ellos - they
ellas - they (the girls)
Paco y David (2+ names)
Mi tío y su hermano (2+ people)
Los estudiantes (plural noun referring to more than 1 person)
Los perros (plural noun referring to more than 1 thing)
¿Quiénes? Who all?
add AN to the stem
add EN to the stem
Los niños no comen sus verduras. The children don't eat their vegetables.
Mi padre y mi madre trabajan mucho. My father and mother work a lot.
Son novios pero no comparten nada. They're dating but they don't share anything.
Use this video to practice regular AR verbs. Then, apply the same strategy to ER and IR verbs, except use the letter E instead of A in the endings.
Conjugate the verbs into the they form. Translate each sentence into English.
1. Las pizzas no (saber) bien.
2. Las chicas no se (conocer).
3. Los estudiantes (ir) a la clase de español. Remember that IR gets the new stem V
4. Los Garcia (vivir) en Alabaster.
5. ¿Quiénes (necesitar) ayuda?
Mix up the forms! You have learned the Yo, Él/Ella and the Ellos forms of verbs. Decide which form is the best for each sentence and correctly conjugate each verb.
1. Yo no (presentar) a mis amigos a mis padres.
2. Susana (leer) novelas gráficas.
3. Los tres amigos (compartir) todo.
4. ¿Quién (sacar) la basura en tu casa?
5. ¿Quiénes (tomar) apuntes?
6. Write a unique sentence about what more than 1 person does.
You know that necesitar means "to need" and that it changes into
Yo necesito, él necesita, ella necesita, ellos necesitan, ellas necesitan
You know that deber means "to owe" and "should" and that it changes into
Yo debo, él debe, ella debe, ellos deben, ellas deben
You know that ir means "to go" and you might have caught on that it changes into
yo voy, él va, ella va, ellos van, ellas van
What do we do with the 2nd verb if we want to say
I need to eat
I should eat
I am going to eat
Make predictions. Write how you think the above would be written.
When we squish two verbs together into 1 idea, we only conjugate the first one! The second will stay infinitive.
Yo necesito ir al baño. I need to go to the bathroom.
Ella necesita practicar su español. She needs to practice her Spanish.
Él necesita vender su casa. He needs to sell his house.
Ellos necesitan visitar a su abuela. They need to visit their grandma.
Debo llorar ahora. Adiós. I must cry now. Bye.
Santiago debe terminar su proyecto hoy. Santiago should finish his homework today.
Josefina debe correr más. Josefina should run more.
¿Quiénes deben cantar en la boda? Who all should sing at the wedding?
Ir is irregular. Memorize the yo form is VOY. Then, memorize that the present tense stem is V. Lastly, use AR verb endings to say who is going.