El presente

El objetivo: to recap how to form the present tense in Spanish

The Present Tense

We use the present tense when we are talking about

something which is happening now or which happens in

general.

Examples:• I drink• You go• He thinks• She eats• We dance• You buy• They run

To form this tense first we take the infinitive of the verb.

E.G. comprar (to buy) comer (to eat) vivir (to live)

This will either end in:ARERorIR

Then we chop off the ending and add one of the following (see next slide)

depending on whether it is an AR, ER or IR verb.

Person AR ER IR

I o o oYou (singular) as es es

He/she a e eWe amos emos imos

You (plural) áis éis ísThey an en en

Remember there are also some irregular verbs which do not follow this pattern.

Some of the common ones are: ser (to be), estar (to be), ir (to go), hacer (to do/to make),

tener (to have), querer (to want), poder (to be able) and decir (to say)

You have the present tense conjugations on the second page of your vocabulary book and should try to learn them off by

heart.

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How to form the present tense in Spanish for AR verbs (click the picture for the YouTube video)