oír Present Conjugation
oír — to hear
The present tense of oír is highly irregular, featuring a 'g' in the 'yo' form (oigo) and 'y' in most other forms.
oír Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present to describe your current ability to hear something or to ask if someone is listening to you right now.
Notes on oír in the Present
The 'yo' form adds a 'g' (oigo). The tú, él, and ellos forms change the 'i' to a 'y' (oyes, oye, oyen). Only nosotros and vosotros remain relatively standard.
Example Sentences
No te oigo bien, hay mucho tráfico.
I can't hear you well; there is a lot of traffic.
yo
Él oye música clásica mientras estudia.
He listens to (hears) classical music while he studies.
él/ella/usted
¿Nos oís desde allí?
Can you all hear us from there?
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: oio
Correct: oigo
Why: The 'yo' form of oír is a 'g-verb' (like tener/tengo or poner/pongo).
Mistake: oen
Correct: oyen
Why: The 'i' changes to 'y' to maintain the correct sound between the vowels.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: oí
The preterite of oír uses 'y' in the third-person forms (oyó, oyeron) and adds accents to every 'i'.
Imperfect
yo: oía
The imperfect of oír is regular for -ir verbs but requires an accent on the 'í' (oía, oías, oía).
Future
yo: oiré
The future tense of oír is completely regular: just add endings to the infinitive (oiré, oirás, oirá).
Conditional
yo: oiría
The conditional of oír is regular: add the endings -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: oiga
The present subjunctive of oír is based on the 'yo' form (oigo), resulting in the stem 'oig-'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: oyera
The imperfect subjunctive of oír uses the 'oy-' stem from the preterite (oyera, oyeras, oyera).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: oye
The imperative of oír uses 'oye' (tú) and 'oiga' (usted) to get someone's attention.
Negative Imperative
yo: no oigas
The negative imperative of oír uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms (no oigas, no oiga).