Subject pronouns, conjugation of -ar verbs Spanish I September 16, 2014

1. Chapter 2A
September 16, 2014

2. Objectives
 Subject Pronouns
 Actividades 10-12
 Present tense conjugation of –ar verbs
 Actividades 13 y 14
 Conjugation chart
 Homework: Workbook pages , fill out
conjugation chart

3. Subject Pronouns
The subject of a sentence tells who is doing the
action. Usually, you use people’s names as the
subject. You also use subject pronouns (I, you, he
she, we, they) to replace people’s names.
yo – I nosotros – we (masc.,
masc./fem.)
nosotras – we (fem.)
tú – you (familiar) vosotros – you all (masc.,
masc./fem.)
vosotras – you all (feminine)
él – he
ella – she
Ud. – you (formal)
ellos – they (masc., masc./fem.)
ellas – they (feminine)
Uds. – they (formal)

4. Subject pronouns (cont.)
 Tú is used with family, friends, people your age
or younger, and anyone you call by their first
name.
 Usted is used with adults you address with a title.
 In everywhere except Spain, ustedes is used
when speaking to two or more people,
regardless of age.
 In Spain, vosotros (as), is used when speaking to
two or more people you call tú individually. Uds.
is used when talking to two or more people you
call usted individually.

5. Subject Pronouns
 You can also combine a subject pronoun
and a name to form a subject.
Por ejemplo:
Alejandro y yo = nosotros Pepe y tú = Uds.
Carlos y ella = ellos Lola y ella = ellas

6. Present tense of –ar verbs
 You already know that Spanish infinitives
end in either –ar, -er, or –ir. The largest group
of verbs end in –ar.
 In order to use verbs in other forms than the
infinitive (to do + verb), you must conjugate
the verbs. To do this for –ar verbs, you must
drop the –ar ending and add new endings.

7. Conjugating –ar verbs
 These are the endings for –ar verbs in the
present tense.
-o -amos
-as -áis
-a -an
 To create the present tense of MOST –ar verbs, you must
first drop the –ar ending, leaving you with the stem.
habl-
 Then, you add the appropriate ending to the verb.
yo hablo nosotros/as hablamos
tú hablas vosotros/as habláis
él, ella, Ud. habla ellos, ellas, Uds. hablan

8. Conjugating –ar verbs
 Present tense forms of verbs can be translated two
ways:
Hablo español.
I speak Spanish. / I am speaking Spanish.
 Verb endings always indicate who is doing the action. In
this case, they tell you who is speaking. Because of this,
you can often use the verb without a subject.
¿Hablas inglés? Hablo español.
 Subject pronouns are often used for emphasis or
clarification.
Ella habla inglés, pero él habla español.