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Apuntes de gramática
Señora Mignano
Los verbos
Using verbs in Spanish is quite different from how we use them in English.
In Spanish, each person/subject that you talk about has their own unique
form of the verb you wish to use. In order to determine who uses which
type of verb, we must understand how to conjugate a verb in Spanish.
Each person/thing that we wish to speak of has their own subject pronoun.
The subject pronouns in Spanish are:
Yo
=
I
Tú
=
You
*Él/Ella
=
He/She
*Usted
=
You (formal)
Nosotros/Nosotras
=
Us, we
**Ellos/Ellas
=
They, them (masc./fem.)
**Ustedes
=
You all
* share the same verb conjugation
** share the same verb conjugation
There are three types of verbs in Spanish. We can classify a verb based on
whether it's infinitive form ends in an -AR, -ER, or -IR.
Based on the infinitive's ending (-ar, -er, -ir), we can determine how we
must conjugate the verb for each person/thing.
Each type of verb has their own unique verb endings. They are as follows:
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Ud.
Nosotros/as
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
-AR
o
as
a
amos
an
-ER
o
es
e
emos
en
-IR
o
es
e
imos
en
Once we determine whether the verb is an -AR, -ER, or -IR verb, now we
are ready to begin following our steps for verb conjugation.
STEPS FOR SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION
1) Identify the type of verb (-AR, -ER, or -IR).
escuchar
=
-ar verb
2) Chop the ending (-AR, -ER, or -IR) off of the infinitive in order to
form your stem.
escuchar
=
escuch(stem)
3) Fill in the stems on your T-Chart.
ESCUCHAR =
To listen
Yo
escuch
Tú
escuch
Él/Ella/Usted
escuch
Nosotros/Nosotras
escuch
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes
escuch
4) Add your endings for an -ar verb to each stem, accordingly.
ESCUCHAR =
To listen
Yo
escucho
Tú
escuchas
Él/Ella/Usted
escucha
Nosotros/Nosotras
escuchamos
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes
escuchan
Understanding T-charts
Infinitive verb
Definition of infinitive
COMER = To eat
Pronouns
Yo
Tú
Él/Ella/Ud.
Nosotros(as)
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
conjugations
T-CHARTS
COMER = To eat
Yo
como
Tú
comes
Él/Ella/Ud.
come
Nosotros(as)
comemos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
comen
LEER = To read
Yo
leo
Tú
lees
Él/Ella/Ud.
lee
Nosotros(as)
leemos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
leen
MIRAR = To watch
Yo
miro
Tú
miras
Él/Ella/Ud.
mira
Nosotros(as)
miramos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
miran
ESCUCHAR = To listen
Yo
escucho
Tú
escuchas
Él/Ella/Ud.
escucha
Nosotros(as)
escuchamos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
escuchan
DESCANSAR = To relax
Yo
descanso
Tú
descansas
Él/Ella/Ud.
descansa
Nosotros(as)
descansamos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
descansan
PREPARAR = To prepare
Yo
preparo
Tú
preparas
Él/Ella/Ud.
prepara
Nosotros(as)
preparamos
Ellos/Ellas/Uds.
preparan