The Language Learning Playground: Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative Mood: Present Tense: Regular IR Verbs

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With Interrogatives

¿Cuándo?

¿Cuándo decides?

When do you decide?

When are you deciding?

¿Cuándo interrumpe ella?

When does she interrupt?

¿Cuándo abro?

When do I open up?

When am I opening?

¿Por qué?

¿Por qué existo?

Why do I exist?

Why am I existing?

¿Por qué exhibimos?

Why are we exhibiting?

Why do we exhibit?

¿Por qué decide él ?

Why is he deciding?

Why does he get to decide?

Spanish Verb Conjugation: Indicative Mood: Present Tense

Regular IR Verbs

IR is the verb "to go" in Spanish .

OBJECTIVE:

Learn the third and final set of endings for regular verbs.

TASK:

Don't look back! Always focus ahead! Keep your eyes on the ball! ...

PERPLEXED?

Hey, I have delusions sometimes, too!

Why is it called a regular verb?

Regular verbs are called such because they follow a clear pattern without any exceptions or changes.

The ending gets dropped off (in this case the -ir), ... and endings get added on (see below), ... and off you go! Done! Finito! No problemo!

Uh, that's not real Spanish there, folks.

And when you view the "meanings" of each Spanish verb form, try to mix it all up in a bucket and realize that it's English that gives you multiple methods of stating the verb form. It's all the same in Spanish!

Like Sherlock would say: "Elementary, my dear ..."

These are some IR verbs:


	English	Deutsch
abrir	to open	öffnen, aufmachen
admitir	to admit	eingeben
cumplir	to finish, accomplish	fertigmachen
decidir	to decide	sich entschließen
exhibir	to exhibit	ausstellen, vorzeigen
existir	to exist	existieren
interrumpir	to interrupt	unterbrechen
ocurrir	to happen, occur	geschehen, passieren
omitir	to omit, leave out	weglassen, versäumen

What makes them -IR verbs ?

What do they have in common ?

To see the present tense conjugated forms of these verbs, click on a pronoun below:

YO	TÚ	ÉL	ELLA	USTED
NOSOTROS	VOSOTROS	ELLOS	ELLAS	USTEDES

Present tense: -IR verb conjugation

Yo form

To make this form, drop the -ir from the end of the infinitive and add -o to the stem.


Infinitive	Yo form	English equivalents			Deutsch
abrir	abro	I open	I do open	I am opening	ich öffne
admitir	admito	I admit	I do admit	I'm admitting	ich gebe zu
cumplir	cumplo	I complete	I do complete	I'm completing	ich fertige ab
decidir	decido	I decide	I do decide	I'm deciding	ich entscheide
exhibir	exhibo	I exhibit	I do exhibit	I am exhibiting	ich zeige
existir	existo	I exist	I do exist	I am existing	ich existiere
interrumpir	interrumpo	I interrupt	I do interrupt	I am interrupting	ich unterbreche
ocurrir	ocurro	I occur	I do occur	I am occurring	ich geschehe
omitir	omito	I omit	I do omit	I'm omitting	ich lasse weg

What do they have in common now ?

The stem (verb minus IR) tells you the action.

Using the o ending says I am doing this action, and it's going on NOW.

Each verb form in Spanish matches a specific pronoun, so Spanish doesn't need to use the pronoun.

That means: each of the conjugated forms you see says ALL of the given "meaning."

The YO is understood, because of the ending.

You don't need to say YO. If you do add the YO, it usually adds emphasis, saying I dooo ...

A look at other forms:

YO	TÚ	ÉL	ELLA	USTED
NOSOTROS	VOSOTROS	ELLOS	ELLAS	USTEDES

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Present tense: -IR verb conjugation

Tú form

To make this form, drop the -ir from the end of the infinitive and add -es to it.


