Verb · stem change, e to i
seguir
to follow, to carry on
The thing that catches people out
sigo, sigues, with the u gone in sigo. Directions use it constantly: siga derecho, carry straight on. seguir plus the -ando or -iendo form means to still be doing: sigo estudiando.
Present
What happens, and what is happening now.
| yo | sigo | |
| tú | sigues | |
| él, ella, usted | sigue | |
| nosotros | seguimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | siguen | |
| vosotros, Spain only | seguís |
Preterite, the finished past
Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.
| yo | seguí | |
| tú | seguiste | |
| él, ella, usted | siguió | |
| nosotros | seguimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | siguieron | |
| vosotros, Spain only | seguisteis |
Imperfect, the background past
What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.
| yo | seguía | |
| tú | seguías | |
| él, ella, usted | seguía | |
| nosotros | seguíamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | seguían | |
| vosotros, Spain only | seguíais |
Future
Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.
| yo | seguiré | |
| tú | seguirás | |
| él, ella, usted | seguirá | |
| nosotros | seguiremos | |
| ellos, ustedes | seguirán | |
| vosotros, Spain only | seguiréis |
Present perfect
Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.
| yo | he seguido | |
| tú | has seguido | |
| él, ella, usted | ha seguido | |
| nosotros | hemos seguido | |
| ellos, ustedes | han seguido | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habéis seguido |
Other forms
The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.
| -ing form | siguiendo | |
| participle | seguido | |
| command, to tú | sigue | |
| command, to usted | siga |
In a sentence
siga derecho dos cuadras
carry straight on for two blocks
sigo aprendiendo
I am still learning