2. Subject
Pronouns en
español
Yo - Nosotros(as) -
Tú - Vosotros(as) –
Él/Ella Ellos/Ellas
Usted - Ustedes -
3. Verbs are recognized in Spanish by their
ending.
There are 3 types of verbs:
◦ AR
◦ ER
◦ IR
Examples: HABLAR, COMER, VIVIR
4. An unchanged verb is called
an INFINITIVE
What other infinitives do
you know?
5. Both in English and Spanish verbs CHANGE
depending on the SUBJECT of the sentence.
This is called CONJUGATING a verb.
In English it looks like this: verb = to talk
◦ I talk
◦ You talk
◦ He/She/it talks
◦ We talk
◦ All of you talk
◦ They talk
6. In Spanish each Subject Pronoun has its own
form.
For AR verbs the endings go as follows:
Yo - Nosotros(as) -
Tú - Vosotros(as) –
Él/Ella Ellos/Ellas
Usted - Ustedes -
7. The process of conjugating is simple.
FIRST:
Chop off the AR ending from the
infinitive. What you have left is called
your STEM.
SECOND:
Add the ending that matches your
subject to the stem.
