Tiempo presente de verbos regulares terminados en –ar (needs edit)

 

The present tense is used most often, as you might guess, to talk about actions that are current. These can be things happening as you speak, or habitual actions that you do on a regular basis, or to emphasize that you really do a particular action. So the sentence ‘bailamos bien’ can mean “we dance well” (in general), “we are dancing well” (right now), or “we do dance well” (to emphasize the idea). You will learn from context and the situation which of those different meanings is best.

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In order to form the present tense of regular –ar verbs, you have to remove the –ar from the infinitive and then add the following endings: –o, –as, –a, –amos, –áis, or –an. Below, you have the conjugation for the verb llegar, meaning to arrive.

llegar – to arrive
singular plural
1a yo llego nosotros llegamos
2a tú llegas vosotros llegáis
3a él/ella/usted llega ellos/ellas/ustedes llegan

 

 

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