This document provides an overview of Spanish verb conjugations. It discusses: 1) Regular "ar, er, ir" verb endings for the present tense. 2) Irregular verb endings for ser, ir, tener, estar, poner, and saber. Mnemonic devices are provided to help remember them. 3) Additional irregular verb groups ending in "y", "j", "i", and their unique conjugations. 4) A scoreboard summarizing some common irregular verbs and their changes in the 3rd person singular and 1st person forms. Mnemonics are also included.

1. The Fuyji
Presentation
By: Dominique Turner

2. Zorro Endings
Home Base
e AR ER/IR
iste é í
aste iste
o ó ió
imos amos imos Ver- to see
Dar- to give
ieron aron ieron
•This is the easy part, they are regular endings
•Ver want to see, what dar had to give

3. Ver/Dar
Ver Dar
Vi Di
Viste Diste
Vio Dio
Vimos Dimos
Vieron Dieron
•Ver wanted to see, what dar wanted to give
•There are no accents

4. The F
•Verbs are Ir and Ser
•Unique Endings
•REMEMBER: I Go to Be Unique
•Say “FU” to the teacher
• There are no accents Ser/Ir
Fui
F U !!! Fuiste
Fue
Fuimos
Fueron

5. The U
UV U
Tener to have Tuv Saber to know Sup
Andar to walk Anduv Poder to be able to Pud
to
Estar to be Estuv Poner to put Pus
•Zorro Endings
•TO REMEMBER UV: I have to walk to be skinny
•TO REMEMBER U: You know you are able to
put on clothes

6. The Y
★Home base endings
★Verbs: Creer, oir, caer, and leer
★REMEMBER THIS: Mr. Jones believed he
could hear Mrs. Jones fall while reading a book.
★i goes to y in 3rd person
EXAMPLE: Oió goes to oyó

7. The J
Has Zorro Endings
Verbs are Decir & Traer
REMEMBER: I told Mrs.
Wright to bring my grade up.
•Starts as: Dij and Traj
•ieron goes to eron in 3rd
person plural
Example: Trajieron to Trajeron

8. The I
Zorro Endings
Verbs: Venir, Querer, and Hacer
REMEMBER: I went to the
grape vine to get a quis (kiss),
and got a hickey.
Prefixes are: Vin, Quis, Hic
Ex. Vine, Viniste, Vino...
Hico goes to Hizo in third
person singular.

9. Scoreboard
3rd Person 1st Person
E-I O-U Zar-C Car-Qu Gar-Gu
1.Pedir-to 1.Morir- to 1.Empezar- 1.Buscar- to 1.Llegar-to
ask for die to start look for arrive
2.Servir-to 2.dormir-to 2.Comenzar- 2.Tocar- to 2.Jugar-to
sleep play (an
serve to begin instrument)
play (a sport)
Ex: morieron
Ex: pedió goes to Ex: empezé Ex: tocé goes Ex: jugé goes
goes to pidió murieron goes to to toqué to jugué
empecé
ALL HAVE HOME BASE ENDINGS

10. How to Remember 3rd
Person
3rd Person
E-I O-U
1.Pedir-to ask for 1.Morir- to die
2.Servir-to serve 2.dormir-to sleep
REMEMBER: A E I O U, but no A
I asked for you to serve, but you died in your
sleep
Pedió goes to Pidió

11. How to Remember 1st
Person
1st Person
Zar-C Car-Qu Gar-Gu
1.Empezar- to 1.Buscar- to 1.Llegar-to
start look for arrive
2.Comenzar- 2.Tocar- to 2.Jugar-to
to begin play (an play (a sport)
instrument)
I started to begin looking for an instrument to
play, but I arrived at the game playing football
Example: Empezé to Empecé

12. The End