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present tense of -ar verbs (p. 84)
- an infinitive is the most basic form of a verb. in english, infinitives have the word \to\ in front of them (to talk). in spanish, infinitives end in -ar, -er, or -ir.
- the largest number of spanish infinitives end in -ar: hablar, cantar, etc.
- to create the present tense of most of these verbs, drop the -ar from the stem: habl-, cant-, etc.
- add the verb endings:
yo: add -o: hablo
tú: add -as: hablas
usted/él/ella: add -a: habla
nosotros/nosotras: add -amos: hablamos
vosotros/vosotras: add -áis: habláis
ustedes/ellos/ellas: add -an: hablan
a. look at each verb form. circle the ending. follow the model.
modelo estudia
- hablas
- nado
- canta
- tocamos
- trabajas
- patinamos
- dibujan
- bailo
- pasan
- escucha
b. now, look at the same list of verb forms from part a and circle the subject pronoun that matches each verb.
- (usted / tú ) hablas
- (yo / ella ) nado
- (usted / yo ) canta
- (nosotros / vosotros ) tocamos
- (tú / usted ) trabajas
- (ellos / nosotras ) patinamos
- (ustedes / nosotros ) dibujan
- (yo / él ) bailo
- (ellas / usted ) pasan
- (ella / ustedes ) escucha
For part A, we just need to identify the verb endings based on the given rules. For part B, we match the verb forms with the correct subject pronouns according to the conjugation rules (e.g., -as ending for tú, -o ending for yo, -a ending for usted/él/ella, -amos ending for nosotros/nosotras, -an ending for ustedes/ellos/ellas).
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Part A
- hablas (circle -as)
- nado (circle -o)
- canta (circle -a)
- tocamos (circle -amos)
- trabajas (circle -as)
- patinamos (circle -amos)
- dibujan (circle -an)
- bailo (circle -o)
- pasan (circle -an)
- escucha (circle -a)
Part B
- tú hablas
- yo nado
- usted canta
- nosotros tocamos
- tú trabajas
- nosotras patinamos
- ustedes dibujan
- yo bailo
- ellas pasan
- ella escucha