4.3.6
Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples
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Common Regular IR Verbs

Explanation
- There are a lot of regular verbs ending in ‘-ir’.
- All of them are conjugated like ‘subir’ (to go up).
- You just need to remove the ending (‘-ir’) and add the different endings for each person.

Singular
- yo subo - I go up
- tú subes - you go up (singular)
- él/ella sube - he/she/it goes up

Plural
- nosotros/nosotras subimos - we go up
- vosotros/vosotras subís - you go up (plural)
- ellos/ellas suben - they go up

Other regular verbs with 'IR'
- There are a lot of regular verbs ending in '-ir':
- escribir - to write
- abrir - to open
- recibir - to receive
- compartir - to share
- All these verbs work just like 'subir' and 'vivir'.
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1.4Days, Months & Time
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3Free Time
4Grammar
4.2Important Irregular Verbs
4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future
4.5Negatives
4.6Nouns
4.7Adjectives
4.8Prepositions
4.9Questions
4.10Conjunctions
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1You, Family & Home
1.1Introducing Yourself & Being Polite
1.2Looks & Personality
1.3My Family & I
1.4Days, Months & Time
2School & Jobs
3Free Time
4Grammar
4.2Important Irregular Verbs
4.3Regular Verbs in the Present Tense
4.4Verbs in the Immediate Future
4.5Negatives
4.6Nouns
4.7Adjectives
4.8Prepositions
4.9Questions
4.10Conjunctions
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