Present Tense of –ar Verbs

Conjugation of –ar verbs

• In Spanish, to conjugate regular present tense –ar verbs, you drop the verb ending (-ar). You then add to the stem the endings that correspond to the different subject pronouns.

• You must memorize the endings that correspond to the different subject pronouns. There are not a lot!

The following slides will help you visualize the process by which verb forms are created.

Keep It Simple

Let’s go over the endings for ALL Present Tense Regular –ar verbs.

Next, let’s apply these endings to the stem of a regular present tense –ar verb. If you can do one

verb, then you can do them ALL. Even if you don’t know what the verb means in English!!

oasa

amosáisan

yotú

él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedesvosotrosnosotros

The endings are the same for ALL REGULAR –ar verbs

Estudiar (to study)

yo estudio I study

tú estudias you study (fam.)

él, ella, usted estudia he/she studies;

you study; it studies (form.)

nosotros/as estudiamos we study

vosotros/as estudiáis you all study (fam.)

ellos, ellas, ustedes estudian they study; you all study

SINGULARFORMS

PLURALFORMS

Conjugation of –ar verbs

INFINITIVE VERB STEM CONJUGATED FORM

hablar – to speak habl- yo habl bailar – to dance bail- tú bail estudiar – to study estudi- él, ella, Ud. estudi trabajar – to work trabaj- nosotros trabaj comprar – to buy compr- vosotros compr escuchar – to listen escuch- ellos, ellas, Uds. escuch •There are so many more –ar verbs. Just like learning vocabulary, you eventually need to memorize as many as possible.

oas

amosa

áisan

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Bailar (to dance)

yo bail

tú bail

él, ella, usted bail

nosotros/as bail

vosotros/as bail

ellos, ellas, ustedes bail

SINGULARFORMS

PLURALFORMS

o

as

a

amos

áis

an

I dance

you dance

he, she, it dancesyou dance

we dance

you all dance

they; you all dance

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Trabajar (to work)

yo

tú

él, ella, usted

nosotros/as

vosotros/as

ellos, ellas, ustedes

SINGULARFORMS

PLURALFORMS

trabajo

trabajas

trabaja

trabajamos

trabajáis

trabajan

I work

you work

he, she, it worksyou work

we work

you all work

they; you all study