1 Present tense

2 Regular ar, er and ir AR: o, as, a, amos, áis, an ER: o, es, e, emos, éis, en IR: o, es, e, imos, ís, en Habla, vives, come, bailamos, etc

3 Irregular yo forms Some verbs are regular everywhere but in the yo form Ver: veo saber: sé Some verbs have a yo form that ends in – go Vengo, tengo, pongo, salgo, hago, digo, oigo, traigo

4 Verbs that end in vowel/cer or vowel/cir Verbs with a vowel before cer and cir add a z in the yo form only Conocer: conozco (conoces, conoce..) Conducir: conduzco (conduces, conduce) Merecer, traducir, parecer, producir Merezco, traduzco, parezco, produzco

5 Verbs that end in uir (but NOT guir) Verbs that end in –uir conjugate in a similar way to oír: that is, they add a y in all forms but nosotros and vosotros Oír (oigo) oyes, oye, oímos, oís, oyen Huir: huyo, huyes, huye, huimos huis, huyen Distribuir: distribuye, distribuyes, distribuye Distribuimos, distribuis, distribuyen

6 Irregular verbs some verbs are irregular and must be memorized Ser: soy, eres, es, somos sois, son Ir: voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van Dar; doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan Estar; estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están

7 Verbs with root words Some verbs have root words in common verbs and will be conjugated with the same irregularities: they are also cognates for some common English verbs Tener(tain): mantiene, contiene, obtiene Poner (pose) compongo, supone, impone Traer (tract) atraigo, contrae, distraen Venir: (vene) interviene, conviene

8 Comer-Uds comen

9 Lucir-yo luzco

10 Influir-tú influyes

11 Hacer-yo hago

12 Merecer-tú mereces

13 Mantener-ella mantiene

14 Componer-yo compongo

15 Convenir-ellos convienen

16 Reducir-yo reduzco

17 Concluir-nosotros concluimos

18 Salir-ellos salen

19 Producir-ella produce

20 Huir-yo huyo

21 Ser-tú eres

22 Saber-yo sé