El Presente By: Ashley Poindexter and Samantha Migliori

-ar verb endings o as a Example: Hablar- to speak hablo hablas habla amos áis an hablamos habláis hablan

-er verb endings o es e Example: Comer- to eat como comes come emos éis en comemos coméis comen

-ir verb endings o es e Example: Escribir- to write escribo escibes escribe have the same verb endings as er verbs except for the 1 st and 2 nd person plural imos ís en escribimos escribís escriben

Stem-Changing Verbs Some verbs change from u to ue like in jugar Some verbs change from e to ie like in tener and venir With u to ue, only the 1 st and 2 nd person plural do not change from u to ue With e to ie, the 1 st person singular and plural and 2 nd person plural do not change from e to ie

Stem-Changing Verbs Examples Jugar- to play juego juegas juega Tener- to have tengo tienes tiene Venir is conjugated the same way as tener except with a v instead of a t and –imos instead of -emos jugamos jugáis juegan tenemos tenéis tienen

Irregular Verbs Ir- to go voy vas va As you can see, ir changes to a v when it is conjugated. vamos vais van There is no accent on the second person plural.

Irregulars Ser- to be soy eres es The 2nd and 3r d person singular begin with an e. somos sois son There is no accent on the 2 nd person plural.

Ver- to see veo ves ve 1 st person ending is “eo”, not “o”. vemos veis ven

Irregulars Some irregular verbs change only in the 1 st person singular forms of the present tense like: estar hacer saber salir

Examples Estar in the 1 st person singular is estoy and has accents on all of the forms except for 1 st person singular and plural Hacer is hago in the 1 st person singular Saber is sé in the 1 st person singular Salir in the 1 st person singular is salgo

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