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Do you recall how to conjugate ‒ar verbs?

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Do you recall how to conjugate ‒ar verbs?

Think back to when you learned the verbs estudiar, cantar, and bailar. These verbs are all in their infinitive (unconjugated) form. You can tell because they all end in ‒ar. Without conjugating these verbs, you can only express "to study," "to sing," and "to dance."T o say "Lauren studies," "I sing," and "the girls dance," the verbs must be conjugated.

To conjugate an ‒ar verb, simply follow these steps:

  1. Drop the ‒ar from the infinitive to find the stem.
    • estudiar (infinitive): estudi (stem)
    • cantar (infinitive): cant (stem)
    • bailar (infinitive): bail (stem)
  2. Add the appropriate ending to the stem based on the subject/subject pronoun.
    Appropriate Endings
    yo o amos nosotros
    nosotras
    as áis vosotros
    vosotras
    él
    ella
    Ud.
    a an ellos
    ellas
    Uds.
 
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Many Spanish verbs end in ‒ar. Do you remember how to conjugate a verb ending in ‒ar, such as bailar?


The first step is to remove the ‒ar before conjugating. Then add the verb endings for the different forms.


See if you can guess what the correct conjugation is for bailar ("to dance") in each case.


bailar

yo

bailo

bailas

él/ella/usted

baila

nosotros/nosotras

bailamos

ellos/ellas/ustedes

bailan


Nice work! Let’s try another one--the verb escuchar, "to listen." See if you can say the correct conjugation of the present tense verb before I do.


escuchar

yo

escucho

escuchas

él/ella/usted

escucha

nosotros/nosotras

escuchamos

ellos/ellas/ustedes

escuchan


Great job! Let’s do one more. Can you remember how to conjugate the Spanish verb trabajar? Trabajar means "to work."


trabajar

yo

trabajo

trabajas

él/ella/usted

trabaja

nosotros/nosotras

trabajamos

ellos/ellas/ustedes

trabajan


All right! Keep practicing conjugation for verbs ending in ‒ar.


Transcript

Question

If a question is asked in the Uds. form, how do you answer?

In the nosotros form

Question

¿Cómo se dice "to explain" en español?

You use explicar, which is another useful verb for talking about class activities.