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Spanish Present Tense Conjugation

you already know how to conjugate present tense ar verbs in Spanish in this lesson you will learn how to conjugate eer and ir verbs remember that in Spanish there are three types of verbs there are a e r and ir verbs each type of verb has specific endings you attach to the end of the base word you will use the same steps as you did when conjugating ar verbs but you will be attaching new endings to the base word depending on the type of verb it is let's review real quick how do you tell what type of verb it is the end of the verb will let you know what type of verb it is for example ablar ablar ends in AR which tells you it is an AR verb so you can only attach the AR verb endings leer leer ends in erer which tells you it is an ER verb so you can only attach the ER endings to the base word es es ends in IR which tells you it is an IR verb so you can only attach the IR endings to the base word do you remember the steps to conjugating present tense ar verbs let's review real quick because these steps will help you to know how to conjugate ER and I verbs step one create your verb housee step two include your subject pronouns in each room of the house step three chop off the a e r or IR ending from the original verb step four write the base word in each room of the verb house and step five attach your new endings to each base word in your verb house now let's get to the new stuff what are the erer verb endings if the verb ends in erer you attach the following endings to the base word depending on the subject pronoun o s a OS n what are the IR verb endings if the verb ends in IR you attach the following endings to the base word depending on the subject pronoun o s a Emos n notice how the ER and IR endings are almost exactly the same except for the endings in the noos form notice if it is an ER verb the noos ending is e MOS if it is an IR verb the noos ending isos make sure you never mix up the verb endings let's practice conjugating our first erer and ir verbs together let's conjugate com to eat K is an ER verb because it ends in ER this means we can only attach ER endings to this verb step one make your verb house step two place your subject pronouns in in each room step three chop off the ER verb ending from com step four place the base word in each room and step five attach the new er verb endings to each base word great now let's conjugate the verb VI to live Viv is an IR verb because it ends in IR this means we can only attach the IR endings to this verb step one make sure your make your verb house step two place your subject pronouns in each room step three chop off the IR verb ending from VI step four place the base word in each room step five attach the new IR verb endings to each base word great now it's your turn conjugate the following verbs on your guided not sheet don't forget to check what type of verb it is before adding the new endings remember to not mix up the endings now let's check your answers how did you do make sure to check to see if you attached e endings to the B verb and you attached I verb endings to the es verb remember to rewind the video and play it again if something does not make sense to you and have your questions ready for me when I see you in class