/serˈβir/

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Translation

to serve

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Grammar

Verb type-ir irregular (e>i stem-change)

Conjugation

Regular spanish-stem-changing conjugation. Pronouns: yo, tú, él/ella/ud., nos., vos., ellos/uds..

Indicative

Person PresentPreteriteImperfectFutureConditional
yosirvoservíservíaserviréserviría
túsirvesservisteservíasservirásservirías
él/ella/ud.sirvesirvióservíaserviráserviría
nos.servimosservimosservíamosserviremosserviríamos
vos.servísservisteisservíaisserviréisserviríais
ellos/uds.sirvensirvieronservíanserviránservirían

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect (-ra)Imperfect (-se)
yosirvasirvierasirviese
túsirvassirvierassirvieses
él/ella/ud.sirvasirvierasirviese
nos.sirvamossirviéramossirviésemos
vos.sirváissirvieraissirvieseis
ellos/uds.sirvansirvieransirviesen

Imperative

Person Affirmative
túsirve
ud.sirva
nosotrossirvamos
vosotrosservid
uds.sirvan

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
sirviendo
Past participle
servido

Examples

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The waiter served us dinner on the terrace.

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Shall I serve you a little more wine?

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This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 2: servir, pobre, perdón and 6 more words.