Madrigals Magic Key to Spanish (73 page)

THIRD MAN SINGULAR	FIRST PERSON PLURAL
habla	plus MOS	= hablamos
vende	plus MOS	= vendemos
compra	plus MOS	= compramos
vota	plus MOS	= votamos
va ( you, go )	plus MOS	= vamos ( we go )
está ( you are )	plus MOS	= estamos ( we are )

Remember, however, that the first person plural of IR verbs is IMOS (vivimos,
we live
).

1. Cover up all but the left-hand column.
   
2. Remove “ar,” “er,” or “ir” from the infinitives in the left-hand column.
   
3. Add the present tense endings to each verb.
   
4. Check your columns with those below.
   
5. READ ALOUD ALL THE COLUMNS BELOW, FIRMLY STRESSING THE HEAVY-TYPE LETTERS.
   

I	YOU	WE	THEY
habl a r	h a blo	h a bla	habl a mos	h a blan
compr a r	c o mpro	c o mpra	compr a mos	c o mpran
trabaj a r	trab a jo	trab a ja	trabaj a mos	trab a jan
bail a r	b a ilo	b a ila	bail a mos	b a ilan
visit a r	vis i to	vis i ta	visit a mos	vis i tan
llev a r	ll e vo	ll e va	llev a mos	ll e van
invit a r	inv i to	inv i ta	invit a mos	inv i tan