Spanish Verbs

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Spanish Verbs
Verbs are words that express action, or a state
of being.
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Spanish Verbs
The form of the verbs found in Spanish
dictionaries is called an infinitive.
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Spanish Verbs
Examples of infinitives to study estudiar to
speak hablar to listen escuchar
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Spanish Verbs
To use a verb in a sentence you must conjugate it
first.
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Spanish Verbs
To conjugate a verb you must first find the stem
of that verb. The stem is the infinitive without
the -ar ending.
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Spanish Verbs
Examples of stems (study) estudi- (speak) habl
- (listen) escuch-
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Once youve found the stem, add the verb ending
that matches the subject of your sentence.
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Spanish Verbs
If the subject is Yo, the ending is -o.
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Examples Yo estudio. (I study.) Yo hablo. (I
speak.) Yo escucho. (I listen.)
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If the subject is Tú, the ending is -as.
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Examples Tú estudias. (You study.) Tú
hablas. (You speak.) Tú escuchas. (You listen.)
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If the subject is Él, Ella, or Ud., the ending
is -a.
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Examples Él estudia. (He studies.) Ella
habla. (She speaks.) Ud. escucha. (You listen.)
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If the subject is Nosotros, or Nosotras, the
ending is -amos.
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Examples Nosotros estudiamos. (We
study.) Nosotras hablamos. (We speak.)
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If the subject is Ellos, Ellas, or Uds., the
ending is -an.
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Examples Ellos estudian. Ellas estudian.
(They study.) Uds. escuchan. (You all
listen.)
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The subject pronoun is often left out of Spanish
sentences because its indicated by the verb
ending.
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Spanish Verbs
Examples Estudio. (I study.) Hablas. (You
speak.) Escuchamos. (We listen.)
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Guess the meaning of the following Visito. Ella
prepara.
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Visito. I visit. Ella prepara. She
prepares.