Conjugating Regular Verbs

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Conjugating Regular Verbs

• -AR, -ER,-IR

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Regular Spanish Verbs have 3 kinds of endings
what are they?

• -ar
• -er
• -ir

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Review What are the two steps to conjugate a
regular -ar verb?

• Drop the last two letters (-ar)
• Add the proper endings according to the subject
  pronoun
• Endings
• Yo ?
• Tú ?
• Él/Ella/Usted ?
• Nosotros/as ?
• Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes ?

-o
-as
-a
-amos
-an
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What are the -AR verb endings?

• yo nosotros/as
• tú
• él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes

-o
-amos
-as
-an
-a
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Conjugate this AR verb
bailar- to dance

• yo nosotros/as
• tú
• él ellos
• ella ellas
• usted ustedes

bailo
bailamos
bailas


bailan
baila
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How to conjugate a regular -er verb

• Drop the last two letters (-er)
• Add the proper endings according to the subject
  pronoun
• Endings
• Yo ?
• Tú ?
• Él/Ella/Usted ?
• Nosotros/as ?
• Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes ?

-o
-es
-e
-emos
-en
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What are the -ER verb endings?

• yo nosotros/as
• tú
• él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes

-o
-emos
-es
-en
-e
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Practica

• Conjugate the following er verbs (all forms)
• comer
• beber
• leer
• correr
• hacer

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How to conjugate a regular -ir verb

• Drop the last two letters (-ir)
• Add the proper endings according to the subject
  pronoun
• Endings
• Yo ?
• Tú ?
• Él/Ella/Usted ?
• Nosotros/as ?
• Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes ?

-o
-es
-e
-imos
-en
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What are the -IR verb endings?

• yo nosotros/as
• tú
• él, ella, usted ellos, ellas, ustedes

-o
-imos
-es
-en
-e
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Practica

• Conjugate the following ir verbs (all forms)
• escribir
• recibir
• asistir
• vivir