18 Sep, 2009 in
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Julio Foppoli
THE SIMPLE PRESENT – EL PRESENTE
The situations in which you use this tense are the same both in English as in Spanish. Consequently, we are going to see some examples and we are not going to concentrate on when or when not to use this tense as you will do it intuitively if you native language is English. This tense, EL PRESENTE, is used when you say sentences such as…
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I work every day. |
Trabajo todos los días. |
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You are working now. |
Tú trabajas ahora |
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She needs my help. |
Necesita mi ayuda. |
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The earth is round. |
La tierra es redonda. |
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The plane leaves at 6 tomorrow. |
El avión parte mañana a las 6. |
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How to form EL PRESENTE in 3 easy steps
| 1 Take the verb in the infinitive form… | trabajar | comer | partir | |||
| 2 Drop the infinitive ending… | trabaj- | com- | part- | |||
| 3 Add the present form ending… |
(this ending varies depending on the person) |
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| Yo | trabajo | como | parto | |||
| Tú | trabajas | comes | partes | |||
| Usted – Él – Ella | trabaja | come | parte | |||
| Nosotros | trabajamos | comemos | partimos | |||
| Vosotros |  |
trabajáis | coméis | partís | ||
| Ustedes |  |
trabajan | comen | parten | ||
| Ellos | trabajan | comen | parten | |||
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Now it is your turn! |
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| Conjugate the verbs in all the persons. | ||||||
| (caminar) | (beber) | (vivir) | ||||
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| Usted – Él – Ella | ||||||
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Published on 18 Sep, 2009 in
Uncategorized by
Julio Foppoli