El espanol

Forma 3

El presente

What is the present tense?

The present tense are habitual actions that are happening in the present tense

Time expression are used to say when or how often the actions takes place

Examples

 Reanna and I sing in the church everyday here every day is the time expression
 Javil studies Spanish once in a while once in a while is the time expression

Time expressions in the present tense

 Everyday/every morning/every night/every afternoon

 Always
 Once in a while
 Sometimes
 Often
 Never
 Every year/every Monday/every month/every week/every weekend etc
 Daily
 Each day/year/month etc

What is the infinitve of a verb? In English the infitinive of a verb is shown whenever the verb starts with
(to) for example: to drink, to walk, to see, etc

Verbs can either be regular or irregular

Regular verbs maintain their stem however irregular verbs does not maintain their stem

What is a stem? A stem is the reminder of a verb before being conjugated

What is a conjugation? A conjugation is the breakdown of a verb for each subject pronoun

Example

Trabajar means to work, in Spanish the infinitive of a verb is shown at the end of the verb, here the
infinitive is ar. whereas in English you have it at the beginning (to)
In Spanish there are three types of conjugation of verbs, those who’s infinitive end with in ar an er and ir

ar ER ir
yo-o yo-o yo-o
tu-as tu-es tu-es
el a el e el e
ella a ella e ella e
usted a usted e usted e
nosotros emos nosotros emos nosotros imos
ellos an ellos en ellos en
ellas an ellas en ellas en
ustedes an ustedes an ustedes an

Now, in other to conjugate a verb in Spanish this is how you do it

First thing you do is that you remove the ending, either er, ir or ar

For example hablar means to speak, to conjugate this verb you remove the ar what you being left with is
the steam habl then you add the ending which correspond to the subject pronoun

He speaks in class everyday, here the subject pronoun is he, so to habl you add an a so that will be

El habla en la clase todos los días

Conjugations

viajar- to travel comer – to eat vivir- to live

viaj- steam
yo viajo
tu viajas
el viaja- he travels
ella viaja- she travel
usted viaja- you polite travel
nosotros viajamos- we travel
ellos/ellas viajan- they travel
ustedes viajan- you all travel
com- stem viv- steam
yo como- i eat yo vivo- i live
tu comes- you eat tu vives- you live
el come- he eats el vive- he lives
ella come-she eats ella vive- she lives
usted come- you polite eat usted vive- you polite live
nosotros comemos- we eat nosotros vivimos- we live
ellos/ellas comen- they eat ellos/ellas viven- they live
ustedes comen- you all eat ustedes viven- you all live

I travel to Canada she eats cake everyday we live in Grand Roy

Yo viajo a canada ella come torta todos los días nosotros vivimos en grand roy

Now conjugate this three on your own using the example above ( ayudar, aprender, asistir)
Here are some common verbs

Ar er ir

Planchar- to iron comprender- to understand subir- to climb up/to get up

Bailar- to dance barrer- to sweep escribir- to write

Limpiar- to clean vender- to sell abrir- to open

Hablar- to talk beber- to drink recibir- to receive

Desayunar- to eat breakfast leer- to read cumplir- to comply

Comprar- to buy ver- to see interrumpir- to interrupt

Pintar- to paint correr- to run divider- to divide

Mirar- to watch/see

Visitar- to visit

Buscar- to look for

Llegar- to arrive

Escuchar- to listen

 Yo visito a mi abuela todos los días ar

 Ella escucha la música todas las noches

 El ve la película cada dia

er
 Yo bebo agua diaramente

 Yo escribo una carta ir

 Shane recibe dinero todas las semanas
Irregular verbs

Pedir changes the e to an i

Tiene changes the e to an ie

Jugar changes the u to an ue

Poder changes the o to an ue

NB there are many other irregular verbs but these are just few of them

Pedir- to beg/ ask for poder- to be able jugar- to play

Yo pido yo puedo yo juego

Tu pides tu puedes tu juegas

El pide el puede el juega

Ella pide ella pide ella juega

Usted pide usted pide usted juega

Nosotros pedimos nosotros podemos nosotros jugamos

Ustedes piden ustedes piden ustedes juegan

Ellos/ellas piden ellos/ellas piden ellos/ellas juegan

 Yo juego futbol todas las tardes (i play footbal every afternoon)

 Nosotros pedimos una caja( we ask for a box)
 Ella puede caminar( she is able to walk)
Go go verbs

Go go verbs are verbs that end with go in the first person

Examples

Tener

Venir

Salir

Poner

Tener venir salir venir

Yo tengo yo vengo yo salgo yo vengo

Tu tienes tu vienes tu sales tu vienes

El tiene el viene el sale el viene

Ella tiene ella viene ella sale ella viene

Usted tiene usted viene usted sale usted viene

Nosotros tenemos nosotros venimos nosotros salimos nosotros venimos

Ellos/ellas tienen ellos/ellas vienen ellos/ellas vienen ellos/ellas viene

Ustedes tienen ustedes vienen ustedes vienen ustedes vienen