Basic Spanish | Lesson 8 | Forms of regular verbs (conjugation) - get your verbs right!

7/27/2019 Basic Spanish | Lesson 8 | Forms of regular verbs (conjugation) - get your verbs right!

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Hola!Lesson 8 on Basic Spanish!


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Personal pronoun Form(Verb ending in -ar)

Yo(I) -o

Nosotros(We) -amos

T(You) -as

Vosotros(You, plural) -is

Usted(You, formal) -a

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -an

l/Ella(He/ She) -a

Ellos/Ellas(They) -an


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Name English Spanish

Lisa Hello! What is your name? Hola! Cul es tu nombre?

Mark Hi! My name is Mark Hola! Mi nombre es Mark

Lisa Do you speak Spanish? Hablas espaol?Lisa Yes, I speak Spanish S, hablo espaol

Mark Do you speak English? Hablas ingls?

Lisa I dont speak English No hablo ingls

Mark Do you speak French? Hablas francs?

Lisa I speak a little French Hablo un poco de francs


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Lesson objectives

1 Forms of verbs ending in er and ir


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Whats in store today?

In the last two lessons we learnt how verbs changetheir forms depending on the subject (or pronoun)

in the sentence

We focused on the forms of verbs ending in ar

Today we look at the forms of verbs ending in er

and ir and how to use them in conversations


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Some common regular verbs with 'er' ending

To eat Comer To drink BeberTo read Leer To be able to Poder

To know Saber To want Querer


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Try yourself

To be able to

1Poder

2Leer

3Beber


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Solution

To be able to

1Poder

2Leer

3Beber


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Try yourself

To eat

1Querer

2Beber

3Comer


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Solution

To eat

1Querer

2Beber

3Comer


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Try yourself

To want

1Leer

2Beber

3Querer


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Solution

To want

1Leer

2Beber

3Querer


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So remember!

To eat Comer To drink Beber

To read Leer To be able to Poder

To know Saber To want Querer


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Forms of verbs ending in er

Just like we saw how verbs ending in ar changeforms, lets look at the forms of verbs ending in er


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Personal pronoun Form

Yo(I) -o

Nosotros(We) -emos

T(You) -es

Vosotros(You, plural) -is

Usted(You, formal) -e

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -en

l/Ella(He/ She) -e

Ellos/Ellas(They) -en


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Did you notice the similarity of forms betweenverbs

ending in ar and verbs ending in er?

All you need to do is replace the a in forms ofverbsending in ar with e to convert them into forms of

verbs ending in er

Told you it was simple!


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Forms of verbs ending in ar and er

Personal pronoun Form ending in ar Form ending in er

Yo(I) -o -o

Nosotros(We) -amos -emos

T(You) -as -es

Vosotros(You, plural) -is -is

Usted(You, formal) -a -e

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -an -en

l/Ella(He/ She) -a -e

Ellos/Ellas(They) -an -en


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Lets practice!

Lets take an example

To eat = Com-er


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Forms of verbs ending in er Eg: To eat = Comer

Personal pronoun er ending (To eat = Comer)

Yo(I) como

Nosotros(We) comemos

T(You) comes

Vosotros(You, plural) comis

Usted(You, formal) come

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) comen

l/Ella(He/ She) come

Ellos/Ellas(They) comen


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AgainForms of verbs ending in er Eg: To eat =Comer

Personal pronoun Forms of To eat = Comer

I eat Yo como

We eat Nosotros comemos

You eat T comes

You (pl.) eat Vosotros comis

You (formal) eat Usted come

You (pl. formal) eat Ustedes comen

He / She eats l/Ella come

They eat Ellos/Ellas comen


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Try yourself

I read(Hint : To read= Leer)

1Yo leo

2Yo lees

3Yo lee


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Solution

I read(Hint : To read= Leer)

1Yo leo

2Yo lees

3Yo lee


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Try yourself

You read (assume informal, sing.)(Hint : To read= Leer)

1T lee

2Usted lee

3T lees


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Solution

You read (assume informal, sing.)(Hint : To read= Leer)

1T lee

2Usted lee

3T lees


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Try yourself

She eats(Hint : To eat= Comer)

1l

come

2Ellacomes

3Ellacome


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Solution

She eats(Hint : To eat= Comer)

1l

come

2Ellacomes

3Ellacome


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Moving on

Alright, hope you did great there!

Now, moving on to forms of verbs

ending in irAgain, they follow the exact same pattern asverbs ending in aranderand are very

similar to forms of verbs ending in er


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Some common regular verbs with ir' ending

To live Vivir To write Escribir

To repeat Repetir (e-i) To say Decir (e-i)


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Pronunciation tip

Decir is pronounced as 'D-ay-s-ee-r' in SouthAmerica and 'D-ay-th-ee-r' in Spain

'c'when followed by e/itakes up the sound of 's' inSouth America and 'th' in Spain


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How to remember these words?

It will be easy for you to remember thesewords if you link them to some common

words that they are derived from

eg:Escribir is derived from the Latin wordscribere (write; compose) like the common

word 'scribe'


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How to remember these words?

