AR present indicative

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-AR Verbs
Present Indicative
verb - an action word
subject - the person or thing doing an action
infinitive - the base form of any verb--the one that you’d find in a dictionary. In English, it
would be “to” do something (to walk, to run, to dance). In Spanish, it ends in
-ar, -er, or -ir.
conjugate - making changes to a verb to say when it’s being done and who is doing it
In both English and Spanish, we need to CONJUGATE verbs in order to match
the SUBJECT so that we know who is doing them: we can’t just leave them in
their infinitive form.
In English, the ENDINGS are mostly the
same, no matter what subject you are
referring to. Think, for example, about the
VERB ‘to talk’. How would you change it
in order to say that each of the people in
I
TALK
we
TALK
you
TALK
y’all
TALK
she/he
TALKS
they
TALK
the chart talks?
In Spanish, however, each SUBJECT category requires a different ending. This is because, in
Spanish, we don’t need to use subject pronouns. The verbs must have different endings so that we
can understand who is doing the action.
To conjugate a verb in Spanish, you begin with the infinitive. For example, HABLAR:
The ‘HABL’ is called the STEM of the verb, and it tells us what the action is.
The ‘AR’ is called the ENDING of the verb, and an -ar on the end of the verb means
“to”. Hablar, therefore, means “TO TALK”.
If we want to change it to say who is talking, we have to conjugate the infinitive.
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To conjugate a verb, we simply take off the old ending and add a new ending.
For HABLAR, you’d first remove the -AR, then add a new ending
that gives us information about WHO is talking.
Here are the present
indicative endings for
yo (I)
-O
nosotros (we)
-AMOS
tú (you)
-AS
vosotros (y’all)
-ÁIS
ellos/ellas (they)/
Ustedes (you p.f.)
-AN
-AR verbs. Use them
to say that someone
DOES or IS DOING
something.
él (he)/ella (she)/
Usted (you formal)
-A
Let’s conjugate the verb “HABLAR”:
First step: DROP YOUR ENDING
__________________ (talk)
Yo form/ Put an ‘o’ on it:
__________________ (I talk/I am talking)
Tú form/ Put ‘-as’ on it:
__________________ (You talk/You are talking)
Él/ella form/ Put an ‘a’ on it:
__________________ (He talks/He is talking)
Nosotros form/ Put an ‘amos’ on it: __________________ (We talk/We are talking)
Vosotros form/ Put an ‘áis’ on it: __________________ (Y’all talk/Y’all are talking)
Ustedes form/ Put ‘-an’ on it:
__________________ (You all talk/are talking)
(They talk/They are talking)
Try these!
First, underline the verb. Then, circle the subject. Finally, translate the sentence on the line.
I am yelling at my brother (gritar): _______________________________________________
You dance like Michael Jackson (bailar): _______________________________________________
My mom works at McDonalds (trabajar): _______________________________________________
We walk to school (caminar):
_______________________________________
Y’all are looking for a TV (buscar): ________________________________________
Linda and Katie sing well (cantar): ____________________________________
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To conjugate a verb, we simply take off the old ending and add a new ending.
For HABLAR, you’d first remove the -AR, then add a new ending
that gives us information about WHO is talking.
Here are the present
indicative endings for
yo (I)
-O
nosotros (we)
-AMOS
tú (you)
-AS
vosotros (y’all)
-ÁIS
ellos/ellas (they)/
Ustedes (you p.f.)
-AN
-AR verbs. Use them
to say that someone
DOES or IS DOING
something.
él (he)/ella (she)/
Usted (you formal)
-A
Let’s conjugate the verb “HABLAR”:
First step: DROP YOUR ENDING
HABL- (talk)
Yo form/ Put an ‘o’ on it:
HABLO
(I talk/I am talking)
Tú form/ Put ‘-as’ on it:
HABLAS
(You talk/You are talking)
Él/ella form/ Put an ‘a’ on it:
HABLA
(He talks/He is talking)
Nosotros form/ Put an ‘amos’ on it: HABLAMOS
Vosotros form/ Put an ‘áis’ on it: HABLÁIS
(Y’all talk/Y’all are talking)
Ustedes form/ Put ‘-an’ on it:
HABLAN
(You all talk/are talking)
(They talk/They are talking)
(We talk/We are talking)
Try these!
First, underline the verb. Then, circle the subject. Finally, translate the sentence on the line.
I am yelling at my brother (gritar): YO LE GRITO A MI HERMANO.
You dance like Michael Jackson (bailar): TÚ BAILAS COMO MICHAEL JACKSON
My mom works at McDonalds (trabajar): MI MAMÁ TRABAJA EN MCDONALDS
We walk to school (caminar):
NOSOTROS CAMINAMOS A LA ESCUELA
Y’all are looking for a TV (buscar):
VOSOTROS BUSCÁIS UN TELEVISOR
Linda and Katie sing well (cantar): ELLAS CANTAN BIEN
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La vida linda de Linda
As you read the following story about Linda, conjugate the missing verbs (they are in the
parentheses) according to the subject given.
La mamá de Linda TRABAJA (trabajar) en McDonalds todos los días. Por eso, Linda
CAMINA (caminar) a la casa de su abuela para pasar tiempo con ella. En la casa de su abuela,
Linda MIRA (mirar) videos en YouTube.
Si ella MIRA (mirar) muchos videos, su abuela le
GRITA (gritar). Entonces, Linda ESTUDIA (estudiar) las matemáticas o las ciencias o
PRACTICA (practicar) el piano. A veces, la abuela de Linda CANTA (cantar) mientras Linda lo
PRACTICA (practicar). ¡Su abuela CANTA (cantar) muy bien! Después de trabajar, la mamá de
Linda LLAMA (llamar) a Linda por teléfono y le dice, «Estoy aquí», y Linda CAMINA (caminar) a
su casa.
Now, please re-write the story from the first-person perspective; as if YOU were Linda and were
talking about yourself. You will need to change some verbs to the “yo” form, as well as changing
other words so that the story makes sense (her - my, she - I, etc.)
Mi mamá trabaja en McDonalds todos los días. Por eso, yo camino a la casa de mi
abuela para pasar tiempo con ella. En la casa de mi abuela, yo miro la televisión. Si yo
miro mucha televisión, mi abuela me grita. Entonces, yo estudio las matemáticas o las
ciencias o practico el piano. A veces, mi abuela canta mientras yo lo practico. ¡Mi
abuela canta muy bien! Después de trabajar, mi mamá me llama por teléfono y me dice,
«Estoy aquí» y yo camino a mi casa.
Now, imagine that Linda has a twin brother named Chao, and they do everything together. Write
the story from Chao’s perspective, keeping in mind that he does everything that Linda does!
Nuestra mamá trabaja en McDonalds todos los días. Por eso, nosotros caminamos a la
casa de nuestra abuela para pasar tiempo con ella. En la casa de nuestra abuela,
nosotros miramos la televisión. Si nosotros miramos mucha televisión, nuestra abuela
nos grita. Entonces, nosotros estudiamos las matemáticas o las ciencias o practicamos
el piano. A veces, nuestra abuela canta mientras nosotros lo practicamos. ¡Nuestra
abuela canta muy bien! Después de trabajar, nuestra mamá nos llama por teléfono y nos
dice, «Estoy aquí» y nosotros caminamos a nuestra casa.
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