4.3.6

Regular 'IR' Verbs in the Present: Examples

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Common Regular IR Verbs

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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.
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Singular

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

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