domingo, 9 de junio de 2013

-AR Present Tense Verbs

Everybody has to start here at one point. But here are the basics! In English our verbs look like "to take" or "to walk" or "to swim". But in Spanish, a verb is only one word. For example, "to take" in Spanish is the word "tomar".  So just like we change "to take" to "I take" you change the word "tomar". You do this by taking off the -ar at the end of the word. And replace it with these endings:

-AR
-o          -amos
-as         -áis
-a           -an

TOMAR
yo tomo                      nosotros tomamos            
tu tomas                      vosotros tomáis
él/ella/Ud. toma          ellos/ellas/Uds. toman

yo tomo = I take                                                       nosotros tomamos = We take
tu tomas = You take                                                 vosotros tomáis = You all take
él/ella/Ud. toma = He/She/You (formal) takes         ellos/ellas/Uds. = They/You all (formal) take

The vosotros form is only used in Spain. In other Spanish speaking countries, they normally use the ellos form to say "you all".

Some more clarification:
yo = I
tú = You
él = He
ella = She
Ud. = You (formal)
nosotros = We
vosotros = You all
ellos = They (boys, or boys and girls)
ellas = They (only girls)
Uds. = You all (formal)




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