Matching Pairs Grammar Basics for Spanish 1Online version Match the concepts with their definition. by Paola Aguilar 1 STEM in a verb. (Raíz en un verbo) 2 VERBO (Verb) 3 PRESENT TENSE (Presente) 4 CONJUGATED VERB (Verbo conjugado) 5 What should we do with the irregular verbs? 6 GENDER and NUMBER (Género y número) 7 ENDING in a verb. (Terminación en un verbo) 8 SUBJECT PRONOUNS (Pronombres personales) 9 SUBJECT (Sujeto) 10 INFINITIVE VERBS (Verbos en infinitivo) 11 IRREGULAR VERBS (Verbos irregulares) 12 REGULAR VERBS (Verbos regulares) 13 What should we do with regular verbs? The genders are: female and male. The number is: singular or plural. (In Spanish some words change according to gender and number). Pronoun that represents the person who performs an action. (I, you, he, she, we, y´all, they) It is the person who performs an action Learn only their conjugation rules. They are the verbs that follow the predetermined rules of conjugation. The verb in its NATURAL FORM. In English it is always written with "to" (to walk, to eat, to live) In Spanish they are the verbs ending in -AR, -ER, -IR (walk, eat, live) It is the initial part of a verb, without its ending. CAMINAR: CAMIN (it's the stem) COMER: COM (it's the stem) VIVIR: VIV (it's the stem) It is the final part of a verb. In Spanish verbs end in -AR, -ER, IR. CAMINAR: -AR (it's the ending) COMER: -ER (it's the ending) VIVIR: -IR (it's the ending) Learn the whole verb conjugation. They are the special or rebellious verbs. These are different because they DO NOT follow the default conjugation rules. The time in which an action is being performed is in the present (now). When the FORM of the verb CHANGES (according to the subject who performs the action and the time the action is performed). Example of conjugations of the verb COMER: COMO (I eat) COMÍ (I ate) COMERÉ (I´ll eat) Word that defines an action