Chapter 1 Present Verbs

{ffiffi#Ieffi*L ffiffiffifiE$ l&ts. Lr*. 'S3;i*i.gls,*:r: {er ijb }dp3. €*-a;6 rs{fiii3} t",:1 *:{ l1et aii active ;f€s ir*:r lmagina are :r*3s rrl pp. 4i)Z-493. The following grammar topics aie covered in the Manual de gramdtica, Leceidn l. 1.4 l{ouns and articles, p. 328 1.5 Adjectives, p.380 fur more stem-changing verbs, see Ap6ndice B. Eeview the difference i:eluyeen verb stems and .,'erb endings, Subject pronouns are normally omitted in Spanish. They are used to emphasize or clarify fie subject. -;lfiven en Galifornia? Do they live in Califamia? -Si, ella vive en Los Angeles, y 6l vive en San Francisco. Yes. she lives in Los Angeles, a*d he lives in San Fnncisco. *ryar changes its stem vowel irmr u to ue. GonsEuk, de$uir, hc&rir, and influir add a y before S'€ gsrssnal endings. As with ffi stem-changing verbs, fie ncnhm/as and vosoUos/as ' .#6 e not change. FE* ;r,ry, sjfgas. J:.; ega, jugamos, "i*4i**f &*Sa* ..* ma&g'*. ;ffi4,s. ilrclUyq frn*ww,m*cs" rr;cltryen The present tense Regular -ar, -er, -rr verbs o The present tense (el presente) of regular verbs is formed by dropping the infinitive ending -a\4t, or -ir and adding personal endings. The present tense of regular verbs I hablar beber UruIT y0 lit Ud./rll/ella nosotroslas uosotros/as i hablo r hablas : habla r hablamos r habl6is bebo bebes bebe bebemos bebeis beben viyo vives vive vivimos uiyis viven Uds./ellos/ellas I hablan o The present tense is used to express actions or situations that are going 0n at the present time and to express general truths. ;Por qu6 rompes conmigo? Wy are you breaking up with me? Porque no te amo. Because I don't love you. . The present tense is also used to express habitual action$ or actions that will take place in the near future. Mis padres me escriben con frecuencia. Mafiana les mando una carta larga. My parents wite to me often. Tomorrow I'm sending them a long letter. Stem-changing verbs o some verbs have stem changes in the present tense. ln many -ar and -er verbs, e changes to ie and o changes to ue. ln some -ir verbs, e changes to i. The nosotros/as and vosotros/as forms never flave a stem change in the present tense. e -.4 Ie Stem+hanging verbs j o-) ue g4l pensar tothink : poder to be able to, can pedir to askfor pienso piensas piensa pensamos pensdis piensan puedo puedes puede podemos pod6is pueden pido pides pide pedimos perlis piden 18 Lecci6n 1