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Tomar Conjugation

tomar means "to to take" in Spanish. Simplest present: yo tomo, tú tomas, él / ella / usted toma, nosotros tomamos, vosotros tomáis, ellos / ellas / ustedes toman. Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.

Simplest present Presente

Stem + present endings. Used for what you do now, what you do generally, and near-certain plans ('Mañana salgo a las ocho').

yotomo
tútomas
él / ella / ustedtoma
nosotrostomamos
vosotrostomáis
ellos / ellas / ustedestoman

Simplest past Pretérito perfecto simple (pretérito indefinido)

The pretérito indefinido: stem + past endings. Used for finished actions at a specific time: yesterday, last week, this morning.

yotomé
tútomaste
él / ella / ustedtomó
nosotrostomamos
vosotrostomasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedestomaron

Simplest future Futuro perifrástico (ir a + infinitivo)

Present of 'ir' (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van) + 'a' + infinitive, exactly like English 'going to'. Only 'ir' changes; the main verb stays in the infinitive.

yovoy a tomar
túvas a tomar
él / ella / ustedva a tomar
nosotrosvamos a tomar
vosotrosvais a tomar
ellos / ellas / ustedesvan a tomar

Examples

Tomo el metro cada día.I take the metro every day.
Tomamos un taxi al aeropuerto.We took a taxi to the airport.

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