GRAMMAR

1.9 Present Indicative: -ER Regulars

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Quick Summary

The Present Indicative talks about actions that are in progress or occur regularly.

When to use it
We use the Present Indicative to:

1. Talk about habitual actions in the present  

• Bebo un vaso de vino cada noche con la cena. (I drink a glass of wine each night with dinner.)
• ¿Por qué comes tanta comida chatarra? (Why do you eat so much junk food?)

2. State a fact

• ¿Crees en Dios? (Do you believe in God?)
• Aprendemos mucho en la escuela. (We learn a lot in school.)

3. State something what will happen in the near future (normally used with an expression of time)

• Respondo a su e-mail mañana. (I'll answer his e-mail tomorrow.)

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