Present Tense of -ar Verbs

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VERBS

A verb usually names A verb usually names the action in a sentence.the action in a sentence.

We call the verb that We call the verb that ends in -ar the ends in -ar the INFINITIVEINFINITIVE

VERBS

The INFINITIVE is the The INFINITIVE is the form you would find in a form you would find in a Spanish dictionary.Spanish dictionary.

In English it means In English it means ““to + to + (verb)(verb)””

These are some INFINITIVES you may already know:

EnseñarEnseñar EstudiarEstudiar HablarHablar BailarBailar CantarCantar DibujarDibujar EscucharEscuchar

EsquiarEsquiar JugarJugar MontarMontar NadarNadar Pasar tiempoPasar tiempo PatinarPatinar And several And several

more!more!

IN SPANISH:

The last letter or letters The last letter or letters of the verb tell you who of the verb tell you who does the action.does the action.

IN SPANISH:

To change an INFINITIVE To change an INFINITIVE to a form that tells who to a form that tells who is doing the action, is doing the action, remove the remove the -ar -ar and add and add the appropriate ending.the appropriate ending.

IN SPANISH:

This action is called This action is called CONJUGATION CONJUGATION

TO STUDY (English)

II studystudy

YouYou studystudy

HeHe

SheShe studiesstudies

itit

WeWe studystudy

TheyThey studystudy

ESTUDIAR (Spanish)

YoYo estudiestudioo

TúTú estudiestudiasas

Ud.Ud.

ÉlÉl estudiestudiaa

EllaElla

Nosotros estudiNosotros estudiamosamos

NosotrasNosotras

(Vosotros estudi(Vosotros estudiáisáis

Vosotras)Vosotras)

Uds.Uds.

EllosEllos estudi estudianan

EllasEllas

STEM / ENDING

For every INFINITIVE in For every INFINITIVE in Spanish there is a STEM Spanish there is a STEM and an ENDING.and an ENDING.

STEM / ENDING

For example, for For example, for “estudiar,”…”estudi” is “estudiar,”…”estudi” is the stem.the stem.

““ar” is the ending.ar” is the ending.

STEM / ENDING

So, the endings for -ar So, the endings for -ar verbs are:verbs are:

o, as, a, amos, (áis), ano, as, a, amos, (áis), an

THE VOSOTROS

Verb forms ending in Verb forms ending in áisáis, , such as estudisuch as estudiáisáis, are , are used mainly in the country used mainly in the country of Spain only.of Spain only.

Let’s CONJUGATESome more -ar verbs!

TOCAR

YoYo toctocoo

TúTú toctocasas

Ud.Ud.

ÉlÉl toctocaa

EllaElla

NosotrosNosotros toctocamosamos

nosotrasnosotras

(Vosotros toc(Vosotros tocáisáis

vosotras)vosotras)

Uds.Uds.

EllosEllos toc tocanan

EllasEllas

Enseñar

YoYo enseñenseñoo

TúTú enseñenseñasas

Ud.Ud.

ÉlÉl enseñenseñaa

EllaElla

Nosotros enseñNosotros enseñamosamos

(Vosotros) enseñ(Vosotros) enseñáisáis

Uds.Uds.

EllosEllos enseñ enseñanan

EllasEllas

NEGATING A SENTENCE

When you want to say When you want to say that you dothat you do not not do do something, use something, use nono before the verb formbefore the verb form

NEGATING A SENTENCE

Yo Yo no cocinono cocino en la clase en la clase de educación física.de educación física.

ASKING A QUESTION

When we ask a question When we ask a question in Spanish, we usually put in Spanish, we usually put the the subjectsubject afterafter the verbthe verb or sometimes or sometimes at the end at the end of the sentence.of the sentence.

ASKING A QUESTION

¿Cocina ¿Cocina JuanJuan en la clase de en la clase de ciencias?ciencias?

¿Estudia mucho ¿Estudia mucho PaulinaPaulina??Verb SubjectVerb Subject

STEM / ENDING

The endings for -er verbs The endings for -er verbs are: are: o, es, e, emos, (éis), o, es, e, emos, (éis), enen

The endings for -ir verbs The endings for -ir verbs are: are: o, es, e, o, es, e, iimos, (is), enmos, (is), en