Understanding How To

Conjugate VerbsBy: Ashley Yang and Sahitya Gande

Pronouns for -ar verbs

Yo (I): -oTu (you): -asElla (she)El (he)Usted (you, formal)Nosotros (we): -amosEllas (they, female)Ellos (they)Ustedes (you, plural)

-a

-an

Pronouns for –er verbsYo (I): -oTu (you): -esElla (she)El (he)Usted (you, formal)Nosotros (we): -emosEllas (they, female)Ellos (they)Ustedes (you, plural)

-e

-en

Pronouns for –ir verbs

Yo (I): -oTu (you): -esElla (she)El (he)Usted (you, formal)Nosotros (we): -imosEllas (they, female)Ellos (they)Ustedes (you, plural)

-e

-en

PRONOUNS!! Live is evil backwards!

A little fact for fun!

Do you know these pronouns?

Maria y yo- Every time the subject has someone and yo, the pronoun would be nosotros. Nosotros means “we”, and “someone and I” would be “we.”*Whenever there is nosotros in a question, you would answer with ustedes. Just like in English, if someone asked you a question with “we”, you would answer with “you guys.”*

Juan y tu- Every time the subject has someone and tu, the pronoun would be ustedes. Ustedes means “you guys” (the plural form of you).*Whenever there is ustedes in a question, you would answer with nosotros. Just like in English, if someone asked you a question with “you guys”, you would answer with “we.”*

Do you know these pronouns? (continued) Los amigos- The pronoun would be ellos because los amigos is masculine and plural. When you translate “los amigos” in English, it is “the friends.” A pronoun for “the friends” is “they,” and “they” means ellos.Maria- The pronoun would be ella because Maria is female and singular.Juan- The pronoun would be el because Juan is male and singular.

PrAcTiCe!;)

Practice!Conjugate the verbs for every pronoun!Viajar-Cocinar-

Escribir-Vivir-

Creer-Comer-

Practice (continued)!

Change these nouns to pronouns!Bob y Harold-Robert y yo-La amiga-Los amigos-Mama y Papa-Nosotros y ustedes-*Here is a challenge: conjugate the verb “beber” for each of the pronouns.*

Answering Questions!

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Question Words!

¿Quien?: Who¿Que?: What¿Donde?: When¿Cuando?: Where¿Como?: How¿Cuanto? How many/much

Examples!¿Quien habla en la clase?Ella habla en la clase.*When the question begins with ¿Quien?, you replace ¿Quien? with the noun you will use and finish the sentence.*

¿Quien cocina en la casa?Yo cocino en la casa.*The verb you use to answer the question should be conjugated to match the noun. In the example above, the noun “yo” was used. So, I had to change the verb from “cocina” to “cocino” to match the noun.*