CSG022

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The Present Tense of Regular Verbs, Irregular Verbs, and Verbs with Spelling Changes

ser (to be)	tener (to have)	yenir (to come)
soy somos eres sois es son	tengo tenemos tienes teneis tiene tienen	vengo venimos vienes vems viene vienen

Notę that haber is also irregular. One meaning of haber is to have. However, in the present as well as in other tenses, haber is morę frequently used as an impersonal verb in the third-person sin-gular form. The present tense form is hay. It means there is and there are.

Hay tres sillas en la sala.    There are three chairs in the living room.

Hay una posibilidad solamente.    There is only one possibility.

Compounds of tener have the same irregular forms.

Yerbs like tener
contener	to contain	contengo
detener	to detain	detengo
mantener	to maintain	mantengo
obtener	to obtain	obtengo
retener	to retain	retengo
sostener	to sustain	sostengo

ejercicio

En espańol.

1.    There is one person. _

2.    There are ten programs.

3.    I go now. _

4.    I do not hear musie. _

5.    Do you (Ud.) see the bus?

6.    I tell the truth. _

7.    You (Uds.) have time. _

8.    They stop the car. _

ejercicio

La teleeisión y la cocina. Escribe la forma correspondiente del presente.

1.    Nosotros_ (estar) en un estudio de televisión eon el Chef Horacio.

2.    El_ (ser) un apasionado de la cocina y_ (decir) que sus platos

son una obra de ar te.

3.    _ (Haber) muchos aficionados que ven su programa, “Cocina eon Horacio”.

4.    El Chef Horacio_ (ofr) los comentarios favorables de sus admiradores.