir Ejemplo: bailar = to dance

envolver = to wrap recibir = to receive

When you conjugate a verb, you add endings according to which “class” of verb it is (ej: hablar takes –ar verb endings while comer takes –er verb endings)

To conjugate regular –AR verbs

Yo -o -amosnostoros

Tú -as -áisvosotros

Él/ella/ -a -an ellos/ellas/Usted ustedes

Example: Decorar

Yo decoro decoramosnostoros

Tú decoras decoráisvosotros

Él/ella/ decora decoran Ellos/ellas/Usted ustedes

To conjugate regular –ER verbs

-o -emos-es -éis-e -en

To conjugate regular –IR verbs

-o -imos-es -ís-e -en

The irregulars!

The following verbs irregular and have unique conjugated forms: (Most are ‘yo-go’ verbs) Decir – to say/tell Dar – to give Poner – to put/place/set Hacer – to do/make Salir – to leave Traer – to bring Venir – to come

DECIR – to say / to tell

Decir has several irregular forms; only vosotros & nosotros is regular

digo decimos dices decís dice dicen

Venir – to come

Venir – ‘yo-go’ verb & stem-changer in the 2nd and 3rd person forms (cousins with ‘tener’)

vengo venimos vienes venís viene vienen

Salir – to leave / go out

Salir– ‘yo go’

salimos sales salís sale salen

salgo

Poner – to put / place / set

Poner – ‘yo go’

ponemos pones ponéis pone ponen

pongo

Hacer – to do / make

Hacer – ‘yo go’

hacemos haces hacéis hace hacen

hago

Traer – to bring

Traer – ‘yo go’

traemos traes traéis trae traen

traigo

Dar – to give

Dar – ‘yo go’

damos das dáis da dan

doy

Ejercicios:

Conjugate the following the verbs: They say I bring You come We make I leave He gives

Ejercicios:

Conjugate the following the verbs: They say (decir) – ellos dicen I bring (traer) – yo traigo You come (venir) – Tú vienes We make (hacer) – Nosotros hacemos I leave (salir) – Yo salgo He gives (dar) – él da