1 Los Verbos What is a verb?

2 What is an infinitive? Bailar = To Dance Cantar = To Sing Nadar = To Swim Correr = To Run Escribir = To Write Esquiar = To Ski Patinar = To Skate What do all of the English infinitives have in common? What do all of the Spanish infinitives have in common?

3 What is an infinitive? Infinitive: The most raw or pure form of a given verb – In English: Always a “To ______” phrase – In Spanish: Always ends in “-R”

4 What is Conjugation? To Run  I run, You run, He/She runs, We run, They run To Dance  I dance, You dance, He/She dances, We dance, They dance To Read  I read, You read, He/She reads, We read, They read

5 What is Conjugation? Conjugation: Transforming the infinitive into a form that agrees with the subject

6 What is the same/different about these 3 groups? Bailar Cantar Dibujar Nadar Esquiar Escribir Correr Leer Ver

7 Apuntes In Spanish, there are 3 Classes of verbs: – -AR, -ER, and -IR Verbs The class of the verb determines how you conjugate the verb.

8 Apuntes To conjugate Regular verbs in the Present tense: – Take off the -AR, -ER, or -IR ending. – Add one of the following endings depending on the Subject Pronoun you need to use.

9 -AR Verbs Subject Pronoun Ending Yo El Ella Usted Tu Nosotros Ellos Ellas Ustedes - O- AMOS - AS - AN- A

10 LA CANCION (To Usher’s OMG) Baby let me conjugate There’s so many ways to change you Baby I can’t keep it straight There’s so many ways to change you Got me like drop the -AR Add somethin’ new I’ve got it finally You make me want to say OOOOO, AAAAAS, AAAAA, AMOS, AN

11 PRACTICA Conjugate the following verbs by using the manipulatives

12 PRACTICA YO BAILAR

13 PRACTICA TU CANTAR

14 PRACTICA EL BAILAR

15 PRACTICA NOSOTROS CANTAR

16 PRACTICA ELLAS BAILAR

17 PRACTICA ELLA CANTAR

18 PRACTICA NOSOTRAS BAILAR

19 PRACTICA YO CANTAR

20 PRACTICA TU BAILAR

21 PRACTICA ELLAS CANTAR