What we can DO!

CONJUGATIONS!

Conjugating

-con·ju·gate     (kŏn'jə-gāt')  v.   con·ju·gat·ed, con·ju·gat·ing, con·ju·gatesTo inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such asnumber, person, voice, mood, and tense.

The concept of verb conjugation is the same as in English — only the details are far more complicated.

Verb conjugation refers to the process of changing a verb form to provide information about the action being performed.

The form of the verb can gives us some idea aboutWHOis performing the action,WHENthe action is being performed, and theRELATIONof the verb to other parts of the sentence.

Insimplerwords… change a verb to match the subject!

Infinitives What is an infinitive?

It is the basic form of the verb, by itself conveying no information about the verb action. (aka UNCONJUGATED)

Example: To talk is in the infinitive form.

Spanish infinitives are the same; they convey no information about the verb action. (aka UNCONJUGATED)

Infinitives in Spanish always end in…? -ar, -er, or -ir.

Example: The verb for "to talk" is hablar.

Conjugating present-tense indicative verbs In English, an "-s" is added at the end to

indicate that a verb is being used in the third-person, present-tense singular form. I talk, you talk, he talks, she talks,we talk,

they talk.

In Spanish, various endings are attached to verbs to indicate who is speaking for first-, second-, and third-person forms in singular and plural. For regular verbs, the -ar, -er or -ir at the end is

replaced with the appropriate ending.

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Los Pronombres Personales

(Subject Pronouns)

o Singular

o yo

o tú

o él / ella / Ud.

o Plural

o nosotros

o vosotros

o ellos / ellas / Uds.

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Every verb has 2 parts:

Hablar = habl-Practicar =

practi-Estudiar =

estudi-Trabajar =

trabaj-Cocinar =

cocin-

STEM + ENDING

Mirar = mir-Escuchar =

escuch-Jugar = jug-Presentar =

present-Comprar =

compr-

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To form the present tense:

STEM + Verb ending

-o

-as

-a

-amos

-áis

-an

Yo

Tú

Él/ ella / ud.

Nosotros

Vosotros

Ellos/ellas/ uds.

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Porejemplo…: hablar

hablarhabl

habl

habl

habl

habl

habl

o

as

a

amos

áis

an

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Porejemplo…:estudiar

estudiarestudi

estudi

estudi

estudi

estudi

estudi

o

as

a

amos

áis

an

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Pues, ¿qué esel presente… exactamente?

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•Present-tense verbs in Spanish can have several English equivalents.

•Each simple expression in Spanish may convey three different ideas in English:

Estudio español.(yo)

I study Spanish.

I do study Spanish.

I am studying Spanish.

simple statement

emphasis

action in progress

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¿Cuáles son las formas de…?

Practicar - to practice

Cantar - to sing

Estudiar - to help

Trabajar - to work

¿Cómo se dice?

I speak

We study

They cook (cocinar)

Elena dances (bailar)

You sing (cantar)

Yo hablo

Nosotros estudiamos

Ellos cocinan

Elena baila

Tú cantas

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

mi padre

trabaja

unos amigos

trabajan

trabajar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

tú

cocinas

ella

cocina

cocinar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

Elena y José

bailan

Enrique Iglesias y yo

bailamosbailar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

mis amigos

compran

Ramón y tú (think Spain)

compráiscomprar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

la clase

canta

las estudiantes

cantancantar

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

los profesores de inglés

tocan

Ud.

tocatocar

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¿Cómo se dice en español?

She’s buying a green book.

They (those girls) need some new pens.

We work a lot in history class.

You are studying math.

Ella compra un libro verde.

Ellas necesitan unos bolígrafos nuevos.

(Nosotros) trabajamos mucho en la clase de historia.

Tú estudias la matemáticas.

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El fin…(Terminamos…)