Present Indicative or Presente de Indicativo


The first and main tense

 

Here is the Present Indicative or "Presente de Indicativo". This is the tense used most of the time in Spanish and English, indicating:

  • An action of habit, for example: I eat my breakfast at 7pm every day."

  • Something which is permanently true, like a fact: "A is the first letter of the alphabet".

  • A near future, for example: "My new car comes tomorrow".

    The present tense is regularly formed as follows:

    PRESENTE DE INDICATIVO:

    PERSON ↓               INFINITIVE → TRABAJAR COMER VIVIR
    (yo) I TRABAJO COMO VIVO
    (t�) You TRABAJAS COMES VIVES
    (�l/ella/usted) He/She/You (polite) TRABAJA COME VIVE
    (nosotros) We TRABAJAMOS COMEMOS VIVIMOS
    (vosotros) You (plural) TRABAJ�IS COM�IS VIV�S
    (ellos/ellas/ustedes) They/You (polite/plural) TRABAJAN COMEN VIVEN

    You can see that the infinitives (TRABAJAR, VIVIR and TRABAJAR) have their ar, er, and ir endings removed and replaced by the letters below them.

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