JCSH1a1 Notes

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Pronouns

Yo I

Tú You

Él / Ella He/she

Nosotros/as We

Vosotros/as You (all)

Ellos/ Ellas They

In Spanish, verbs (action words) end in ar/er/ir. Each verb ending has different rules in different tenes.

First we need to learn some common verbs and then we will learn to conjugate them in the present tense

Commonly used regular AR Verbs

Bailar To Dance

Nadar To swim

Cantar The sing

Cocinar To cook

Pasar To spend time

Andar To walk

Caminar To walk

Quedar To stay

Llamar To call

Mirar To watch

Entrar To enter

Comenzar To begin

Tomar To take, to drink

Hablar To speak

Terminar To finish

Commonly used regular ER Verbs

Ver To see

Leer To read

Nacer To be born

Poner To put

Aprender To learn

Vender To sell

Comer To eat

Correr To run

Proteger To protect

Commonly used regular IR verbs

Vivir To live

Existir To exist

Ocurrir To occur

Recibir To receive

Permitir To alllow

Compartir To share

Admitir To admit

Present Tense

When do we use the present tense?

Habits we do repeatedly e.g every Wednesday, I eat breakfast at 7am.

Actions we are doing right now that are complete e.g I eat, I dance.

You will see, in the above list of verbs, they are commonly used REGULAR verbs.

Regular means that they follow the present tense rules without any complications or spelling irregularities.

How do we form the present tense?

1. Get the whole verb

2. Remove the ar/er/ir ending

3. add the ending related to the pronoun:

AR ER IR YO O O O TÚ AS ES ES ÉL/ELLA A E E NOSOTROS/AS AMOS EMOS IMOS VOSOTROS/AS ÁIS ÉIS ÍS ELLOS/ELLAS AN EN EN

Por Ejemplo: For example

Ellos bailan They dance

Nosotros comemos We eat

Ella vive She lives