Similarly, you may be link'to live' = vivir with the word 'vivid'

And the easiest one is'to repeat' = repetir (e->i)


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Try yourself

To write

1Vivir

2Decir

3Escribir


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Solution

To write

1Vivir

2Decir

3Escribir


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Try yourself

To live

1Repetir

2Decir

3Vivir


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Solution

To live

1Repetir

2Decir

3Vivir


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Try yourself

To say

1Repetir

2Vivir

3Decir


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Solution

To say

1Repetir

2Vivir

3Decir


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So remember!

To live Vivir To write Escribir

To repeat Repetir (e-i) To say Decir (e-i)


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Grammar tip

Did you notice the (e-i)with some words?

This means that these verbs undergo a smallchange

when you change their form (conjugate them)depending on the subject

Eg: To repeat =RepetirI repeat = Yo repito


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Grammar tip

The only exception to the last rule is withNosotros andVosotros

WithNosotros andVosotros spelling change doesnot take place


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Forms of verbs ending in ir

Personal pronoun FormYo(I) -o

Nosotros(We) -imos

T(You) -es

Vosotros(You, plural) -s

Usted(You, formal) -e

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -en

l/Ella(He/ She) -e

Ellos/Ellas(They) -en


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Forms of verbs ending in ar, er & ir

Personal pronounForm ending

in ar

Form ending

in er

Form ending

in ir

Yo(I) -o -o -o

Nosotros(We) -amos -emos -imos

T(You) -as -es -es

Vosotros(You, plural) -is -is -sUsted(You, formal) -a -e -e

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -an -en -en

l/Ella(He/ She) -a -e -e

Ellos/Ellas(They) -an -en -en


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Forms of verbs

Personal pronoun ar ending

To walk = Caminar

er ending

To eat= Comer

ir ending

To live = Vivir

Yo camino como vivo

Nosotros caminamos comemos vivimos

T caminas comes vives

Vosotros caminis comis vivsUsted camina come vive

Ustedes caminan comen viven

l/Ella camina come vive

Ellos/Ellas caminan comen viven


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Try yourself

They live(Hint : To live = Vivir)

1Ellos

vive

2Ustedvive

3Ellosviven


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Solution

They live(Hint : To live = Vivir)

1Ellos

vive

2Ustedvive

3Ellosviven


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Try yourself

You write (assume informal)(Hint : To write = Escribir)

1T

escribe

2Ustedescribe

3T

escribes


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Solution

You write (assume informal)(Hint : To write = Escribir)

1T

escribe

2Ustedescribe

3T

escribes


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Try yourself

She opens(Hint : To open = Abrir)

1labre

2Ellaabre

3Ellaabren


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Solution

She opens(Hint : To open = Abrir)

1labre

2Ellaabre

3Ellaabren


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Moving on

Lets revise what we have learnt so farbefore moving on to some more exercises


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Forms of verbs ending in ar, er & ir

Personal pronounForm ending

in ar

Form ending

in er

Form ending

in ir

Yo(I) -o -o -o

Nosotros(We) -amos -emos -imos

T(You) -as -es -es

Vosotros(You, plural) -is -is -s

Usted(You, formal) -a -e -e

Ustedes(You, formal, pl) -an -en -en

l/Ella(He/ She) -a -e -e

Ellos/Ellas(They) -an -en -en

f b


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Forms of verbs

Personal pronounar ending

To walk = Caminar

er ending

To eat= Comer

ir ending

To live = Vivir

Yo camino como vivo

Nosotros caminamos comemos vivimos

T caminas comes vives

Vosotros caminis comis vivs

Usted camina come vive

Ustedes caminan comen viven

l/Ella camina come vive

Ellos/Ellas caminan comen viven


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Alright...lets practice!

C t th i t t


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Convert these into sentence

I / travel(Yo/viajar)

S l ti


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Solution

I travel

(Yo/viajar)Yo viajo



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You (Informal,pl.)/visit/Colombia(Vosotros/visitar/Colombia)

Solution


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Solution

You (Informal,pl.)

/visit/Colombia

(Vosotros/visitar

/Colombia)

Vosotros visitis Colombia



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They/eat/cake(Ellos/comer/pastel)

Solution


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Solution

They/eat/cake

(Ellos/comer/pastel)Ellos comen pastel



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You (pl., formal)/dress/very well(Ustedes/vestir (i->e)/muy bien)

Solution


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Solution

You (pl.,formal)/dress/

very well

(Ustedes/vestir (i->e)/muy

bien)

Ustedes visten muy bien

Did you notice?


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Did you notice?

To dress = vestir (i->e) changes to visten

This is because it undergoes a spelling changewhen

it gets conjugated



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She/dances(Ella/bailar)

Solution


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She dances

(Ella/bailar)

Ella baila



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I /dont/ travel(Yo/no/viajar)

Solution


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I dont travel

(Yo/no/viajar)Yo no viajo


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Culture leaf

Culture leaf : Flamenco


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Flamenco is a genre of

Spanish music, song anddance noted for itsenergetic style

The cante (singing), toque

(guitar playing), baile (dance)andpalmas (handclaps) are

its principal facets

Culture leaf : Flamenco


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In recent years flamenco has becomepopular all over the world

UNESCO declared flamenco one of the

Masterpieces of the Oral and IntangibleHeritage of Humanity

What's next?


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In the next lesson, we will learn moreconversations around bridging the

language gap!

Credits


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ContentTeam CultureAlley, Okairy Zuiga

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco

Images

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Belen_maya.jpgUser: Aliparsa


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