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As you have learned…

As you have learned…. An INFINITIVE is a verb that has not been conjugated. You can tell it is an infinitive because no person, place or thing (noun) is doing the action of the verb. Examples :. To run. To eat. To dream. To sing.

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  1. As you have learned… An INFINITIVE is a verb that has not been conjugated. You can tell it is an infinitive because no person, place or thing (noun) is doing the action of the verb. Examples: To run To eat To dream To sing To CONJUGATE a verb means to change a verb from its infinitive form to match the subject of the sentence. Examples: I run, you run, she runs We sing, they sing Mary eats Mary and John dream.

  2. What You Need To Remember… When you conjugate a verb, you must match the ending of the verb to the subject. The subject can be a person (proper noun or pronoun), place, or thing. Below is a chart that shows conjugation subjects, both in English and Spanish.

  3. Present Tense of “AR” Verbs All verbs, action words, in Spanish belong to a family. All “AR” verbs belong to a family called first conjugation. Verbs whose infinitive ends in –ar are called first conjugation. Here are some “-AR” verbs, first conjugation: hablar comprar mirar pagar buscar necesitar To speak/ to talk To buy To look at To pay To look for To need Notice how each of the verbs above ends in “AR”. They are all in the infinitive form.

  4. How to conjugate “AR” Verbs

  5. Step 1- Identify the “AR” verb. Hablar = to speak/talk

  6. Step 2- Drop off the “AR” ending. Hablar Now you are left with a the stem of the verb. Habl

  7. Step 3- Add the endings for “AR” verbs that match the subject.

  8. “AR” verb endings

  9. yo form ending = -o habl + o = hablo

  10. tú form ending = -as habl as hablas + =

  11. él,ella, Usted forms ending = -a habl a = habla +

  12. nosotros form ending = -amos habl + amos hablamos =

  13. ellos,ellas, Ustedes forms ending = -an habl an hablan + =

  14. Chart form

  15. Remember: to conjugate any verb you must match the ending of the verb to the correct person or persons doing the action, or the subject of the sentence.

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