• Easy definition of conjugate: To give a person, place or thing an action to perform.

• English Subject Pronouns: memorized in this order: I, you, he, she, it, we, they

• Spanish Subject Pronouns to be memorized in this order: yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas, ustedes

Conjugating Regular Spanish Verbs

Regular AR, ER, and IR Verbs

Objectives

• To know the difference between conjugating verbs in English and in Spanish.

• To know all of the endings for AR, ER, and IR verbs.

• To be able to use those endings in Spanish sentence format.

The Difference Between ESP. and ENG.

• In English you have a verb and now matter how it is used it will still be spelled the same unless it is in third person singular.

For example the verb go

• I go

• You go

• We go

• He/she/it goes

• You all go

• They go

The Difference

• In Spanish the verb is different in almost every way It is used

For example the verb trabajar (to work)

• Yo trabajo (I work)

• Tu trabajas (you work)

• El, Ella trabaja(he, she works)

• Nosotros trabajamos (we work)

• Ustedes trabajan (you all formal work)

• Ellos, Ellas trabajan (They work)

AR ER IR

Yo- O Yo- O Yo- O

Tu- as Tu- es Tu- es

El Ella Ud- a El Ella Ud- e El Ella Ud- e

Nosotros- amos Nosotros- emos Nosotros- imos

Ellos Ellas Uds.-

an

Ellos Ellas Uds.-

en

Ellos Ellas Uds.-

en

Ar, Er, and Ir Verbs have different endings

Utilization of these endings

• English sentence

• I buy a lot during christmas but you don’t buy anything

• Spanish Sentence (AR verb)

• Yo compro mucho durante la navidad pero tu no compras nada

• The difference in conjugation is very clear

Let’s try an ER verb

• English sentence

• I learn something new every day but he learns nothing.

• Spanish Sentence

• Yo aprendo algo nuevo cada dia pero el aprende nada

Now an IR Verb

• English sentence

• I feel like homework but she feels like watching T.V.

• Spanish Sentence

• Yo siento hacer tarea pero ella siente mirar el Televison.

Once you can distinguish the difference between conjugating

verbs in English and in Spanish it makes learning the Spanish

language much easier

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