Present Tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs Present

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 hablo tú hablas él} ella} habla Ud. } nosotros/as hablamos ellos} ellas} hablan Uds. }

Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -ER Verbs COMER (stem = com) yo como nosotros/as comemos tú comes él} ellos} ella} come ellas} comen Ud. } Uds. }

Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -IR verbs VIVIR (stem = viv) yo vivo nosotros/as vivimos tú vives él} ellos} ella} vive ellas} 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: deshacer rehacer satisfacer componer descomponer valer to undo to redo/remake to satisfy to compose to decompose to be worth oponer proponer suponer contraer atraer distraer to oppose to propose to suppose to contract to attract to distract

Present Tense: Irregular YO forms caber to fit quepo saber to know sé ver veo to see

Present Tense: Irregular YO forms -ZCO verbs: (affects –cer & -cir verbs) conducir to drive conduzco conocer to know conozco desaparecer to disappear desaparezco obedecer to obey obedezco producir to produce produzco reconocer to recognize reconozco

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 choose escojo exigir to demand exijo to protect protejo proteger

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs These verbs may have one or more irregularities in the formation of the Present Tense dar to give doy damos da dan

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs decir to say; tell digo decimos dicen

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs estar to be estoy estamos están

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ir to go voy vamos va van

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oír to hear oigo oímos oye oyen

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ser to be soy somos eres es son

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs tener to have tengo tenemos tienen

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs venir to come vengo venimos vienen

Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oler to smell huelo olemos huelen