Matching Pairs Grammar Basics for Spanish 3Online version Match the concepts with their definition. by Paola Aguilar 1 SUBJECT (Sujeto) 2 GENDER and NUMBER (Género y número) 3 STEM in a verb. (Raíz en un verbo) 4 IRREGULAR VERBS (Verbos irregulares) 5 ENDING in a verb. (Terminación en un verbo) 6 PRETERITE or PAST TENSE (Pretérito o Tiempo Pasado) 7 What should we do with regular verbs? 8 SUBJECT PRONOUNS (Pronombres personales) 9 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (Pronombres reflexivos) 10 REFLEXIVE VERB (Verbo reflexivo) 11 PRESENT TENSE (Presente) 12 What should we do with the irregular verbs? 13 REGULAR VERBS (Verbos regulares) 14 CONJUGATED VERB (Verbo conjugado) 15 VERBO (Verb) 16 INFINITIVE VERBS (Verbos en infinitivo) Word that defines an action They are the verbs in which the action falls on the same subject who performs it. In Spanish you can identify these verbs because their ending is: -SE CaerSE, peinarSE, bañarSE, ponerSE. In English you identify these verbs when you use them with pronouns that have -self or -selves. The genders are: female and male. The number is: singular or plural. (In Spanish some words change according to gender and number). They are the special or rebellious verbs. These are different because they DO NOT follow the default conjugation rules. Time in which an action was done in the past. They are the verbs that follow the predetermined rules of conjugation. It is the person who performs an action 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) Learn only their conjugation rules. 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) Learn the whole verb 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 (caminAR, comER, vivIR). 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) The time in which an action is being performed is in the present (now). They are the pronouns that you must use together with the subject pronouns, to conjugate reflexive verbs. In Spanish the REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS are: ME, TE, SE, NOS, OS, SE. Example: Ella SE preparó con su ropa favorita para la fiesta. (She prepared herself with her favorite clothes for the party). Pronoun that represents the person who performs an action. (I, you, he, she, we, y´all, they). In Spanish: yo, tú, usted, él, ella, nosotros, nosotras, vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, ellos, ellas.