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.
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What is a verb tense?

• Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
  happening.
• PRESENT (it happens)
• PAST (it happened)
• FUTURE (it will happen)

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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 español
I speak Spanish
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Congulation of verbs
Learning the patterns of language allows to
create your own phrases
Subject pronouns
yo
I
tú
You (singular)
él / ella
He/she
nosotros / nosotras
We
vosotros / vosotras
You (plural)
ellos / ellas
They
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Congulation of verbs
Learning the patterns of language allows to
create your own phrases
Subject pronouns
yo
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tú
????
él / ella
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nosotros / nosotras
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vosotros / vosotras
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ellos / ellas
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vosotros / vosotras
nosotros / nosotras
yo
él / ella
ellos / ellas
tú
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Argentina
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TÚ-TÚ
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egocéntrico self-centred
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Tú, tú, tú, tú Yo, yo, yo, yo Quién? Ni tú ni
yo!
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Subject Pronouns
Yo
Nosotros/as
Tú
Vosotros/as
Él
Ella
Ellos
Ellas
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The present tense
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What is a verb tense?

• Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
  happening.
• PRESENT (it happens)
• PAST (it happened)
• FUTURE (it will happen)

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There are 3 types of verb in Spanish
-AR
-AR e.g. hablar
-ER
-ER e.g. comer
-IR
-IR e.g. vivir
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When the verb has the AR, -ER, -IR ending it is
called the INFINITIVE. The infinitive means TO
Hablar to speak
Comer to eat
Vivir to live
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What is a VERB?
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What is the PRESENT TENSE?
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What is the INFINITIVE?
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The STEM of the verb
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When the verb has the AR, -ER, -IR ending it is
called the INFINITIVE.
When you remove the AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE
STEM.
Hablar habl_
Comer com_
Vivir viv_
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When you remove the AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE
STEM.
What do you add to make it I live Vivir viv_
Vivir vivo
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The present tense
hablar - to speak
habl
o
I speak, I am speaking
habl
as
You speak, you are speaking
habl
a
He / she speaks, he / she is speaking
habl
amos
We speak, we are speaking
habl
áis
You speak, you are speaking
habl
an
They speak, they are speaking
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habl
o
habl
as
habl
a
habl
amos
habl
áis
habl
an
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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
ir
hablar
comer
vivir
to speak
to eat
to live
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hablar
to speak
Yo I Tú You Él / Ella He / She / It Nosotros
We Vosotros You Lot Ellos / Ellas They
habl
o
as
habl
habl
a
habl
amos
habl
áis
habl
an
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hablar
comer
vivir
to eat
to speak
to live
hablo hablas habla hablamos habláis hablan
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
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hablar
comer
vivir
to eat
to speak
to live
hablo hablas habla hablamos habláis hablan
como comes come comemos coméis comen
vivo vives vive vivimos vivís viven
Yo I Tú You Él / Ella He / She /
It Nosotros We Vosotros You Lot Ellos /
Ellas They
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To conjugate a verb. hablo hablas habla hablamos h
abláis hablan Conjugation.
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Im bringing conjugation back!
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Plenary