LESSON NOTES

Verb Conjugation #3
The Present Tense and Timeless Truths

CONTENTS

Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Grammar
Cultural insight

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VOCABULARY

Spanish English Class Gender

amar to love verb

comer to eat verb

partir to leave verb

triángulo tirangle noun masculine

geometría geometry noun feminine

uso usage, use noun masculine

atemporal atemporal adjective

verdad truth noun feminine

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Te amo. Ya quiero comer.

"I love you." "I want to eat now."

¿Cuándo partimos? Un triángulo tiene tres lados.

"When do we leave?" "A triangle has three sides."

No me gusta la geometría. Los verbos españoles tienen muchos usos.

"I don't like geometry." "Spanish verbs have many usages."

El tiempo presente del modo indicativo puede Te digo la verdad. No te miento.

expresar una verdad atemporal.
"I'm telling you the truth. I'm not lying."
"The present tense of the indicative mood can
express an atemporal truth."

GRAMMAR
In today's lesson, we learned that to form regular verbs in all three conjugations (the first, second and
third), all we need to do is remove the ending from the infinitive and add the personal ending for each
verb.

We also learned that the only two places in which the third conjugation differs from the second are in
the first and second persons in the plural.

Below, you'll find the three paradigms that we covered for today, one from each conjugation.

First Conjugation: amar (to love)

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Singular Plural

yo amo nosotros amamos

(I love) (we love)

tú amas vosotros amáis

(you love) (you all love)

él ama ellos aman

(he loves) (they love)

ella ama ellas aman

(she loves) (they love)

usted ama ustedes aman

(you loves) (you all love)

Second Conjugation: comer (to eat)

Singular Plural

yo como nosotros comemos

(I eat) (we eat)

tú comes vosotros coméis

(you eat) (you all eat)

él come ellos comen

(he eat) (they eat)

ella come ellas comen

(she eat) (they eat)

usted come ustedes comen

(you eat) (you all eat)

Third Conjugation: partir (to leave)

Singular Plural

yo parto nosotros partimos

(I leave) (we leave)

tú partes vosotros partís

(you leave) (you all leave)

él parte ellos parten

(he leaves) (they leave)

ella parte ellas parten

(she leaves) (they leave)

usted parte ustedes parten

(you leaves) (you all leave)

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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In today's lesson, we looked at the Present Tense of the Indicative Mood, when it's used to express
truths that aren't bound by time. A common example of this usage comes up in mathematics equations.
For example, "un triángulo tiene tres lados (a triangle has three sides), where "tiene" (has) is the verb
we're concerned with. Now, it's important to remember that the Present Tense has many other usages
as well. In this lesson, we've begun with the simplest usage. As we continue with this series, we'll study
the other usages of the Present, as well as those of other tenses.

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