Los verbosVerbs

By Stephanie Dodson

What is a verb?

A verb is an action word.

It indicates that something we do (or

did, or will do, etc.)

Which of these are verbs?Circle any verbs that you see.

Verb Conjugation

In Spanish, we conjugate verbs

according to the subject (who/what

is doing the action).

The unconjugated (unchanged) form

is called the infinitive.

Infinitives

English Spanish

To sing Cantar

To be Ser

To have Tener

To talk Hablar

To go Ir

Infinitives

English Spanish

To sing Cantar

To be Ser

To have Tener

To talk Hablar

To go Ir

***Infinitives in Spanish always end in –ar, er, or –ir.***

Conjugating Infinitives

We use infinitives as the “name” of a

verb, or when talking about that

verb.

When we want to express that

someone is doing an action, we

must conjugate the verb.

Conjugating Infinitives

We use infinitives as the “name” of a

verb, or when talking about that

verb.

When we want to express that

someone is doing an action, we

must conjugate the verb.

Subject Pronouns

Verb Charts

Verb Charts

We will use our verb charts to record verbs that we learn.

Your verb chart will be an important reference tool for the rest of the school year.

Verb Charts

Infinitive Meaning

First, we record the infinitive (name

of verb) and meaning (English

definition.

Verb Charts

Next, we write our conjugations in

the corresponding column for

each subject pronoun.

Verb Charts

Conjugating verbs tells us who is

doing the action.

Verb Charts

Notice that the same verb forms are always shared by él/ella/usted

(he/she/you formal) and by ellos/ellas/ustedes (they/you all)

Ser “to be”

Tener “to have”

Regular & Irregular verbs

Some verbs such as ser and tener are irregular.

This means they don’t follow any rules. We just have have to memorize the conjugations.

Other verbs are regular. This means they follow rules for conjugation.

Once we know the rules for a type of regular verb, we can conjugate any regular verb of that type.

Regular –AR Verbs

The first verb type we will learn is regular –AR verbs.

The infinitive always ends in –AR.

Examples include:

Hablar (to talk), Cantar (to sing),

Bailar (to dance), Dibujar (to draw), Descansar (to rest), Trabajar (to work)

Regular –AR Verbs

Let’s start by writing the conjugation

rules for –AR verbs on an index

card.

You can keep this in your folder as a

handy reference.

-AR Verbs

Yo:

Tú:

Él/ella/Usted:

Ellos/Ellas Ustedes:

Nosotros:

Vosotros:

AR O

AR AS

AR A

AR AN

AR AMOS

AR ÁIS

Note that the verb endings are

replacements, not additions.

Ex. Yo bailaro Yo bailo

Hablar (“to talk”)

Add hablar to your verb chart and highlight the

endings

Write *-AR to the left of the row and highlight it.

This will serve as your example of a regular –

AR verb.

¡Vamos a

practicar!