Regular –ER and –IR
Verb Conjugation
Also know as regular
–AR verb conjugation…
but with a twist.
Let’s do some review:
• What is the subject of a sentence?
• The subject is the person/thing that performs the
action.
singular form and ____
plural form.
• Subjects come in _____
left side of the conjugation
• Singular forms are on the ___
box.
third person.
• The bottom row is called ___
plural
first person, ____.
• The upper right box is ___
• Which verb form will we NOT use in class? Why?
• We will not use “vosotros” because it is used only in
Spain.
Saquen sus “libritos de notas”
y ábranlos a la página 20.
Uds. van a escribir algunas
definiciones.
The verbs we are working with are
REGULAR –ER and –IR verbs.
These verbs are considered
“regular” because they follow a
PATTERN.
The “pattern” is what you are
going to write in the 6 squares in
your booklet of notes.
Conjugation… what is it?
The act of assigning a SUBJECT
to an infinitive.
Infinitives… remember those?
They show ACTION ONLY and end in
-AR
-ER
-IR
Regular –ER verb endings:
-O
-EMOS
-ES
-ÉIS
-E
-EN
COMER – TO EAT
YO COMER
O
I eat.
TÚ COMER
ES
You eat.
ÉL
E
ELLA COMER
Ud.
He/She eats. / You eat.
NOSOTROS
COMER
EMOS
NOSOTRAS
We eat.
VOSOTROS
COMER
ÉIS
VOSOTRAS
You (all) eat.
Uds.
EN
ELLOS COMER
ELLAS
They eat. / You (all) eat.
Let’s practice.
On your white board write the
correct CONJUGTAED FORM
for the subject pronoun.
CORRER - yo
CORRO
DEBER - nosotros
DEBEMOS
APRENDER - tú
APRENDES
COMPRENDER - ellos
COMPRENDEN
Regular –IR verb endings:
-O
-IMOS
-ES
-ÍS
-E
-EN
COMPARTIR – TO SHARE
COMPART IR
O
I share.
COMPARTES
IR
You share.
COMPART IR
E
He/She shares. / You share.
COMPART IR
IMOS
We share.
COMPART IR
ÍS
You (all) share.
COMPART IR
EN
They share. / You (all) share.
Let’s practice.
On your white board write the
correct CONJUGTAED FORM
for the subject pronoun.
ABRIR - yo
ABRO
DISCUTIR - nosotros
DISCUTIMOS
VIVIR - tú
VIVES
ASISTIR - ellos
ASISTEN
Please write the Spanish equivalent of
the 4 verbs in your notes booklet.
•
•
•
•
CORRER (Manuel)
VIVIR (nosotros)
BEBER (Uds.)
RECIBIR (tú)
•
•
•
•
CORRE
VIVIMOS
BEBEN
RECIBES
YO = -O
NOSOTROS
NOSOTRAS
-AMOS
-EMOS
-IMOS
TÚ = -AS, -ES
VOSOTROS -ÁIS
VOSOTRAS -ÉIS
-ÍS
ÉL
ELLA
Ud.
Uds.
ELLOS
ELLAS
-A, -E
-AN, -EN