
seguir Present Conjugation
seguir — to follow
In the present tense, seguir undergoes an 'e' to 'i' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
seguir Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present to talk about habits, current states (like 'still' doing something), or following someone in real-time.
Notes on seguir in the Present
The 'yo' form is extra special: it ends in '-go' (sigo). For tú, él, and ellos, the 'e' changes to 'i'.
Example Sentences
Todavía sigo en la oficina.
I am still at the office.
yo
¿Sigues viviendo en Madrid?
Are you still living in Madrid?
tú
Ellos siguen las noticias todos los días.
They follow the news every day.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'seguo' for the yo form.
Correct: sigo
Why: The verb follows the pattern of 'elegir' or 'corregir' where the 'gu' drops the 'u' before an 'o' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: seguí
Seguir changes its stem to 'sig-' in the third-person forms (sigió, siguieron) in the preterite.
Imperfect
yo: seguía
The imperfect of seguir is regular: seguía, seguías, seguía, seguíamos, seguíais, seguían.
Future
yo: seguiré
The future tense of seguir is regular: simply add the endings to the infinitive (seguiré, seguirás...).
Conditional
yo: seguiría
The conditional is regular: add the endings to the full infinitive (seguiría, seguirías...).
Present Subjunctive
yo: siga
The present subjunctive uses the 'sig-' stem for all persons: siga, sigas, siga, sigamos, sigáis, sigan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: siguiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'sigui-' stem derived from the preterite: siguiera, siguieras, siguiera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sigue
Give commands using 'sigue' (tú) or 'siga' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no sigas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no sigas, no siga, no sigamos.