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Title: THE PRESENT TENSE


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THE PRESENT TENSE
  • The present tense is used to describe what is
    happening now or what usually happens. It can
    also be used to refer to what you are about to do
    in the immediate future, and to make a polite
    request

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THE PERSONS DOING THE ACTION (PERSONAL PRONOUNS)
  • I yo
  • You (sing, familiar) tú
  • He/she/it/you polite él/ella/Usted
  • We nosotros/as
  • You (plural, familiar) vosotros/as
  • They (masc/fem.) ellos/ellas

3
Regular ar verbs, e.g. hablarto speak
  • habl o
  • habl as
  • habl a
  • habl amos
  • habl áis
  • habl an

4
Regular er verbs, e.g. comerto eat
  • Com o
  • Com es
  • Com e
  • Com emos
  • Com éis
  • Com en

5
Regular ir verbs, e.g. Vivirto live
  • Viv o
  • Viv es
  • Viv e
  • Viv imos
  • Viv ís
  • Viv en

6
Spelling change verbs and common irregular verbs
  • e ie
  • Querer to want
  • quiero queremos
  • quieres queréis
  • quiere quieren
  • Entender to understand pensar to think
    cerrar to close preferir to prefer and
    sentir to feel all follow the same pattern

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  • O ue
  • Poder to be able
  • puedo podemos
  • puedes podéis
  • puede pueden
  • Encontrar to find dormir to sleep volver
    to return llover to rain and mostrar to show
    all follow the same pattern

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  • e i
  • Pedir to ask for
  • Pido pedimos
  • Pides pedís
  • Pide piden
  • Corregir to correct seguir to follow and
    elegir to choose all follow the same pattern

9
  • u ue
  • Jugar to play
  • Juego jugamos
  • Juegas jugáis
  • Juega juegan

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1st person only spelling changes
  • Conocer/conozco I know (a person)
  • Saber/sé I know (a fact)
  • Dar/doy I give
  • Estar/estoy I am (location/state of being)
  • Hacer/hago I make/do
  • Poner/pongo I put
  • Salir/salgo I go out
  • Tener/tengo I have
  • Ver/veo I see

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More irregular present tense verbs
  • Decir to say
  • Digo decimos
  • Dices decís
  • Dice dicen
  • Ir to go
  • Voy vamos
  • Vas vais
  • Va van

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  • Oír to hear
  • Oigo oímos
  • Oyes oís
  • Oye oyen
  • Tener to have
  • Tengo tenemos
  • Tienes tenéis
  • Tiene tienen

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  • Venir to come
  • Vengo venimos
  • Vienes venís
  • Viene vienen
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