VERBOS REGULARES en el PRESENTE de INDICATIVO PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATIONS of Regular –AR, –ER, and –IR verbs Subject Pronouns YoNosotros TúVosotros Él, ella, ustedEllos, ellas, ustedes

Each subject area has a specific name that you will need to be able to recognize: 1 st Person Singular1 st Person Plural 2 nd Person Singular2 nd Person Plural 3 rd Person Singular3 rd Person Plural

In order to conjugate an –AR verb in the present tense (HABLAR – to speak), take off the –AR and add these endings to the verb stem: hablohablamos hablashabláis hablahablan

In order to conjugate an –ER verb in the present tense (COMER – to eat), take off the –ER and add these endings to the verb stem: comocomemos comescoméis comecomen

In order to conjugate an –IR verb in the present tense (VIVIR – to live), take off the –IR and add these endings to the verb stem: vivovivimos vivesvivís viveviven

VERBOS IRREGULARES en el PRESENTE de INDICATIVO IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PRESENT TENSE Verbs that do not follow the regular pattern of – AR, – ER, and –IR endings are called IRREGULAR VERBS. The endings for these verbs must be MEMORIZED. BAD NEWS: Many of the most commonly used verbs are irregular. GOOD NEWS: Many are irregular ONLY in the 1 st Person Singular (Yo) Form and follow a pattern

-GO in the YO salgosalimos salessalís salesalen Some irregular verbs in the present tense change to –GO in the 1 st Person Singular Example: SALIR – to leave

-GO in the YO cont’d Observe the following conjugations: HACER – to make or do Hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen PONER – to put or place Pongo, pones, pone, ponemos, ponéis, ponen TRAER – to bring Traigo, traes, trae, traemos, traéis, traen DECIR – to say Digo, dices, dice, decimos, decís, dicen

-GO in the YO cont’d TENER – to have and VENIR – to come tengotenemos tienestenéis tienetienen vengovenimos vienesvenís vienevienen

-OY in the YO These irregular verbs change to –OY in the 1 st Person Singular IR – to go Voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van ESTAR – to be (location or temporary mood) Estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están DAR – to give Doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan SER – to be (inherent traits or permanent characteristics) Soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son

-ZCO in the YO and the verb SABER PRODUCIR – to produce produzco, produces, produce, producimos, producís, producen CONDUCIR – to drive* conduzco, conduces, conduce, conducimos, conducís, conducen *The verb MANEJAR is more commonly used in Latin America CONOCER – to meet, to be familiar with, to know people conozco, conoces, conoce, conocemos, conocéis, conocen SABER – to know facts or information Sé, sabes, sabe, sabemos, sabéis, saben