Download Conjugating Regular Spanish Verbs

• Easy definition of conjugate: To give a
person, place or thing an action to perform.
• English Subject Pronouns: memorized in this
order: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
• Spanish Subject Pronouns to be memorized in
this order: yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros,
vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes
Conjugating Regular Spanish
Verbs
Regular AR, ER, and IR Verbs
Objectives
• To know the difference between
conjugating verbs in English and in
Spanish.
• To know all of the endings for AR, ER, and
IR verbs.
• To be able to use those endings in Spanish
sentence format.
The Difference Between ESP.
and ENG.
• In English you have a verb and now matter
how it is used it will still be spelled the
same unless it is in third person singular.
For example the verb go
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I go
You go
We go
He/she/it goes
You all go
They go
The Difference
• In Spanish the verb is different in almost
every way It is used
For example the verb trabajar
(to work)
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Yo trabajo (I work)
Tu trabajas (you work)
El, Ella trabaja(he, she works)
Nosotros trabajamos (we work)
Ustedes trabajan (you all formal work)
Ellos, Ellas trabajan (They work)
Ar, Er, and Ir Verbs have
different endings
AR
ER
IR
Yo- O
Yo- O
Yo- O
Tu- as
Tu- es
Tu- es
El Ella Ud- a
El Ella Ud- e
El Ella Ud- e
Nosotros- amos Nosotros- emos Nosotros- imos
Ellos Ellas Uds.- Ellos Ellas Uds.- Ellos Ellas Uds.an
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Utilization of these endings
• English sentence
• I buy a lot during christmas but you don’t
buy anything
• Spanish Sentence (AR verb)
• Yo compro mucho durante la navidad pero
tu no compras nada
• The difference in conjugation is very clear
Let’s try an ER verb
• English sentence
• I learn something new every day but he
learns nothing.
• Spanish Sentence
• Yo aprendo algo nuevo cada dia pero el
aprende nada
Now an IR Verb
• English sentence
• I feel like homework but she feels like
watching T.V.
• Spanish Sentence
• Yo siento hacer tarea pero ella siente mirar
el Televison.
Once you can distinguish the
difference between conjugating
verbs in English and in Spanish it
makes learning the Spanish
language much easier
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