Present Simple

The present simple is used to talk about things that happen regularly. Unlike with Spanish, the present simple is not used to talk about something that is happening at the moment we speak.

Affirmative Sentences

Grammatical Rules

To conjugate the present simple we use the infinitive for the subjects "I", "you", "we" and "they" and for the third persons "he", "she" and "it", we add a "-s" to the end of the verb.

Subject

I, you, we, they

Conjugation

talk, eat, learn, do, go

Subject

he, she, it

Conjugation

talks, eats, learns, does, goes

Sujeto + verbo.

Negative Sentences

He eats

They learn

Affirmative Sentences

Sujeto + verbo.

He eats

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to do) + auxiliar negativo (“not”) + verbo.

They do not [don’t] lear