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Topic 2 Present Tense Irregular Verbs

Los verbos irregulares

Present Tense Endings

A table that displays irregular verb present tense endings.
Pronoun -ar -er -ir
*YO -o -o -o
tú -as -es -es
Ud./él/ella -a -e -e
nosotros -amos -emos -imos
Uds./ellos/as -an -en -en

 

Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense

An irregular verb, while in its infinitive form, might look like a regular verb, when conjugated into a person or tense, the presence of a “g” or a “y” when conjugated, but only in the first person singular.

Estar(to be)

A table that displays subject pronouns and how they are used with the irregular verb “Estar”.
Yo estoy bien.
Tú estás bien.
Ud./él/ella está bien.
Nosotros estamos bien.
Uds./ellos/as están bien.

 

Salir(to go out)

A table that displays subject pronouns and how they are used with the irregular verb “Salir”.
Yo salgo temprano de la clase.
Tú sales temprano de la clase.
Ud./él/ella sale temprano de la clase.
Nosotros salimos temprano de la clase.
Uds./ellos/as salen temprano de la clase.
  • Other common irregular verbs with a “g” in the yo form:
    • hacer (to do, make)     yo hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacen
    • poner (to put)               yo pongo, pones, pone, ponemos, ponen
    • traer (to bring)            yo traigo, traes, trae, traemos, trae
  • Ser (to be) and Ir (to go) are irregular verbs not only on the yo form, but on all other forms as well;

 

A table that shows pronoun forms and how they are used with “Ser” and “Ir”.
Pronoun Ser (to be) Ir (to go)
Yo soy voy
Tú eres vas
Ud./él/ella es va
Nosotros somos vamos
Uds./ellos/as son van

 

  • Most verbs that end in a vowel + -cer, c changes to zc, in the yo form.
    • agradecer (to thank)     yo agradezco, agradeces, agradece, agradecemos, agradecen
    • conocer (to know)          yo conozco, conoces, conoce, conocemos, conocen
    • crecer (to grow)              yo crezco, creces, crece, crecemos, crecen
    • obedecer (to obey)         yo obedezco, obedeces, obedece, obedecemos, obedecen
    • ofrecer (to offer)            yo ofrezco, ofreces, ofrece, ofrecemos, ofrecen
    • paracer (to seem)         yo parezco, pareces, parece, parecemos, parecen
  • Verbs that end in -ucir have the -zco in the yo form ending as well.
    • conducir (to drive)        yo conduzco, conduces, conduce, conducimos, conducen
    • producir (to produce)  yo produzco, produces, produce, producimos, producen
    • reducir (to reduce)       yo reduzco, reduces, reduce, reducimos, reducen
    • traducir (to translate) yo traduzco, traduces, traduce, traducimos, traducen

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