VERBOS REGULARES en el
PRESENTE de INDICATIVO
PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATIONS of
Regular –AR, –ER, and –IR verbs
Subject Pronouns
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él, ella, usted
Ellos, ellas, ustedes
Each subject area has a specific name
that you will need to be able to
recognize:
1st Person Singular 1st Person Plural
2nd Person Singular 2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Singular 3rd 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:
hablo
hablamos
hablas
habláis
habla
hablan
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:
como
comemos
comes
coméis
come
comen
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:
vivo
vivimos
vives
vivís
vive
viven
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 1st
Person Singular (Yo) Form and follow a pattern
-GO in the YO
Some irregular verbs in the present tense change
to –GO in the 1st Person Singular
Example: SALIR – to leave
salgo
salimos
sales
salís
sale
salen
-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
tengo
tienes
tiene
tenemos
tenéis
tienen
vengo
vienes
viene
venimos
venís
vienen
-OY in the YO
These irregular verbs change to –OY
in the 1st 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