Regular –ar, –er, and –ir verbs
• The present tense (el presente) of regular verbs is formed by
• The present tense is used to express
• The present tense is also used to express
• Subject pronouns are
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Stem-changing verbs
• Some verbs have stem changes in the present tense.
• Jugar
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Construir, destruir, incluir, and influir have a
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Irregular yo forms
• Many –er and –ir verbs have irregular
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Verbs ending in –cer or –cir change to
• those ending in –ger or –gir change
• Several verbs have irregular –go endings,
• Verbs with prefixes follow these same patterns.
• Some verbs with irregular yo forms have stem changes as well.
Irregular verbs
• Other commonly used verbs in Spanish are irregular in the present tense or
combine a stem change with an irregular yo form or other spelling change.