The Present Tense
- Created by: SophiaRH
- Created on: 17-04-18 19:18
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- The Present Tense
- To form verbs in the present tense, remover the ending (ar, er or ir) and add an ending (for regular verbs)
- AR -o -as -a -amos -áis -an
- ER -o -es -e -emos -éis -en
- IR -o -es -e -imos -ís -en
- Irregular verbs in the present tense
- Radical changing verbs
- A radical changing verb changes the spelling in the present tense
- e>ie
- o/u>ue
- All the verbs do this apart from the NOSOTROS form and the VOSOTROS form
- Common irregulars
- IR (to go) -voy -vas -va -vamos -vais -van
- SABER (to know something) -sé -sabes -sabe -sabemos -sabéis -saben
- DAR (to give) -doy -das -da -damos -dais -dan
- HACER (to do) -hago -haces -hace -hacemos -hacéis -hacen
- Radical changing verbs
- Ser and estar in the present tense
- Ser
- Use ser for permenant things
- Nationalities
- Name/who someone is in relation to you
- Jobs
- Physical appearance
- Personality
- SER (to be) -soy -eres -es -somos -sois -son
- Use ser for permenant things
- Estar
- Use ester for temporary things and locations
- Talk about things that might change in the future
- Where something is
- ESTAR(to be) -estoy -estás -está -estamos -estáis están
- Use ester for temporary things and locations
- Ser
- Present continuous
- To form the present continuous, you need the correct part of estar in the present tense and the present participle of the verb
- For an AR verb, take of the ending and add 'ando' to make the gerund
- ESTAR(to be) -estoy -estás -está -estamos -estáis -están
- For an ER or IR verb, take off the ending and add 'iendo' to make the gerund
- Irregular verbs
- caer> caYENDO
- leer> leYENDO
- oir> oYENDO
- construír>construYENDO
- servir> sirvIENDO
- pedir> pidIENDO
- morir> murIENDO
- decir> dicIENDO
- To form verbs in the present tense, remover the ending (ar, er or ir) and add an ending (for regular verbs)
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