Table 10.2Regular present subjunctive
Person Hablar Beber Subir
Singular
1 (yo) hable beba suba
2 (tú/vos) hables bebas subas
3 (él etc.) hable beba suba
Plural
1 (nosotros) hablemos bebamos subamos
2 (vosotros) habléis [SP] bebáis [SP] subáis [SP]
3 (ellos etc.) hablen beban suban
Irregular present indicative and present subjunctive verb
forms
In the present indicative and subjunctive, irregularities in the stem of the
verb are not uncommon.
Radical changing verbs
In some cases there is a variation in the last vowel in a verb’s stem, e.g. recor-
damos‘we remember’ but recuerdo ‘I remember’. Verbs whose stem vowel
varies in this way are often called radical changing verbs, as the term ‘radi-
cal’ refers to the part of the stem that contains the vowel subject to variation.
The -ar and -er conjugations
Radical changing verbs in the -ar and -er conjugations undergo a change
in their final stem vowel in the present indicative and present subjunctive,
whenever the spoken stress falls on the stem rather than the ending.
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Present tense of -er and -ir verbs
In the present indicative and present subjunctive, the endings in the
-er and -irconjugations are identical, except in the 1st and 2nd
persons plural present indicative and with vos.
