Ar Verb Power Point

Present Tense of -ar Verbs P. 84 Realidades 1

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

He She it

studies

We

study

They

study

ESTUDIAR (Spanish) Yo Tú Ud. Él Ella

estudio

Nosotros Nosotras estudias Vosotros Vosotras Uds. estudia Ellos Ellas

estudiamos estudáis

estudian

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

THE VOSOTROS ■Verb

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

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 cocino 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 ■Cocina

Juan en la clase de ciencias? ■Estudia mucho Paulina? ■Verb

Subject