Present Tense of -ar Verbs

Present Tense of -ar Verbs

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VERBS

A verb usually names the action in a sentence.

We call the verb that ends in -r the 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 Jugar Montar Nadar Pasar tiempo Patinar And several

more!

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 and add the appropriate ending.

IN SPANISH:

This action is called CONJUGATION

TO STUDY (English)

I study

You study

HeShe

studiesit

We study

They study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish)

Yo estudio

Túestudias

Ud.Él estudiaElla

Nosotros estudiamosNosotrasVosotros estudiáisVosotrasUds.Ellos estudianEllas

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.

STEM / ENDING

So, the endings for -ar verbs are:

o, as, a, amos, áis, an

VOSOTROS

Verb forms ending in áis, such as estudiáis, are used mainly in the country of Spain.

Let’s CONJUGATESome more -ar verbs!

TOCAR

Yo toco

Tú tocas

Ud.Él tocaElla

Nosotros tocamos

nosotrasVosotros tocáisvosotrasUds.Ellos tocanEllas

Enseñar

Yo enseño

Túenseñas

Ud.Él enseñaElla

Nosotros enseñamos

Vosotros enseñáis

Uds.Ellos enseñanEllas

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 cocino en la clase de educación física.

(I do NOT cook in Phys. Ed. Class.)

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

¿Cocina Juan en la clase de ciencias?

¿Estudia mucho Paulina?Verb Subject

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