Spanish IIII / Spring 2022
Regularand Irregular Verbs Present Tense
Jorge A. Hernandez Camacho Spanish Instructor Western New Mexico University
Infinitive Verbs These are the verbs that are not conjugated and their endings always is: -ar -er -ir Verb / Root
Ending
cocin ar habl ar com er corr er viv ir permit ir
The part of the verb in black color (left) is the root of the verb and indicates when a verb is regular or irregular.
presente
Simple
Source: Bregstein, Barbara. Complete Spanish Step-by-Step (Spanish Edition).McGraw-Hill Education. Kindle Edition.
Subject Pronouns/Conjugations One way to conjugate a verb is using subjects pronouns. Español
English
Yo
I
Tú
You
Él / ella / usted
He / she / it
Nosotros/as
We
Ustedes
You
Ellos/as
They
Regular and Irregular verbs
There is no subject pronoun “it” in Spanish. “Él” and “ella” refer to people and sometimes to animals, but not to things. “Usted” is more formal than “tú”. People use it when meeting someone for the first time, in business situation,
Verbs are considered regular if is no change in the root when conjugated. If the root of the changes , then, it’s an irregular
there it is verb verb.
• The present tense is used to express the English simple present (I sing) and the English present progressive tense (I am singing). • Usually indicates an action that takes place when you speak or write, or an action that occurs regularly • More information .
Conjugaciones en presente
simple
Pronoun
cant ar
Pronoun
manten er
Pronoun
escrib ir
Yo
cant o
Yo
manten go
Yo
escrib o
Tú
cant as
Tú
mantien es
Tú
escrib es
Él / ella / usted
cant a
Él / ella / usted
mantien e
Él / ella / usted
escrib e
Nosotros/as
cant amos
Nosotros/as
manten emos
Nosotros/as
escrib imos
Ustedes
cant an
Ustedes
mantien en
Ustedes
escrib en
Ellos/as
cant an
Ellos/as
mantien en
Ellos/as
escrib en
Pronoun
despert ar
Pronoun
le er
Pronoun
preven ir
Yo
despiert o
Yo
le o
Yo
preven go
Tú
despiert as
Tú
le es
Tú
previen es
Él / ella / usted
despiert a
Él / ella / usted
le e
Él / ella / usted
previen e
Nosotros/as
despert amos
Nosotros/as
le emos
Nosotros/as
preven imos
Ustedes
despiert an
Ustedes
le en
Ustedes
previen en
Ellos/as
despiert an
Ellos/as
le en
Ellos/as
previen en
Are these regular o irregular verbs? How do you know that?
Reflective
questions
Conjugaciones en presente
simple
Pronoun
aprob ar
Pronoun
ca er
Pronoun
present ir
Yo
apruebo
Yo
caigo
Yo
presiento
Tú
apruebas
Tú
caes
Tú
presientes
Él / ella / usted
aprueba
Él / ella / usted
cae
Él / ella / usted
presiente
Nosotros/as
aprobamos
Nosotros/as
caemos
Nosotros/as
presentimos
Ustedes
aprueban
Ustedes
caen
Ustedes
presienten
Ellos/as
aprueban
Ellos/as
caen
Ellos/as
presienten
Pronoun
apret ar
Pronoun
defend er
Pronoun
fre ir
Yo
aprieto
Yo
defiendo
Yo
frío
Tú
aprietas
Tú
defiendes
Tú
fríes
Él / ella / usted
aprieta
Él / ella / usted
defiende
Él / ella / usted
fríe
Nosotros/as
apretamos
Nosotros/as
defendemos
Nosotros/as
freímos
Ustedes
aprietan
Ustedes
defienden
Ustedes
fríen
Ellos/as
aprietan
Ellos/as
defienden
Ellos/as
fríen
Are these regular o irregular verbs? How do you know that?
Reflective
questions
Surrealism in Latin américa
What is surrealism?
Surrealism is more than an artistic style—it’s an artistic movement. Unlike other creative movements, which can be characterized by themes of imagery, color choices, or techniques, defining Surrealist art is slightly harder to do. Surrealist artists—like Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, or Michael Cheval, among many others—seek to explore the unconscious mind as a way of creating art, resulting in dreamlike, sometimes bizarre imagery across endless mediums. The core of Surrealism is a focus on illustrating the mind’s deepest thoughts automatically when they surface. This thought process for creating art known as “automatism.”
Remedios Varo, one of the greates surrealist painters from Latin America
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Alejandro Jodoroswky, is a film director from Chile. One of the initiators of the surrealist movement in Latin America. Director of El Topo, Santa Grande, The Holy Mountain. and more. Click on the hyperlinks for more information
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Select all the infinitive verbs that you find on the next list soñar estudiar canto camino sacudir ocurrió dormir castigar tocer soy estoy mentir suspirar “Las dos Fridas” por Frida K ahlo
hablar recibir
to act to reach to love to drink to cook to buy to build to believe to choose to insist Write the translation into Spanish of the next list of verbs. You can use any electronic translator or any of the options I reccomend bellow on the QR Code
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Salvador
Dalí S
Regulares
Irregulares
Choose three
Complete the next table with regular (left) and irregular verbs (right).
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You can find a list of each verb here or scanning the QRs below.
regulars verbs
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write the verbs on Present Tense
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Pronoun
Present Tense
Yo Tú Él / ella / usted Nosotros/as Ustedes Ellos/as
Pronoun
Present Tense
Yo Tú Él / ella / usted Nosotros/as Ustedes Ellos/as
“Máscaras con mariposas” por Maruja Mallo
Pronoun Yo Tú Él / ella / usted Nosotros/as
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Ustedes Ellos/as
Present Tense
Look for the conjugation of the next irregular verbs in present tense using ONLY the pronoun “Yo” (see the example). Try the verb conjugator from wordreference
ser / estar dormir caber colgar comienzo crecer poner reír salir mover probar aparecer encontrar mentir entender competir crecer demostrar enloquecer calentar
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Pronoun
Yo soy / Yo estoy
Present Tense
Yo Tú Él / ella / usted Nosotros/as Ustedes Ellos/as
Pronoun
Present Tense
Yo Tú Él / ella / usted Nosotros/as Ustedes Ellos/as
Pronoun Yo Tú Él / ella / usted
“The Ancestor” by Leonora Carrington
Nosotros/as Ustedes Ellos/as
Choose three
Present Tense regulars verbs from the lists and conjugate them in Present Tense
Luis Buñuel was the greatest of all Spanish film-makers. He is also known as the greatest of all Surrealist film-makers – someone who kept returning to dreams and the unconscious, all the way from Un Chien Andalou, the silent avant-garde shocker he made with Salvador Dalí, to Belle de Jour, in which sadomasochistic fantasies lurk beneath Catherine Deneuve’s chic surface. Click on the hyperlink to read an article about this painter.
Luis the Buñuel provocative filmmaker
“Casi Nunca” by Arturo Rivera
Following the next patterns as guidance, write five (5)sentences in Spanish using articles, nouns, adjectives, and verbs in present tense. If you need help, let me know please. Article
Noun
Verb
La
Los
niña
niños
corre
Pronoun
Verb
Adjective
Tu Nosotros
comes somos
lloran
mucho altos
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