Matching Pairs Grammar Basics for Spanish 3Online version Match the concepts with their definition. by Paola Aguilar 1 VERBO (Verb) 2 IRREGULAR VERBS (Verbos irregulares) 3 SUBJECT (Sujeto) 4 STEM in a verb. (Raíz en un verbo) 5 REFLEXIVE VERB (Verbo reflexivo) 6 ENDING in a verb. (Terminación en un verbo) 7 INFINITIVE VERBS (Verbos en infinitivo) 8 REGULAR VERBS (Verbos regulares) 9 PRETERITE or PAST TENSE (Pretérito o Tiempo Pasado) 10 PRESENT TENSE (Presente) 11 What should we do with the irregular verbs? 12 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS (Pronombres reflexivos) 13 SUBJECT PRONOUNS (Pronombres personales) 14 What should we do with regular verbs? 15 CONJUGATED VERB (Verbo conjugado) 16 GENDER and NUMBER (Género y número) Learn the whole verb conjugation. 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. Time in which an action was done in the past. It is the person who performs an action Learn only their conjugation rules. 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). 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) 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). In Spanish: yo, tú, usted, él, ella, nosotros, nosotras, vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, ellos, ellas. 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 (caminAR, comER, vivIR). The time in which an action is being performed is in the present (now). They are the special or rebellious verbs. These are different because they DO NOT follow the default conjugation rules. 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) Word that defines an action 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)
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