Self Check: Conjugations
Read the following paragraph and then see if you can fill in the forms of the verbs for the ones that are missing in the chart that follows.
Hoy hace mucho frío y yo llevo unos pantalones, un suéter, unas botas y un abrigo. Llevo guantes y una bufanda también porque nieva y hace mal tiempo. Pedro lleva un suéter y unos pantalones también pero él no lleva abrigo. Susana y Adelita llevan unas botas y unos abrigos. Ellas llevan guantes. Nosotros llevamos ropa de invierno. ¿Qué ropa llevas tú?
llevar |
| yo | nosotros | |||
| tú | vosotros | |||
| él | ellas |
This is a what a regular -ar verb is going to look like in Spanish. The infinitive is llevar.
In order to say "I wear", we take off the -ar and add -o. You can see the other forms do the same thing.
They all remove the -ar and then add different endings, depending on who the subject is.
All regular -ar verbs change just like you see above. Verbs that end in -er and -ir are slightly different and some verbs are irregular. Vosotros lleváis is in red to let you know that vosotros is different. Only in Spain is vosotros (or any of its forms) used. Therefore, we will learn its formation but will not practice it much in this course.
See if you can complete the verb form for each of the following subject pronouns and verbs. Click on each one to see if you are doing this correctly and be sure to stay in communication with your teacher if you are having problems.
| yo, nadar | |
| él, patinar | |
| ellos, sacar fotos | |
| nosotros, tomar el sol | |
| yo, andar en bicicleta | |
| tú, andar en patineta | |
| nosotras, esquiar | |
| nosotros, cantar | |
| ellos, tocar la guitarra | |
| tú, hablar por teléfono |
It is very important that you learn to do this. You cannot say "tú hablar"--that would mean "you to speak". Does that make sense to you? We know that the correct way to say this is: "you speak". This means you have to take off the -ar and change the ending to -as to say "you speak".
Tú hablas.
In Spanish, it is not always necessary to use the subject pronoun. Yo nado is the same as Nado. You do not need to use each subject pronoun in every case.