1 Present Tense of -ar Verbs

2 Regular Verb Regular Verb: follows a pattern for conjugation. Pattern: Stem + endings

3 3 categories of Regular verbs -AR verbs -ER verbs -IR verbs

4 How do you know to which group a verb belongs?

5 Answer: Just look at the last two letters hablar comer vivir

6 How to conjugate Conjugate: Change an infinitive based upon who is doing the action. Infinitive: The verb before it is conjugated. It still ends in the letters -ar, -er, or -ir.

7 Step 1: First you must find the... Stem

8 How do you find the stem? Drop the last two letters of the infinitive. Any remaining letters are the STEM. Example: hablar Stem

9 Step 2 You will add an ending after the stem based upon: what pronoun you are using (Who’s doing the action?) what category of verb it is (-AR, -ER, - IR).

10 Pronouns Yo (I) Nosotros/Nosotras Tú (You- informal ) Él/Ella/Usted Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes (They/They- females only / Y ou All) (He/She/You- formal ) (We/We- females only)

11 -AR verb endings yo o nosotros/nosotras amos tú as él/ella/Ud. a ellos/ellas/Uds. an

12 Conjugation example Mirar (to look, to look at) yo miro nosotros miramos tú miras él/ella/Ud. mira ellos/ellas/Uds. miran

13 If you want to say you are not doing something... just put a “no” in front of it. hablo (I speak) no hablo (I don’t speak) Hola

14 Don’t Forget there are 2 words for “you” Tú (informal) Usted (formal) Use it with...

15 Checking for Understanding

16 What is a regular verb? Regular Verb: follows a pattern for conjugation. Pattern: Stem + endings

17 How many regular verb categories are there?

18 What are the 3 categories? -AR verbs -ER verbs -IR verbs

19 How do you know to which category a verb belongs? Just look at the last two letters

20 What does it mean to “conjugate?” Change an infinitive based upon who is doing the action.

21 What is an “infinitive?” The verb before it is conjugated. It still ends in the letters -ar, -er, or -ir.

22 What is step 1 of conjugation? Find the stem

23 How do you find the stem? Drop the last two letters of the infinitive. Any remaining letters are the STEM.

24 What is the stem of... Mirar Mir

25 What is the stem of... Escuchar escuch

26 What is step 2 of conjugation? You will add an ending after the stem

27 What 2 criteria do you use to know which ending? what pronoun you are using (Who’s doing the action?) what category of verb it is (- AR, -ER, -IR)

28 What do each of these pronouns mean? Yo Nosotros/Nosotras Tú Él/Ella/Usted Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes I You (informal) He/She/ You (formal) We/ We (females only) They/ They (females)/ You all

29 What are the endings? yo nosotros/nosotras tú él/ella/Ud. ellos/ellas/Uds. o as a amos an

30 What do you do to say someone is not doing something? Put a “no” in front of the verb

31 el fin