Verbs in Spanish conjugated with TÚ

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Hi there everybody!

It's been a while since my last post...

So, on this one I will continue presenting you with the lessons prepared by Señor Jordan. This time, I am posting here the videos where he carries us through the conjugation of the verbs in Spanish with the personal pronouns tú, usted, é and ella (the have the same conjugation pattern), nosotros (as), ellos and ellas and ustedes (again, the same conjugation pattern). (If you missed the first lesson, where teaches us how to conjugate verbs in Spanish with YO, click here)
So here it goes:

1 - Verbs in Spanish conjugated with Tú:




2 - Verbs in Spanish conjugated with él, ella and usted:




3 - Verbs in Spanish conjugated with Nosotros (as):




4 - Verbs in Spanish conjugated with Ellos, Ellas and Ustedes:




That's about it. Don't forget to check out Señor Jordan's site for some more material.

Learning Spanish AR verbs with Señor Jordan!

Click here for a complete post on Spanish ar verbs!

Hi guys!

Here is one of the greatest blogs for learning Spanish, especially for the very beginner (but not only!): The blog of Señor Jordan.

His explanations are brilliant, and he never overloads the students with too much. Take for example how he explains the verbs in Spanish ending in "ar": He carries you through all the subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.), and conjugates a bunch of verbs with each one at a time. Exactly how I think it should be done.

So here is the first video where he teaches us how to conjugate verbs in the first person YO:



Here are the verbs he uses:

Ayudar

Bailar

Cantar

Cocinar

Dibujar

Enseñar

Escuchar

Estudiar

Hablar

Nadar

Necesitar

Patinar

Terminar

Tocar

Trabajar

TIP: Write these verbs down on cards, carry them around and practice at least once a day saying these verbs with YO. You'll see that within a week you will know them automatically (and made it sound natural for you that verbs conjugated with YO end up in "o").

Visit Señor Jordan's site! :-) He has so many other videos teaching other aspects of the Spanish language, like adjectives, nouns, adverbs, etc.

I will be borrowing other videos from him teaching how to conjugate the Spanish "ar" verbs with the other subject pronouns.

Keep tune!

Spanish Verbs ending in "-ar"

Hello there!

So, here we have our first lesson on Spanish verb endings. Everyone knows that one of the hardest things about learning verbs in Spanish is to memorize and use the Spanish verb conjugations.

Basically, verbs in Spanish may either end in -ar, -er or -ir. Examples:

cantar (to sing)
beber (to drink)
subir (to go up)

On this post (and the next ones to come on this topic) we will be seeing some rules about all the verbs ending in "-ar".

Why are we starting here? Because verbs ending in "-ar" are a true pleasure to work with. First, verbs in Spanish ending in "-ar" are all regular verbs (some do need a change in the "stem" or "root", but I will be writing more about those later), which means that once you learn how to conjugate one, you will have learned all.

So, to demonstrate, here is a very common verb in Spanish that we're going to conjugate one in the PRESENT TENSE: The verb "Amar" (to love):

Yo amo
Tú amas
Usted ama
Él ama
Ella ama
Nosotros (as) amamos
Vosotros (as)amáis
Ustedes aman
Ellos aman
Ellas aman

Here is a list of 20 common verbs that share the "-ar" ending:

1 - Comprar (to buy)
2 - Nadar (to swim)
3 - Llegar (arrive)
4 - Trabajar (to work)
5 - Preparar (to prepare)
6 - Conversar (to chat, to talk)
7 - Escuchar (to hear)
8 - Limpar (to clean)
9 - Cocinar (to cook)
10 - Lavar (to wash)
11 - Asegurar (to assure)
12 - Viajar (to travel)
13 - Sacar (to take out)
14 - Gustar (to like)
15 - Colocar (to place)
16 - Practicar (to practice)
17 - Tocar (to touch; to play a musical instrument)
18 - Explicar (to explain)
19 - Gozar (to enjoy)
20 - Hablar (to speak)

TIP FOR LEARNING THE CONJUGATION OF VERBS IN SPANISH:

The best way I've found to learn and memorize Spanish verb conjugations is to use the list above (well, any list really), and practice each verb with each of the subject pronouns at a time. For example, run the list above first with YO, then TÚ, etc.

On the nest post I will be placing some exercises. See you then!