Essential ?: How do I use these irregular verbs?
How are they different than the verbs I already
know?
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You have learned to conjugate regular –ar
verbs…the verbs that follow rules.
There are verbs that don’t always follow the
rules.
Dar, estar and ir are some examples
 What
is conjugating?
 When do you conjugate?
 How do you do it?
 Give an example.
 Dar
= “to give”
 Yo DOY (this is the irregular part)
 Tú das
 Él/Ella/Ud. da
 Nosotros damos
 Ellos/ellas/Uds. dan
 It is only irregular in the “yo”
form.
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It means “to be”, but for where you are and
how you feel….not to describe someone’s
looks or personality
Watch the accents!
Yo estoy
Tú estás
Él/ella/Ud. está
Nosotros estamos
Ellos/ellas/Uds. están
 ¿Cómo
estás/está?
 ¿Dónde está _______?
◦How are you?◦¿Where is ______?
 Ir
= “to go”
 Irregular in ALL forms
 Yo voy
 Tú vas
 Él/ella/Ud. va
 Nosotros vamos
 Ellos van
 ¿Adónde
vas/va?
◦Where are you going?
 ¿Cómo vas/va a ______?
◦How do you go/get to ______?
 You always need “a” after
using ir to state where you are
going.
The word “a” is funny in Spanish
◦ Sometimes it means “to”
◦ Sometimes it means “at” (only for time)
◦ Other times it has no meaning
 Anytime a person is the object of the
sentence, you have to have “a”
◦ Notice the difference.
 Escucho música.
 Escucho a Sra. Gamboa.
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 If
you are going to use “a” and
the next word is “el”, combine
them into “al”
◦Escucho a la profesora
◦Escucho AL profesor.
Write a sentence using Ir, Dar and
Estar along with a picture that
correlates to the sentence.
 You have to use the sentences in a
different form for each one.
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I give my friend a backpack.
 They are happy.
 We go to school in the morning.
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