2.1.1+Verbs+in+General

= 2.1.1 SPANISH VERBS  = = =

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 * There are 3 types of verbs, they are ir, ar, and er.**

Example:
 * ** AR ** |||| ** ER ** |||| ** IR ** ||
 * hablar ||  to speak || ver ||  to see  || vivir ||  to live  ||
 * bailar ||  to dance || correr ||  to run  || asistir ||  to attend  ||
 * formar ||  to form || leer ||  to read  || insistir ||  to insist  ||
 * cantar ||  to sing || beber ||  to drink  || escribir ||  to write  ||

For more information on AR verbs click here To learn more about spanish verbs click [|here] When you talk about where someone is going, use the verb ir (to go). voy vamos vas vais va van user:dyoungfarb To talk about the future, you say what you are going to do. Use the phrase: ir+a+infinitive voy a vamos a vas a vais a va a van a
 * Saying Where You Are Going: the verb ir**
 * Saying What you Are going To Do: ir a....**.

To talk aboyt things you do, use the present tense. To form the present tense of a regular verb that ends in -ar, drop the -ar and add these endings: -**o, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, --an** yo estudi**o** nosotros(as) estudi**amos** tú estudi**as** vosotros(as) estudi**áis** usted, él, ella estudi**a** ustedes, ellos, ellas estud**ian**
 * Saying What You Do:Present of -ar verbs**


 * HOW TO CONJUGATE VERBS:**

All verbs can be conjugated for example: Cantar

Cant **ar** <the verb **ar** is in cantar and **Cant** is the __stem__ of the verb -So the first thing you would do is drop the **ar** verb and keep the __stem__ **'cant**' to conjugate.

Compare when to use **ir** or **ar**?-The category is determined by the last two letters of the infinative: List some examples of -**ir** verbs?- abr**ir**, part**ir**, viv**ir**, sub**ir**, y asist**ir**. There are many.
 * Questions:**
 * ir**, **ar**, **er**

Analyze when to use **er**?-You use the -**er** verb when the word you are conjugating ends with -**er**

Littell, McDougal. __En Espanol__. Mexico City: McDougal Littell, 2000. 1-454.