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Los Verbos Regulares en -AR

Present tense of regular –ar verbs

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Capítulo 4 – Primer Paso

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Verbs

• Words that express actions or states of being: – to talk; to be tired

• Name some vocabulary words that express an action (to do something)– nadar (to swim)– bailar (to dance)– cantar (to sing)

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Verb Endings

• Endings of most verbs in English change only when the subject (or doer of the action) is he, she, it, or a proper name like Silvia.

– I talk we talk

– you talk you all talk

– he, she, it talks they talk

conjugating

a verb

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12 Possible Subjects

yo

tú

élellaUd.

nosotrosnosotras

vosotrosvosotras

ellosellasUds.

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2 Steps of conjugating Regular -AR verbs:

1.Find the stem Drop the last two letters of the infinitive, the -AR.

2. Add the appropriate verb endings.

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Por ejemplo…: hablar

hablar

habl

habl

habl

habl

habl

habl

o

as

a

amos

áis

an

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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:

Hablo español.(Yo)

I speak Spanish.simple statement

emphasis

action in progress

I do speak Spanish.

I am speaking Spanish.

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Regular AR verb endings:STEM + Verb ending

oasa

amosáisan

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

mi amigo y yohablamos

hablar

la estudiantehabla

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

mi hermanonada

nadar

unos amigosnadan

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¿Cuál es la forma correcta?

yocanto

cantar

¿quién?canta

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