This Spanish lesson will be about pronouns and present tense. As in any other language Spanish has pronouns ( I, you,he,she,it,you,we,they) that you must know by heart. In this lesson You will learn how to conjugate the first group of verbs as well. 1st group of verbs are those that end in -ar.
The personal pronouns are the ones that are beneath in the table.
Personal pronouns
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Examples:
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Yo
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Yo camino por el parque
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Tú ( do not forget the accent mark)
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Tú caminas por el parque
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Él, Ella
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Él/ella camina por el parque
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Nosotros
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Nosotros caminamos por el parque
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Ustedes
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Ustedes caminan por el parque
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Ellos
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Ellos caminan por el parque
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Now, the conjugation of the verbs with -ar endings is:
Caminar (-ar ending)
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Hablar (-ar ending)
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Yo
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Camino -o
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Hablo -o
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Tú
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Caminas -as
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Hablas -as
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Él/Ella
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Camina -a
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Habla -a
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Nosotros
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Caminamos -amos
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Hablamos -amos
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Ustedes
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Caminan -an
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Hablan -an
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Ellos
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Caminan -an
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Hablan -an
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It is not that difficult, but it is necessary to set aside time to study and memorize this endings. For French people could be easier to learn, realize and not forget that every single verbs must be conjugated according to the personal pronouns, because they has the same rule in French ( every verb must be conjugated).
Notice that there are a root and an ending. For example the root of Caminar will be: Camin and instead of the -ar ending we add the termination according to the personal pronoun; Yo camino, Tú caminas, Él/Ella camina and so on.
Do the following exercises: Conjugate according to the personal pronoun the following verbs:
Cortar (to cut)
Mirar (to see)
Cantar (to sing)
Bajar (to go down)
Gritar (to yell)
I will give you a hint :
Yo Cort----
Tú Cort----
Él/Ella Cort---
Nosotro Cort---
Ustedes Cort---
Ellos/Ellas Cort---
