What is a verb?A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence (the doing word)ExamplesI play football.We eat spaghetti.

What is a verb tense?Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is happening.

•PRESENT (it happens)•PAST (it happened)•FUTURE (it will happen)

What is the present tense?

We use it to describe actions which are happening now or which are true at the moment or in general.

Hablo españolI speak Spanish

Subject pronounsyo I

tú You (singular)

él / ella He/she

Congulation of verbsLearning the patterns of language allows to create your own phrases

nosotros / nosotras

vosotros / vosotras

ellos / ellas

We

You (plural)

They

Subject pronounsyo

tú

él / ella

Congulation of verbsLearning the patterns of language allows to create your own phrases

nosotros / nosotras

vosotros / vosotras

ellos / ellas

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yo

tú él / ellanosotros / nosotras vosotros / vosotras

ellos / ellas

ArgentinaArgentina

TÚ-TÚ

egocéntrico = self-centred

Tú, tú, tú, túYo, yo, yo, yo¿Quién? …¡Ni túni yo!

Tú, tú, tú, túYo, yo, yo, yo¿Quién? …¡Ni túni yo!

YoYo

TúTú

ÉlÉl EllaElla

Nosotros/asNosotros/as

Vosotros/asVosotros/as

EllosEllos EllasEllas

Subject PronounsSubject Pronouns

The present tense

What is a verb tense?Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is happening.

•PRESENT (it happens)•PAST (it happened)•FUTURE (it will happen)

There are 3 types of verb in Spanish

-AR -ER -IR

-AR e.g. hablar

-ER e.g. comer

-IR e.g. vivir

When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR

ending it is called the INFINITIVE.The infinitive means TO ……

Hablar = to speakComer = to eatVivir = to live

What is a VERB?

What is the PRESENT TENSE?

What is the INFINITIVE?

The STEM of the verb

When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR

ending it is called the INFINITIVE.

Hablar = habl_Comer = com_Vivir = viv_

When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE STEM.

When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it becomes THE STEM.

What do you add to make it “I live”Vivir = viv_Vivir = vivo

hablar - to speak

habl I speak, I am speakingo

habl as You speak, you are speaking

habl

habl

habl

habl

a

amos

áis

an

He / she speaks, he / she is speaking

We speak, we are speaking

You speak, you are speaking

They speak, they are speaking

The present tense

habl o

habl as

habl

habl

habl

habl

a

amos

áis

an

How do we form the Present Tense?There are 3 categories or GROUPS of verbs. You recognise them according to the ending of the infinitive:

– ar – er – irhablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live

hablar to speak

Yo I

Tú You

Él / Ella He / She / It

Nosotros We

Vosotros You Lot

Ellos / Ellas They

habl

habl

habl

habl

habl

habl

o

as

a

amos

áis

an

Yo I

Tú You

Él / Ella He / She / It

Nosotros We

Vosotros You Lot

Ellos / Ellas They

hablo

hablas

habla

hablamos

habláis

hablan

hablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live

com

com

com

com

com

com

viv

viv

viv

viv

viv

viv

Yo I

Tú You

Él / Ella He / She / It

Nosotros We

Vosotros You Lot

Ellos / Ellas They

hablo

hablas

habla

hablamos

habláis

hablan

hablar comer vivirto speak to eat to live

como

comes

come

comemos

coméis

comen

vivo

vives

vive

vivimos

vivís

viven

To conjugate a verb.hablohablashabla

hablamoshabláishablan

Conjugation.

I’m bringing conjugation back!

Plenary