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		<title>Grammar Tips: The Spanish Present Tense</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The present tense in the Spanish language can be tricky for newcomers, as one finds more than a few irregular verbs that need to be memorized.  It may be helpful to think of present tense verbs belonging to one of four categories in the present tense: regular, stem-changing, first-person irregular and totally irregular.]]></description>
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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The present tense in the Spanish language can be tricky for newcomers, as one finds more than a few irregular verbs that need to be memorized.  It may be helpful to think of present tense verbs belonging to one of four categories in the present tense: </span>regular, stem-changing, first-person irregular and totally irregular.</p>
<p>1. Examples of regular verb conjugations are as follows:</p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">trabajar</span></b><b>                                                                </b></p>
<p><b>trabajo,trabajas,trabaja,trabajamos, <b>trabajan  </b>                                                                                                                                                                                                                      </b><b>                                                                     </b></p>
<p><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">escribir</span></b></p>
<p><b>escribo, escribes, escribe, escribimos. escriben</b></p>
<p><b> </b>2. Stem-changing conjugations are as follows:</p>
<p><b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">cerrar (e-ie)</span></i></b><b><i>                            <span style="text-decoration: underline;">poder (o-ue)</span>                                 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">pedir (e-i)</span></i></b></p>
<p><b>cierro                                       puedo                                             pido</b></p>
<p><b>cierras                                     puedes                                            pides</b></p>
<p><b>cierra                                       puede                                             pide</b></p>
<p><b>cerramos                                 podemos                                        pedimos</b></p>
<p><b>cierran                                     pueden                                           piden</b></p>
<p><b> </b>3. Common first-person irregular conjugations:<b style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </b></p>
<p><b>hacer    =          hago                        conocer      =        conozco                         </b></p>
<p><b>poner    =        pongo                      conducir     =        conduzco                         </b></p>
<p>4. Common totally irregular verb conjugations:</p>
<p><b><i><span style="text-decoration: underline;">tener</span></i></b><b><i>                                 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ser</span>                                 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">estar</span>                                  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ir</span>                        </i></b></p>
<p><b>tengo                                 soy                                 estoy                                 voy            </b></p>
<p><b>tienes                                eres                                estás                                 vas            </b></p>
<p><b>tiene                                 es                                     está                                   va          </b></p>
<p><b>tenemos                           somos                             estamos                           vamos            </b></p>
<p><b>tienen                               son                                  están                               van                                    </b></p>
<p>The present tense in Spanish is very versatile. It can be used in the following situations:</p>
<p>1. To express a habitual action                            Trabajo mucho.                    I <em>work</em> a lot.</p>
<p>2. To express an ongoing action.                        Trabajo mucho.                    I <em>am working</em> a lot.</p>
<p>3. To express a future action.                              Trabajo pronto.                    I <em>am working</em> soon.</p>
<p>4. To ask yes/no questions.                                 ¿Trabajas mucho?                <em>Do</em> you <em>work</em> a lot?</p>
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