1 Present Tense of Regular and Irregular Verbs

2 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).

3 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

4 Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -AR verbs HABLAR (stem = habl) yo hablonosotros/as hablamos tú hablas él}ellos} ella} hablaellas} hablan Ud.}Uds.}

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

6 Regular Verbs of the Present Tense -IR verbs VIVIR (stem = viv) yo vivonosotros/as vivimos tú vives él}ellos} ella} viveellas} viven Ud.}Uds.}

7 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

8 Present Tense: Irregular YO forms Other –GO verbs: deshacerto undooponerto oppose rehacerto redo/remakeproponerto propose satisfacerto satisfysuponerto suppose componerto composecontraerto contract descomponer to decomposeatraerto attract valerto be worthdistraerto distract

9 Present Tense: Irregular YO forms caber to fitquepo saber to knowsé ver to seeveo

10 Present Tense: Irregular YO forms -ZCO verbs: (affects –cer & -cir verbs) conducir to driveconduzco conocer to knowconozco desaparecer to disappear desaparezco obedecer to obeyobedezco producir to produceproduzco reconocer to recognizereconozco

11 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 chooseescojo exigir to demandexijo proteger to protectprotejo

12 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs These verbs may have one or more irregularities in the formation of the Present Tense dar to give doydamos das dadan

13 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs decir to say; tell digodecimos dices dicedicen

14 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs estar to be estoyestamos estás estáestán

15 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ir to go voyvamos vas vavan

16 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oír to hear oigooímos oyes oyeoyen

17 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs ser to be soysomos eres esson

18 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs tener to have tengotenemos tienes tienetienen

19 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs venir to come vengovenimos vienes vienevienen

20 Present Tense: Irregular Verbs oler to smell hueloolemos hueles huelehuelen