Spanish Tenses

The present tense is used to describe an action that is currently taking place or happens regularly. For example, 'I speak', 'I bake a cake', 'I write', ...

To form the present tense:

• Take the infinitive of the verb (eg. hablar - to speak, comer - to eat, vivir - to live)
• Take off the ending (-ar, -er, or -ir) (eg. hablar, comer, vivir), to form the stem
• Add the relevant ending (eg. hablo - I speak, comes - you eat, vive - he/she/it lives)

Endings: