Estructura 3.3 -er and -ir verbs

You will learn:

• The present tense of regular -er and -ir verbs.

• Some high frequency regular -er and -ir verbs.

1. How do family and family relationships vary across culture?

2. How do people identify themselves in relationship to their other family members?

3. How do family interactions in the U.S. compare to those in other countries.

• In Lección 2, you learned regular -ar verbs in their present tense.

• You also learned about verb forms which change to show who is performing the action.

• Up next: Regular -er and -ir verb endings.

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 -Er and -ir verbs have very similar endings.

*Study the chart on the previous slide to see the patterns that make it easier for you to use
them to communicate in Spanish.

​ Like -ar verbs, the yo forms of -er and -ir end in o.

Yo como.

Yo escribo.

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¡Vamos a practicar en las pizarras!

• ​I will say and write the infinitive verb on this board.

• I will also say which form I want you to write.
  
  Example:

• Correr

• yo form
  

You will write . . .