DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH VERB TENSES?
PRESENTE DE INDICATIVO
Verb tenses represent one of the weakest points for all Spanish learner. No need to say they are extemely important for speaking and understanding, if you don’t get them because they are too many and probably too weird... this is the right moment to understand them.
We are making an analysis of all tenses with valuable examples and a bit of humour, so you don’t get that bored with them.
Most of my students succeed in tenses once they understand this. In order to reduce space verb forms are not included in this article, if you need them this website may help you.
Spanish verbs are divided into three groups according to their ending in infinitive. The groups are –AR, -ER, -IR. To conjugate other verbs you can remember –or check on the link above- any verb with the same ending.
Regular Forms
Cantar Beber Vivir
Yo canto bebo vivo
Tú cantas bebes vives
Él canta bebe vive
Nosotros cantamos bebemos vivimos
Vosotros cantáis bebéis vivís
Ellos cantan beben viven
Presente de Indicativo
The present is NOT what we are doing now, but what we NORMALLY do or what it ALWAYS happen. It’s used to talk about routines and to describe things, and it refers to things that do not change.
España es bonita
(Spain is beautiful)
You don’t really expect something beautiful to change, do you? Any descriptions are made in present
Nosotros bebemos cerveza.
(We drink beer)
Humans tend to choose a drink in their adulthood and hold on to it for ages. That is a perfect example of the use of the Present.
No me gustan los gatos, pero me gusta tu gato.
(I don’t like cats, but I like your cat)
The verb “gustar” works differently as what you like is the subject of the sentence, so that means you conjugate the verb accordingly to that, and not to the speaker.
This is a Lingua–Franca article
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