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1001 WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS The Anatomy of Spanish Verbs
In English verbs are single words (usually) that tell us what is happening. In order to know who is making things happen and when it happens we add more words (I, you he, we, will, did etc.). In Spanish what, who, and when are all built into the verb form.
The verbs given here are in the dictionary form. The dictionary form always ends with “r.” If you need to look up a verb in the dictionary this is what you must look for. The dictionary form is often called an infinitive.
The first part of the verb (in red here) tells what the action is. If you know the meaning of the first part of any verb you can know what is happening even if you don’t know who and when. The ending is the last two letters. The ending tells us who is causing the action and when ; and, it identifies the verb with a group. It is important to know which class or group (-a, -e, or –i) a verb belongs to in order to know which set of endings fit that verb.
The first part of the verb (in red here) tells what the action is. If you know the meaning of the first part of any verb you can know what is happening even if you don’t know who and when. The ending is the last two letters. The ending tells us who is causing the action and when ; and, it identifies the verb with a group. It is important to know which class or group (-a, -e, or –i) a verb belongs to in order to know which set of endings fit that verb.
