The Present Tense in Spanish = Time to take a quiz!

I see a truck. Do you speak German? He doesn’t like chocolate! We’re learning French. You are wonderful students! Marc and Nicole have two kids. They’re coming over tonight. Simple present: one word Present Progressive: be + -ing: “am doing, are doing, is doing, etc.” – sometimes used as immediate future

Simple present only, no progressive. Yo hablo español. Miro la televisión en este momento. Questions do not require a helping verb (more on questions later) ¿Tomas un café? Negation: Put “no” before the verb No escucho la radio.

Conjugate: to change the form of a verb depending on who’s doing the action I speak you speak he speaks we speak you all speak they speak

Infinitive: the simplest form of a verb. In English: begins with TO to speak, to dance, to finish, to choose, to make, to read, to sell In Spanish: ends with –AR, -ER, or –IR hablar, bailar, terminar, escojer, hacer, leer, vender

Regular / Irregular: a verb is irregular if it does not follow the typical pattern of conjugation Regular in English: I speak, you speak, he speaks, we speak, you speak, they speak. Irregular in English: to be: I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are. (We don’t say “I be”, etc.)

We need to review the subject pronouns first: SingularPlural 1 st personyo = Inosotros = we 2 nd persontú = you Usted (Ud.) = You formal vosotros = you (plural, informal, used in parts of Spain) Ustedes (Uds.) = you all (plural) 3 rd personél = he, it ella = she, it ellos = they (masculine or mixed) ellas = they (feminine)

Review the “pronouns” PowerPoint and come back later

-AR verbs hablar bailar -ER verbs vender escojer -IR verbs escribir (Ok, 4 kinds) Irregular hacer jugar ir

yo hablo nosotros hablamos tú hablas vosotros habláis él, ella, Ud. habla ellos, ellas, Uds. hablan

yo bailo nosotros bailamos tú bailas vosotros bailáis él, ella, Ud. baila ellos, ellas, Uds. bailan

1. I speak English. 2. Jim studies Spanish. 3. They watch TV. 4. We travel a lot. 5. I sing at school. 6. You don’t sing well. 7. Francine likes to travel. 8. She doesn’t travel a lot. 9. I like to dance, but I don’t dance well. 1. Yo hablo inglés. 2. Jim estudia el español. 3. Miran la televisión. 4. Viajamos mucho. 5. Yo canto en la escuela. 6. No cantas bien. 7. A Francine le gusta viajar. 8. No viaja mucho. 9. Me gusta bailar, pero no bailo bien.

yo como nosotros comemos tú comes vosotros coméis él, ella, Ud. come ellos, ellas, Uds. comen

yo leo nosotros leemos tú lees vosotros leéis él, ella, Ud. lee ellos, ellas, Uds. leen

yo escribo nosotros escribimos tú escribes vosotros escribís él, ella, Ud. escribe ellos, ellas, Uds. escriben

yo vivo nosotros vivimos tú vives vosotros vivís él, ella, Ud. vive ellos, ellas, Uds. viven

je fais nous faisons tu fais vous faites il, elle, on fait ils, elles font

je dors nous dormons tu dors vous dormez il, elle, on dort ils, elles dorment

je sors nous sortons tu sors vous sortez il, elle, on sort ils, elles sortent

je pars nous partons tu pars vous partez il, elle, on part ils, elles partent

je lis nous lisons tu lis vous lisez il, elle, on lit ils, elles lisent

1. faire / je 2. dormir / nous 3. faire / vous 4. sortir / elles 5. faire / tu 6. lire / il 7. faire / nous 8. partir / je 9. faire / elles 10. sortir / on 1. je fais 2. nous dormons 3. vous faites 4. elles sortent 5. tu fais 6. il lit 7. nous faisons 8. je pars 9. elle font 10. on sort

1. I sleep a lot. 2. Jim does housework. 3. They’re leaving. 4. We go out a lot. 5. I read at the beach. 6. You don’t do horseback riding. 7. Francine likes to go out. 8. She doesn’t sleep a lot. 9. You all like to read and you read well. 1. Je dors beaucoup. 2. Jim fait le ménage. 3. Ils partent. 4. Nous sortons beaucoup. 5. Je lis à la plage. 6. Tu ne fais pas de l’équitation. 7. Francine aime sortir. 8. Elle ne dort pas beaucoup. 9. Vous aimez lire et vous lisez bien.

j’ai = I have je n’ai pas=don’t nous avons tu as vous avez il, elle, on a ils, elles ont

Faire Dormir, Sortir, partir Lire Préférer, acheter, promener Appeler, essayer Commencer, manger Aller Avoir Être Devoir, pouvoir, vouloir Dire, écrire, lire Mettre, prendre, voir

j’attends nous attendons tu attends vous attendez il, elle, on attend ils, elles attendent

-s -- -ons -ez -ent past participle: -u

attendre – to wait (for) répondre – to respond, answer vendre – to sell perdre – to lose

je finis nous finissons tu finis vous finissez il, elle, on finit ils, elles finissent

-is -it -issons -issez -issent past participle: -i