Lesson 1 PART 2/3 How to Conjugate a Spanish Verb in the Present Tense

Lesson 1 PART 2/3 How to Conjugate a Spanish Verb in the Present Tense

NOTE: Before beginning this segment you should have completed Quizlet study sets 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 (See Lesson 1 Part 1/3, slides 8-12: ) Conjugating Verbs in Spanish in the PRESENT TENSE : ---Correctly each time- with ease--- ar, -er, -ir, & irregular verbs in the PRESENT

To Conjugate any Spansih verb (except ir and ser ) 1 st. Copy & Paste from a Verb Chart*: 3 items a. VerbName** in Spanish (unknown- look up in Verb chart) b. (I) Yo (form of the verb) (unpredictable - Look up in verb chart) c. (You) Tú (form of the verb) (unpredictable -look up in Verb chart) * For every verb, look these up (VerbName, Yo, Tú) in the Verb chart, because they are either unknown or unpredictable ** VerbName (normally called, the Infinitive): The dictionary name of the verb

2nd. Use the tú form and the VerbName to CONFIDENTLY conjugate the rest of the verb:

Conjugating comer (continued ) (You-sir/ma am; He, She ) Vd. Él, Ella: VerbName: Comer (unknown- copy/ paste from verb chart) (I) Yo como (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You) Tú comes (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You-sir/ma am; He, She) Vd. Él, Ella come (Copy /Paste tú form. REMOVE S ) How do you form the verb (comer) to match with Vd. él, ella? COPY /PASTE tú form. REMOVE S

Conjugating comer (continued ) (You all; They) Vds. Ellos, Ellas VerbName: Comer (unknown- copy/ paste from verb chart) (I) Yo como (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You) Tú comes (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You-sir/ma am; He, She) Vd. Él, Ella come (copy /paste tú form. REMOVE S ) (You all; They) Vds.) Ellos, Ellas comen (copy Vd. él ella form. ADD N ) How do you form the verb (comer) to match with Vds. Ellos, Ellas? COPY/PASTE Vd. él ella form. ADD N

Conjugating comer (continued ) (We) Nosotros VerbName: Comer (unknown- copy/ paste from verb chart) (I) Yo como (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You) Tú comes (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You-sir/ma am; He, She) Vd. Él, Ella come (Copy /Paste tú form. REMOVE S ) (You all; They) Vds.) Ellos, Ellas comen (Copy Vd. él ella form. ADD N ) (We) Nosotros comemos (copy & paste VerbName. REMOVE R. ADD MOS ) How do you form the verb (comer) to match with Nosotros? COPY/PASTE VerbName. REMOVE R. ADD mos

Conjugating comer (continued ) (You all) Vosotros VerbName: Comer (unknown- copy/ paste from verb chart) (I) Yo como (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You) Tú comes (unpredictable: copy/ paste from verb chart) (You-sir/ma am; He, She) Vd. Él, Ella come (Copy /Paste tú form. REMOVE S ) (You all; They) Vds.) Ellos, Ellas comen (Copy Vd. él ella form. ADD N (We) Nosotros comemos (copy & paste VerbName. REMOVE R. ADD MOS ) (We) Vosotros coméis (copy & paste VerbName. REMOVE er, ar, or ir ) é+ IS, á+ IS, or í + IS ) How do you form the verb (comer) to match with Vosotros? Copy/Paste VerbName. REMOVE er, ar, OR ir, ADD é +IS, á+is, OR í+is (non-accented vowel) (accented vowel + IS)

Completed Conjugation of comer in the Present Tense VerbName: Comer (I) Yo como (I eat) (You) Tú comes (You eat) (You-sir/ma am; He, She) Vd. Él, ella come (You-sir/ma am eat; He, She eats) (You all; They) Vds.) Ellos, Ellas comen (You all; They eat) (We) Nosotros comemos (We eat) (You all) Vosotros coméis (You all eat)

Here are the complete instructions for conjugating Spanish verbs in the Present Tense: To Conjugate any verb*, follow the steps given in the next slide *(except ir and ser ) (For each form of the verb, the instructions are given on the right)

Conjugate a verb in the Present Tense VerbName** in Spanish (Copy /Paste from verb chart) (unknown) (I) Yo ---(Copy /Paste from verb chart) (unpredictable) (You) Tú ---(Copy /Paste from verb chart) (unpredictable) (You-sir/ma am,he, She) Vd., Él, Ella ---(Copy/Paste tú form. REMOVE S ) (You all, They) Vds., Ellos, Ellas -(Copy/Paste Vd., él, ella form. ADD N ) (We) Nosotros -- (copy & paste VerbName. REMOVE R. ADD MOS ) (You all) Vosotros -(copy & paste VerbName) REMOVE er, ar, OR ir, (non-accented vowel) ADD é +IS, á+is, OR ÍS, (accented vowel + IS)