Present Tense of –IR Verbs The present tense of regular –ir verbs is formed by dropping infinitive ending –ir and adding the personal endings –o, -es, -e, -imos, -en. The present tense has the following meanings in English: Usted viveyou live, youre living, you do live ellos viventhey live, theyre living, they do live
Lets use the word escribir escribir means to write You would remove the ir and replace it with o, es, e, imos, en as appropriate. yo escribo túescribes él/ella/ud.escribe nosotrosescribimos ellos/ellas/uds.escriben
Lets use the word descubrir descubrir means to discover You would remove the er and replace it with o, es, e, emos, en as appropriate. yo descubro túdescubres él/ella/ud.descubre nosotrosdescubrimos ellos/ellas/uds.descubren