what is a verb?
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What is a verb?. A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence (the doing word). Examples I play football. We eat spaghetti. What is a verb tense?. Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is happening. PRESENT (it happens) PAST (it happened) FUTURE (it will happen). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What is a verb?A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence (the doing word)ExamplesI play football.We eat spaghetti.
What is a verb tense?Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is happening.
•PRESENT (it happens)•PAST (it happened)•FUTURE (it will happen)
What is the present tense?
We use it to describe actions which are happening now or which are true at the moment or in general.
Hablo españolI speak Spanish
Subject pronounsyo I
tú You (singular)
él / ella He/she
Congulation of verbsLearning the patterns of language allows to create your own phrases
nosotros / nosotras
vosotros / vosotras
ellos / ellas
We
You (plural)
They
Subject pronounsyo
tú
él / ella
Congulation of verbsLearning the patterns of language allows to create your own phrases
nosotros / nosotras
vosotros / vosotras
ellos / ellas
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yo
tú él / ellanosotros / nosotras vosotros / vosotras
ellos / ellas
ArgentinaArgentina
TÚ-TÚ
egocéntrico = self-centred
Tú, tú, tú, túYo, yo, yo, yo¿Quién? …¡Ni túni yo!
Tú, tú, tú, túYo, yo, yo, yo¿Quién? …¡Ni túni yo!
YoYo
TúTú
ÉlÉl EllaElla
Nosotros/asNosotros/as
Vosotros/asVosotros/as
EllosEllos EllasEllas
Subject PronounsSubject Pronouns
The present tense
What is a verb tense?Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is happening.
•PRESENT (it happens)•PAST (it happened)•FUTURE (it will happen)
There are 3 types of verb in Spanish
-AR -ER -IR
-AR e.g. hablar
-ER e.g. comer
-IR e.g. vivir
When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR
ending it is called the INFINITIVE.The infinitive means TO ……
Hablar = to speakComer = to eatVivir = to live
What is a VERB?
What is the PRESENT TENSE?
What is the INFINITIVE?
The STEM of the verb
When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR
ending it is called the INFINITIVE.
Hablar = habl_Comer = com_Vivir = viv_
When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE STEM.
When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE STEM.
What do you add to make it “I live”Vivir = viv_Vivir = vivo
hablar - to speak
habl I speak, I am speakingo
habl as You speak, you are speaking
habl
habl
habl
habl
a
amos
áis
an
He / she speaks, he / she is speaking
We speak, we are speaking
You speak, you are speaking
They speak, they are speaking
The present tense
habl o
habl as
habl
habl
habl
habl
a
amos
áis
an
How do we form the Present Tense?There are 3 categories or GROUPS of verbs. You recognise them according to the ending of the infinitive:
– ar – er – irhablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live
hablar to speak
Yo I
Tú You
Él / Ella He / She / It
Nosotros We
Vosotros You Lot
Ellos / Ellas They
habl
habl
habl
habl
habl
habl
o
as
a
amos
áis
an
Yo I
Tú You
Él / Ella He / She / It
Nosotros We
Vosotros You Lot
Ellos / Ellas They
hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
habláis
hablan
hablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live
com
com
com
com
com
com
viv
viv
viv
viv
viv
viv
Yo I
Tú You
Él / Ella He / She / It
Nosotros We
Vosotros You Lot
Ellos / Ellas They
hablo
hablas
habla
hablamos
habláis
hablan
hablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live
como
comes
come
comemos
coméis
comen
vivo
vives
vive
vivimos
vivís
viven
To conjugate a verb.hablohablashabla
hablamoshabláishablan
Conjugation.
I’m bringing conjugation back!
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