Take Note: The present participle form of seguir also has E to I stem changes. Here is an example: Ese chico te estuvo siguiendo todo el día. These tenses are formed with estar conjugated + present participle (siguiendo). The progressive tenses of seguir convey that someone is following something at the moment of speaking.

You can also use these forms to hypothesize why a person followed something.įor example: Si no hubiera traído carne, el perro no me habría seguido. In Spanish, we use seguir conditional perfect conjugations to express that someone would have followed something if a past action had been completed. For example: ¿Por qué te habrán seguido? Person We also use these forms to talk about what someone might follow. Seguir conjugated to the Spanish future perfect conveys that someone will have followed something by or before a certain moment in the future. To form the past perfect, use the imperfect form of ‘haber’ and the past participle form of ‘seguir’. The past perfect conjugations of seguir communicate that someone had followed something or someone before some other reference point in the past. Chicas, ¿habéis seguido las instrucciones? Person Use these seguir conjugations to talk about what someone has or hasn’t followed. In Spanish, the present perfect tense is formed with haber in the present tense + seguido ( past participle). You can also use these forms to hypothesize why people would follow something.įor example: ¿Por qué me seguiría ese muchacho? Person In the Spanish conditional tense, seguir expresses that people would follow someone or a topic if some circumstances were met. For example: Todavía seguiré viviendo aquí. With these conjugations, you can also use seguir to talk about the things you’ll keep doing in the future. Use seguir in the future tense form to convey that someone will follow something or another person at some point in the future.

Here is an example: Voy a seguir a este influencer. To form this tense, use the structure ir (present tense) + a + infinitive verb (seguir, in this case). Seguir conjugated to the near future expresses that a person will follow something or someone soon in the future. For example: Cuando era un cachorro, ese perro siempre nos seguía. We use these conjugations to explain that someone used to follow a topic or a person for a long period of time in the past. When conjugated to the imperfect indicative tense, seguir has no stem changes. Use the preterite tense forms to communicate that someone followed something or another person in the past.

Seguir preterite conjugation has an E to I stem change only for the third person singular and plural. Since this is the sound we must keep, we must add a ‘u’ in certain conjugations to avoid having a hard g sound. Notice that, in its infinitive form, seguir has a soft g sound.

Take Note: The letter g in Spanish has different sounds depending on the vowel which follows it. Conjugate seguir to the present tense to express that someone is currently following a topic, a person, or still doing something.įor example: Nosotros seguimos a mi mamá. However, this change is not applied to ‘nosotros’ and ‘vosotros’. Seguir present tense conjugation is formed with an E to I stem change. Indicative Conjugations of Seguir Present tense

Negative commands: sig for all subject pronouns.

Affirmative commands: sigufor ‘tú’, sig for ‘usted’, and ‘ustedes’.

Imperfect subjuntive: siguie for all subject pronouns.

Present subjunctive: sig for all subject pronouns.

Preterite: sigu for the third person singular and plural.

Present indicative: sigfor ‘yo’ and sigufor ‘tú’, ‘él/ella’, ‘usted’ and their plural forms.

Preterite stem changing verbs seguir