Transcript What is a VERB? What is the PRESENT TENSE? There are 3 types of verb in Spanish -AR e.g.

What is a
VERB?
What is the
PRESENT
TENSE?
There are 3 types of verb in Spanish
-AR e.g. hablar
-ER e.g. leer
-IR e.g. vivir
When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR
ending it is called the INFINITIVE.
The infinitive means TO ……
Hablar = to speak
Leer = to read
Vivir = to live
What is the
INFINITIVE?
Find the following verbs in Spanish in the dictionary. Is each verb –AR, -ER or –IR?
1) to invite
• invitar
2) to introduce • presentar
3) to prefer
• preferir
4) to reduce
• reducir
5) to break
• romper
6) to dress
• vestir
The STEM
of the verb
When the verb has the –AR, -ER, -IR
ending it is called the INFINITIVE.
When you remove the –AR, -ER, -IR it
becomes THE STEM.
Hablar = habl_
Leer = le_
Vivir = viv_
What is a verb tense?
Verb tenses describe WHEN the
action is happening.
•PRESENT (it happens)
•PAST (it happened)
•FUTURE (it will happen)
What is a verb tense?
There are 7 main tenses.
What is a verb tense?
There are 7 main tenses.
•The present
What is a verb tense?
There are 7 main tenses.
•The present
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
What is a verb tense?
There are 7 main tenses.
•The present
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
•The future
What is a verb tense?
There are 7 main tenses.
•The present
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
•The future
•The conditional
•The present
I talk
I eat
I live
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
The preterite
I talked
I ate
I lived
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
The imperfect
I was talking
I was eating
I was living
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
The perfect
I have talked
I have eaten
I have lived
•The past – there are 4 past tenses
The pluperfect
I had talked
I had eaten
I had lived
•The future
I will talk
I will eat
I will live
•The conditional
I would talk
I would eat
I would live
•The INFINITIVE
•The STEM of the verb
- SPEAK HABLAR / HABL__
COMER / COM__
- EAT
VIVIR / VIV__
- LIVE
HABLAR
1) I speak
2) I spoke
3) I was speaking
4) I will speak
5) I would speak
6) I have spoken
7) I had spoken
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