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Present Tense Verbs

All persons take the same -ar/-er/-r ending

Most verbs end in -ar in the present tense

Group 1 verbs (infinitive in -a): drop -a, add -ar for all persons.

📊 Verb groups (present)
Group Infinitive Present Example
1 -a -ar tala → talar
2a -a (short stem) -er köpa → köper
2b -a (consonant cluster) -er leva → lever
3 short (1 syll.) + -r bo → bor
4 (strong) varies vowel change skriva → skriver
💬 Examples
tala → talar
TAH-la / TAH-lar
speak → speak(s) (all persons)
📝 same form for jag/du/han/vi/de
jobba → jobbar / titta → tittar
work → work(s) / look → look(s)
📝 Group 1: -a infinitives take -ar
One present form covers several English meanings

jag läser = I read / I am reading / I do read.

💬 Examples
Jag bor i Stockholm.
I live in Stockholm.
📝 present for habitual fact
Vi åker till Göteborg imorgon.
We are going to Gothenburg tomorrow.
📝 present for planned near future
Group 2 verbs take -er; Group 3 verbs add just -r

Group 2 (köpa → köper); Group 3 short verbs (bo → bor).

💬 Examples
köpa → köper / läsa → läser
buy → buys / read → reads
📝 Group 2: -er ending
bo → bor / tro → tror
live → lives / believe → believes
📝 Group 3: add -r only