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Verb · regular -ar, one spelling change

llegar

to arrive

The thing that catches people out

llegué in the yo past, with a u to keep the g hard. You arrive a a place, not en a place: llegamos a Madrid.

Present

What happens, and what is happening now.

yollego
túllegas
él, ella, ustedllega
nosotrosllegamos
ellos, ustedesllegan
vosotros, Spain onlyllegáis
Preterite, the finished past

Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.

yollegué
túllegaste
él, ella, ustedllegó
nosotrosllegamos
ellos, ustedesllegaron
vosotros, Spain onlyllegasteis
Imperfect, the background past

What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.

yollegaba
túllegabas
él, ella, ustedllegaba
nosotrosllegábamos
ellos, ustedesllegaban
vosotros, Spain onlyllegabais
Future

Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.

yollegaré
túllegarás
él, ella, ustedllegará
nosotrosllegaremos
ellos, ustedesllegarán
vosotros, Spain onlyllegaréis
Present perfect

Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.

yohe llegado
túhas llegado
él, ella, ustedha llegado
nosotroshemos llegado
ellos, ustedeshan llegado
vosotros, Spain onlyhabéis llegado
Other forms

The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.

-ing formllegando
participlellegado
command, to túllega
command, to ustedllegue
¿a qué hora llega el vuelo?
what time does the flight arrive?
llegué tarde
I arrived late
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