The Present - Regular Verbs

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The present tense is used in two cases:

 

1)      When you want to talk about something that is happening now.

2)    When you want to talk about something that happens on a regular basis.

 

The present tense of regular verbs is easy to form.  You take the verb in the infinitive (ending AR / ER / IR), take off the AR / ER or IR ending and add on the endings according to whom you want to talk about to the stem.

 

Here are the endings (in capitals):

 

HABLAR	VIVIR	COMER
HablO	VivO	ComO
HablAS	VivES	ComES
HablA	VivE	ComE
HablAMOS	VivIMOS	ComEMOS
HablÁIS	VivÍS	ComÉIS
HablAN	VivEN	ComEN

 

Por ejemplo

 

Yo hablo español                        -        I speak Spanish

Ana vive en Madrid                    -        Ana lives in Madrid

Mis amigos comen cereales          -        My friends eat cereals

 

 

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