Present Tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Usage: Expresses ongoing and habitual actions; general truths 1.what happens (She sings). 2.what does happen (She does sing). 3.what is happening (She is singing). 4.what will happen (near future) (She will sing).
Regular Verbs of the Present Tense Formation: 1.Drop the –ar, -er, or –ir ending from the infinitive to get the stem 2.Add the personal subject endings for each verb type
Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -AR verbs HABLAR (stem = habl) yo hablonosotros/as hablamos tú hablas él}ellos} ella} hablaellas} hablan Ud.}Uds.}
Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -ER Verbs COMER (stem = com) yo comonosotros/as comemos tú comes él}ellos} ella} comeellas} comen Ud.}Uds.}
Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -IR verbs VIVIR (stem = viv) yo vivonosotros/as vivimos tú vives él}ellos} ella} viveellas} viven Ud.}Uds.}
Present Tense: Irregular YO forms -GO verbs: (all other conjugations follow the rules) caer to fall caigo hacer to make;do hago poner to put pongo salir to leave salgo traer to bring traigo
Present Tense: Irregular YO forms Other –GO verbs: deshacerto undooponerto oppose rehacerto redo/remakeproponerto propose satisfacerto satisfysuponerto suppose componerto composecontraerto contract descomponer to decomposeatraerto attract valerto be worthdistraerto distract
Present Tense: Irregular YO forms caber to fitquepo saber to knowsé ver to seeveo
Present Tense: Irregular YO forms -ZCO verbs: (affects –cer & -cir verbs) conducir to driveconduzco conocer to knowconozco desaparecer to disappear desaparezco obedecer to obeyobedezco producir to produceproduzco reconocer to recognizereconozco
Present Tense: Irregular YO forms -JO verbs: (affects –ger and –gir verbs) g → j for preservation of sound dirigir to direct; manage dirijo escoger to chooseescojo exigir to demandexijo proteger to protectprotejo
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs These verbs may have one or more irregularities in the formation of the Present Tense dar to give doydamos das dadan
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs decir to say; tell digodecimos dices dicedicen
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs estar to be estoyestamos estás estáestán
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ir to go voyvamos vas vavan
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oír to hear oigooímos oyes oyeoyen
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ser to be soysomos eres esson
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs tener to have tengotenemos tienes tienetienen
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs venir to come vengovenimos vienes vienevienen
Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oler to smell hueloolemos hueles huelehuelen