conjugation.present.regular-ir

Present tense: regular -ir verbs

Same endings as -er verbs except nosotros -imos and vosotros -ís. Vivir: vivo, vives, vive, vivimos, vivís, viven.

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Explanation

Regular -ir verbs share almost everything with -er verbs in the present. Only two forms differ: nosotros takes -imos (vivimos, not *vivemos) and vosotros takes -ís (vivís).

So the full set is -o, -es, -e, -imos, -ís, -en. If you already know -er verbs, you only memorize the nosotros and vosotros endings.

The vos form is stem + -ís with final stress (vos vivís, vos escribís) — identical in writing to the vosotros form, but used for one person.

Examples

Vivimos en Santa Cruz.
We live in Santa Cruz.

Region: global

Ella escribe correos en español.
She writes emails in Spanish.

Region: global

¿Dónde vivís vos?
Where do you live? (voseo)

Region: global

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