Spanish present tense (el presente)

Building the present tense:

You take a Spanish verb and identify to which of the three verb classes it belongs.
Then you take away the infinitive ending (-ar, -er or -ir) to find the verb stem and add the correct ending according to singular or plural and the person.

The following table shows you the pattern for all three verb classes:

Synopsis: verb pattern for Spanish present tense
	-ar verbs	-er verbs	-ir verbs
1^st pers sg	-o	-o	-o
2^nd pers sg	-as	-es	-es
3^rd pers sg	-a	-e	-e
1^st pers pl	-amos	-emos	-imos
2^nd pers pl	-áis	-éis	-ís
3^rd pers pl	-an	-en	-en

Now it’s time to put this theory into action:
The following table shows you three examples for regular verbs in the present tense.

Example: Spanish present tense
	-ar verbs	-er verbs	-ir verbs
yo	hablo	como	vivo
tú	hablas	comes	vives
él ella usted	habla	come	vive
nosotros nosotras	hablamos	comemos	vivimos
vosotros vosotras	habláis	coméis	vivís
ellos ellas ustedes	hablan	comen	viven

💡 For example:
Ana estudia en España. – Ana studies in Spain.
El sábado comemos siempre en el restaurante. – On Sundays we always eat at the restaurant.

Now, it’s your time to shine.
Build the present tense for the following verbs and translate them into English:
pensar / pagar / beber / correr / salir / decidir

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