1. -ar verb conjugations Breaking down the verb

2. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? I arrive I answer I pass I talk I practice llego contesto paso hablo practico What do theyallendwith? - we can saythatif a verbendswith-o (orsomevariation), thenitmeans “I …”

3. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -as,then it means “you …” you arrive you answer you pass you talk you practice llegas contestas pasas hablas practicas

4. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? you arrive (formal) you answer (formal) you pass (formal) you talk (formal) you practice (formal) What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with –a and is accompanied by usted,then it means “you …” formal Usted llega Usted contesta Usted pasa Usted habla Usted practica

5. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -a,then it means “he/she/it …” he/she arrives he/she answers he/she passes he/she talks he/she practices llega contesta pasa habla practica

6. Quick question --- What happens to the –ar when the verb is conjugated? It’s replaced by the ending!

7. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -amos,then it means “we …” we arrive we answer we pass we talk we practice llegamos contestamos pasamos hablamos practicamos

8. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -áis,then it means “you all …”, but it’s only used in SPAIN. you all arrive you all answer you all pass you all talk you all practice llegáis contestáis pasáis habláis practicáis

9. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -an and is accompanied by ustedes,then it means “you all…” you all arrive you all answer you all pass you all talk you all practice Ustedes llegan Ustedes contestan Ustedes pasan Ustedes hablan Ustedes practican

10. ¿Cómo se dice en inglés? What do they all end with? - we can say that if a verb ends with -an,then it means “they …” they arrive they answer they pass they talk they practice llegan contestan pasan hablan practican

11. Once you understand and remember these conjugations, your ability to understand and produce Spanish will expand exponentially. It’s how the language works. The meaning of “I”, “you”, “he/she”, etc., are in the verb ending. I talk you talk (formal) you talk he/she talks hablo hablas habla habla we talk you all talk you all talk they talk hablamos habláis* ustedes hablan hablan