AR Verbs and Conjugation
verbs
Subject Pronouns
Endings
practice
Objectives
• Students will be able to identify what an –ar verb is
in Spanish
• Students will be able to link subject pronouns with
its appropriate –ar ending
• Students will be able to conjugate –ar verbs
Apuntes
What is a verb?
• A verb is a word to describe an action.
• An infinitive is a verb that has not been
assigned a subject pronoun.
• Examples: to run, to sleep, to eat, to dance,
to play, to jump, to talk, to walk, to type, to
drink, to hit, to study, to juggle, to laugh, ect…
Actividad: Write down as many verbs as you
see in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8mGU1MzYw
Apuntes
Verbs in Spanish
• There are 3 types of verbs in Spanish.
• They all have 1 of these 3 endings.
-ar verbs
-er verbs
-ir verbs
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Apuntes
-ar verbs
• All verbs have a stem and an ending. -ar verbs
are verbs that end with –ar
Examples: the stem is in brown and the ending is in red.
• hablar; to talk
• bailar; to dance
• cantar; to sing
• comprar; to buy
Apuntes
Subject Pronouns
• Let’s go over our subject pronouns because every verb needs a subject…
I
We
You
Y’all
(Spain)
Yo
Nosotros
Nosotras
Tú
Vosotros
Vosotras
Él
Ella
Usted
Ellos
Ellas
ustedes
(informal)
He
She
You (formal)
They
You (plural)
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New Endings
• Each subject pronoun gets its own ending!
I
We
o
amos
You
Y’all
(Spain)
as
áis
They
You (plural)
a
an
(informal)
He
She
You (formal)
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Apuntes
Verbs in action
• There are three easy steps to conjugation.
1. Identify the verb and the subject you want
yo and hablar
2. Drop the –ar ending
Yo habl
3. Add the new ending
Yo hablo. I talk.
hablo
hablamos
Hablas
habláis
habla
hablan
Practice
Ellas ____________________ el flamenco.
bailo
baila
bailan
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Practice
Yo ____________________ el español.
hablo
hablas
habla
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Practice
Tú ____________________ la música folklórico
muy bien.
cantas
canta
canto
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Practice
Nosotros ____________________ mucho con
mil pesos.
compro
compra
compramos
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