Learning Target We are learning to conjugate ar

Learning Target We are learning to conjugate –ar verbs. Success Criteria I can identify what an –ar verb is and how to conjugate it.

Write the English. Yo Tú Él Ella Usted Nosotros Ellas Ustedes I You (familiar) He, It (m. ) She, It (f. ) You (polite) We They (m. &f. ) They (fem. ) You (plural)

Los verbos • There are three types of verbs in Spanish: -ar verbs -er verbs -ir verbs • How do you know whether a verb is an –ar verb, -er verb or –ir verb? • Simply look at the end of the infinitive. The last two letters of the infinitive will classify the verb for you!

Unos ejemplos • Hablar (to talk) • Vivir (to live) • Cantar (to sing) • Comer (to eat) • Estudiar (to study) • Escribir (to write) • Leer (to read)

-AR Verbs • We will begin our study of –ar verbs today. • By following a few easy steps, we can easily conjugate an –ar verb for any subject.

–ar verbs in the present tense 1. Take an –ar verb How about comprar (to buy)? 2. Chop off the –ar to get the stem comprar The stem is: compr 3. Take the stem and add the endings (Yo) compro (Nosotros) compramos (Tú) compras (Nosotras) compramos (Él/Ella) compra (Ellos/Ellas) compran (Usted) compra (Ustedes) compran

(Nosotros, Nosotras) compramos (Él/Ella, ) compra (Tú) compras (Usted) compra (Yo) compro Comprar-to buy c o m p r (Ellos/Ellas, Ustedes) compran

–ar verbs in the present tense (another way of looking at it is here) subject I You (fam. ) He/she, You (form. ) We You (pl) They Yo Tú Él/Ella, Usted Nosotros, Nosotras Ustedes Ellos/Ellas + stem Take off the –ar + + For example: + hablar stem=habl ending - o - as a amos an an In Spanish, you don’t usually use the subject. The verb ending tells you who is doing an action so it’s REALLY important to get the ending right!

Yo compro un bocadillo.

Tú compras una pizza.

Él compra una papas fritas.

Más práctica 1 -5 1. Yo (comprar) _________ una mochila. 2. Nosotros (comprar) _______ las piñas. 3. Sara (comprar) _____ una ensalada. 4. Ellos (comprar) _______ las hamburguesas en la cafetería. 5. Tú (comprar) __________ un flan.

Más práctica 6 -10 6. El chico (comprar) _______ un perro caliente. 7. Los estudiantes (comprar) _______ una pizza en el supermercado. 8. Ustedes (comprar) ________ la pasta. 9. Mi amigo y yo (comprar) ______ los tomates. 10. Yo (comprar) _________ una fruta.

AR verbs Spot the mistakes! Can you write these correctly? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I talk Yo habla You (to one person) listen Tú escuchan He plays Él tocamos We study Nosotros estudiáis They visit Ellos visito You (plural) swim Ustedes nadas They arrive Ellas llegas She helps Ella ayudan We buy Nosotros compra I travel Tú viajas

AR verbs-Answers Spot the mistakes! Can you write these correctly? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I talk Yo hablo You (to one person) listen Tú escuchas He plays Él toca We study Nosotros estudiamos They visit Ellos visitan You (plural) swim Ustedes nadan They arrive Ellas llegan She helps Ella ayuda We buy Nosotros compramos I travel Yo viajo

hablar to speak esperar to hope for caminar to walk buscar to look for andar to walk mirar to look at trabajar to work pintar to paint estudiar to study pagar to pay escuchar to listen to gastar to spend visitar to visit ganar to win, earn viajar to travel comprar to buy enseñar to teach tocar to take, play music llevar to carry, wear tomar to take, drink llegar to arrive ayudar to help bailar to dance cantar to sing nadar to swim desear to desire cocinar to eat necesitar to need charlar to chat, visit cortar to cut platicar to chat, visit contestar to answer llorar to cry dibujar to draw