Present Tense of -ar
Verbs
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Realidades 1
VERBS
A
verb usually names
the action in a sentence.
We call the verb that
ends in –ar – er or -ir an
INFINITIVE
VERBS
The
INFINITIVE is the
form you would find in a
Spanish dictionary.
In English it means
“to + (verb)”
These are some INFINITIVES you
already know:
Enseñar
 Estudiar
 Hablar
 Bailar
 Cantar
 Dibujar
 Escuchar

Esquiar
 Montar
 Nadar
 Pasar tiempo
 Patinar
 And several
more!

Conjugation
Changing
the verb to
agree with the subject!
IN SPANISH:
The
last letter or letters
of the verb tell you who
does the action.
IN SPANISH:
To
change an INFINITIVE
to a form that tells who
is doing the action,
remove the –ar, -er, -ir
ending and add the
appropriate ending.
TO STUDY (English)
I
study
You
study
He
She
it
studies
We
study
They
study
STEM / ENDING
For
every INFINITIVE in
Spanish there is a STEM
and an ENDING.
STEM / ENDING
For
example, for
“estudiar,”…”estudi” is
the stem.
“ar” is the ending.
Spanish changings endings to agree with
the subject too!
In Spanish, there are 6 endings. These
endings correspond to the subject.
ESTUDIAR (Spanish)
Yo
Tú
Ud.
Él
Ella
estudio
Nosotros estudiamos
Nosotras
estudias Vosotros estudáis
Vosotras
Uds.
estudia Ellos
estudian
Ellas
In Spanish
We use the stem of the infinitive and
add on the appropriate ending in
order to form a conjugated verb.
Hablar = habl = hablo
THE VOSOTROS
forms ending in áis,
such as estudiáis, are
used mainly in the country
of Spain only.
Verb
Let’s conjugate

1st drop the –ar ending from the
infinitive.

2nd add the appropriate ending to the
stem.
Let’s CONJUGATE
Some more -ar verbs!
TOCAR
Yo
toco
Tú
tocas
Ud.
Él
Ella
toca
Nosotros
nosotras
Vosotros
vosotras
Uds.
Ellos
Ellas
tocamos
tocáis
tocan
Enseñar
Nosotros enseñamos
Yo
enseño
Tú
enseñas Vosotros enseñáis
Ud.
Él
Ella
enseña
Uds.
Ellos
Ellas
enseñan
NEGATING A SENTENCE
When
you want to say
that you do not do
something, use no
before the verb form
NEGATING A SENTENCE
Yo
no dibujo en la clase
de educación física.
ASKING A QUESTION
When
we ask a question
in Spanish, we usually put
the subject after the verb
or sometimes at the end
of the sentence.
ASKING A QUESTION
¿Enseña
Juan en la clase
de ciencias sociales?
Estudia mucho Paulina?
Verb
Subject