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Common verbs
Present and Preterite past tenses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to swim | nadar - regular verb |
| I swim, I'm swimming | nado |
| You swim, You're swimming | nadas |
| Miguel swims, Miguel's swimming | nada |
| Ana and I swim, Ana and I are swimming | nadamos |
| Miguel and Juan swim, Miguel and Juan are swimming | nadan |
| I swam | nadé |
| You swam | nadaste |
| Miguel swam | nadó |
| Ana and I swam | nadamos |
| Miguel and Juan swam | nadaron |
| to eat | comer - regular verb |
| I eat, I'm eating | como |
| You eat You're eating | comes |
| Sr. Perez eats, Sr. Perez is eating | come |
| My friends and I eat, My friends and I are eating | comemos |
| My friends eat, My friends are eating | comen |
| I ate | comí |
| You ate | comiste |
| Sr. Perez ate | comió |
| My friends and I ate | comimos |
| My friends ate | comieron |
| to write | escribir - regular verb |
| I write, I'm writing | escribo |
| You write, You're writing | escribes |
| The teacher writes, The teacher is writing | escribe |
| My sister and I write, My sister and I are writing | escribimos |
| The students write, The students are writing | escriben |
| I wrote | escribí |
| You wrote | escribiste |
| The teacher wrote | escribió |
| My sister and I wrote | escribimos |
| The students wrote | escribieron |
| to be (generally, long-term description, used with date and time) | ser - completely irregular, same as ir |
| I am (description) | soy |
| You are (description) | eres |
| My family is (description) | es |
| My family and I are (description) | somos |
| My parents are (description) | son |
| It was (description) | fue |
| They were (description) | fueron |
| to be (feeling/located) | estar - irregular yo + accents, "u" stem |
| I am (feeling/located) | estoy |
| You are (feeling/located) | estás |
| Eva is (feeling/located) | está |
| Eva and I are (feeling/located) | estamos |
| Eva and Marcos are (feeling/located) | están |
| I was (feeling/located) | estuve |
| You were (feeling/located) | estuviste |
| Eva was (feeling/located) | estuvo |
| Eva and I were (feeling/located) | estuvimos |
| Eva and Marcos were (feeling/located) | estuvieron |
| to have | tener - irregular yo + "ie" shoe verb, "u" stem |
| I have | tengo |
| You have | tienes |
| The house has | tiene |
| My teammates and I have | tenemos |
| The players have | tienen |
| I had | tuve |
| You had | tuviste |
| The house had | tuvo |
| My teammates and I had | tuvimos |
| The players had | tuvieron |
| to go | ir - completely irregular, same as ser |
| I go, I'm going | voy |
| You go, You're going | vas |
| Marcos goes, Marcos is going | va |
| Marcos and I go, Marcos and I are going | vamos |
| Marcos and Juan go, Marcos and Juan are going | van |
| I went | fui |
| You went | fuiste |
| Marcos went | fue |
| Marcos and I went | fuimos |
| Marcos and Juan went | fueron |
| to play (sports/games) | jugar - "ue" shoe verb, irregular yo |
| I play, I'm playing | juego |
| You play, You're playing | juegas |
| The team plays, The team is playing | juega |
| My friends and I play, My friends and I are playing | jugamos |
| My friends play, My friends are playing | juegan |
| I played | jugué |
| You played | jugaste |
| The team played | jugó |
| My friends and I played | jugamos |
| My friends played | jugaron |
| to look for | buscar - regular, irregular yo |
| I look for | busco |
| You look for | buscas |
| My dog looks for | busca |
| Miguel and I look for | buscamos |
| Miguel and Eva look for | buscaron |
| I looked for | busqué |
| You looked for | buscaste |
| My dog looked for | buscó |
| Miguel and I looked for | buscamos |
| Miguel and Eva looked for | buscaron |
| to eat lunch | almorzar - "ue" shoe verb, irrgular yo |
| I eat lunch, I am eating lunch | almuerzo |
| You eat lunch, You are eating lunch | almuerzas |
| My family eats lunch, My family is eating lunch | almuerza |
| My brothers and I eat lunch, My brothers and I are eating lunch | almorzamos |
| My brothers eat lunch, My brothers are eating lunch | almuerzan |
| I ate lunch | almorcé |
| You ate lunch | almorzaste |
| My family ate lunch | almorzó |
| My brothers and I ate lunch | almorzamos |
| My brothers ate lunch | almorzaron |