Infinitive	Tú form	English equivalents			Deutsch
abrir	abres	you open	you do open	you're opening	du öffnest
admitir	admites	you admit	you do admit	you're admitting	du gibst ein
cumplir	cumples	you complete	you do complete	you're completing	du machst fertig
decidir	decides	you decide	you do decide	you're deciding	du entscheidest
exhibir	exhibes	you exhibit	you do exhibit	you're exhibiting	du zeigst
existir	existes	you exist	you do exist	you're existing	du existierst
interrumpir	interrumpes	you interrupt	you do interrupt	you're interrupting	du unterbrichst
ocurrir	ocurres	you occur	you do occur	you're occurring	du geschiehst
omitir	omites	you omit	you do omit	you're omitting	du läßt weg

What do they have in common now ?

The stem (verb minus IR) tells you the action.

The es ending says: you are doing it, and you´re doing it NOW.

Since each verb form follows a specific pronoun, Spanish doesn't always need to use the pronoun.

That means: each of the conjugated forms you see says ALL of the given "meaning."

The TÚ is understood, because of the ending.

You don't need to say TÚ. If you do add the TÚ, it usually adds emphasis, saying you dooo ...

A look at other forms:

YO	TÚ	ÉL	ELLA	USTED
NOSOTROS	VOSOTROS	ELLOS	ELLAS	USTEDES

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Present tense: -IR verb conjugation

Él form

To make this form, drop the -ir from the end of the infinitive and add -e to it.


Infinitive	Él form	English equivalents			Deutsch
abrir	abre	he opens	he does open	he is opening	er öffnet
admitir	admite	he admits	he does admit	he is admitting	er gibt zu
cumplir	cumple	he completes	he does complete	he is completing	er macht fertig
decidir	decide	he decides	he does decide	he is deciding	er entscheidet
exhibir	exhibe	he exhibits	he does exhibit	he is exhibiting	er zeigt
existir	existe	he exists	he does exist	he is existing	er existiert
interrumpir	interrumpe	he interrupts	he does interrupt	he is interrupting	er unterbricht
ocurrir	ocurre	he occurs	he does occur	he is occurring	er geschieht
omitir	omite	he omits	he does omit	he is omitting	er läßt weg

What do they have in common now ?

The stem (verb minus IR) tells you the action.

The e ending can tell you that he is doing it, and he's doing it NOW.

Since these forms are used for 3 different pronouns, the subject MUST be defined.

That means: you have to provide the ÉL, ELLA or USTED just the first time through.

Once it has been clarified WHO is doing the action, then you don't need the pronoun any more.

You don't need to say ÉL every time you use this verb form. If you do, it usually adds emphasis, saying he doooes ...

A look at other forms:

YO	TÚ	ÉL	ELLA	USTED
NOSOTROS	VOSOTROS	ELLOS	ELLAS	USTEDES

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Present tense: -IR verb conjugation

Ella form

To make this form, drop the -ir from the end of the infinitive and add -e to it.


Infinitive	Ella form	English equivalents			Deutsch
abrir	abre	she opens	she does open	she is opening	sie öffnet
admitir	admite	she admits	she does admit	she is admitting	sie gibt zu
cumplir	cumple	she completes	she does complete	she is completing	sie macht fertig
decidir	decide	she decides	she does decide	she is deciding	sie entscheidet
exhibir	exhibe	she exhibits	she does exhibit	she is exhibiting	sie zeigt
existir	existe	she exists	she does exist	she is existing	sie existiert
interrumpir	interrumpe	she interrupts	she does interrupt	she is interrupting	sie unterbricht
ocurrir	ocurre	she occurs	she does occur	she is occurring	sie geschieht
omitir	omite	she omits	she does omit	she is omitting	sie läßt weg

What do they have in common now ?

The stem (verb minus IR) tells you the action.

The e ending can tell you that she is doing it, and he's doing it NOW.

Since these forms are used for 3 different pronouns, the subject MUST be defined.

That means: you have to provide the ÉL, ELLA or USTED just the first time through.

Once it has been clarified WHO is doing the action, then you don't need the pronoun any more.

You don't need to say ELLA every time you use this verb form. If you do, it usually adds emphasis, saying she doooes ...

A look at other forms:

YO	TÚ	ÉL	ELLA	USTED