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This is a list of verbs in the present tense in Esperanto. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the present form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: vidi |
| To write: skribi |
| To love: ŝati, ami |
| To give: doni |
| To play: ludi |
| To read: legi |
| To understand: kompreni |
| To have: havi |
| To know: koni |
| To learn: lerni |
| To think: pensi |
| To work: labori |
| To speak: paroli |
| To drive: stiri |
| To smile: rideti |
| To find: trovi |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the present tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I see you: Mi vidas vin |
| I write with a pen: Mi skribas per plumo |
| You love apples: Vi amas pomojn |
| You give money: Vi donas monon |
| You play tennis: Vi ludas tenison |
| He reads a book: Li legas libron |
| He understands me: Li komprenas min |
| She has a cat: Ŝi havas katon |
| She knows my friend: Ŝi konas mian amikon |
| We want to learn: Ni volas lerni |
| We think Spanish is easy: Ni pensas, ke la hispana lingvo estas facila |
| You (plural) work here: Vi laboras ĉi tie |
| You (plural) speak French: Vi parolas la francan lingvon |
| They drive a car: Ili stiras aŭtomobilon |
| They smile: Ili ridetas |
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