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Present Tense

Regular Verbs

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What is a verb?

an action word

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What is an infinitive?

the basic form

of a verb

to talk, to jump

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3 types of infinitives in Spanish

  • AR
  • hablar (to talk)
  • caminar (to walk)
  • ER
  • comer (to eat)
  • beber (to drink)
  • IR
  • escribir (to write)
  • abrir (to open)

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Conjugate

to change the verb

to the person

that is talking

We don’t say “He to talk,” we say, “He talks”

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There are three steps to conjugating verbs

  1. Take off the ending
  • hablar = habl
  • comer = com

2. Identify the subject pronoun

3. Add the appropriate ending

  • escribir - escrib

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  • AR Verbs

Hablar

  1. Take off the ending

2. Identify the subject pronoun

3. Add the appropriate ending

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Tú

Él, Ella, Ud.

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Ellos/as, Uds.

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Habla

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Hablan

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  • ER Verbs

Comer

  1. Take off the ending

2. Identify the subject pronoun

3. Add the appropriate ending

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Come

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Comen

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  • IR Verbs

Abrir

  1. Take off the ending

2. Identify the subject pronoun

3. Add the appropriate ending

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Tú

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Abres

Abre

Abrimos

Abren

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Vivir

Entrar

Leer

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Entro

Entras

Entra

Entramos

Entran

Leo

Lees

Lee

Leemos

Leen

Vivo

Vives

Vive

Vivimos

Viven

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