Learn volver conjugation in Presente step by step with detailed explanations

In this lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb volver in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create the following conjugation:

yo	vuelvo
tú	vuelves
él/ella/usted	vuelve
nosotros/nosotras	volvemos
vosotros/vosotras	volvéis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	vuelven

This lesson is specifically about the volver verb conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation check our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

We also have a Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded on the right, but you may as well see it in this article along with additional information.

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Step by step instructions

The verb volver has an irregular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood.

The first person singular has an irregular stem in this tense. This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last o in the stem into an ue. It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in Presente Indicativo, persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural of Presente Indicativo and whatever it influences later on (like the Imperativo) it never gets beyond the above mentioned persons. The 1st person singular may also be entirely irregular in this verb group, and in such case it doesn’t follow this model. So in the regular stem volv change o to ue to get vuelv

But at least the ending is regular for this person. It is -o as normally in the -er verb group

The second person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense. So as explained before we need to change o to ue in the regular stem volv to get vuelv

And again the ending is regular for this person. It is -es as normally in the -er verb group

The third person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense. So as explained earlier we need to change o to ue in the regular stem volv to get vuelv

And again the ending is regular for this person. It is -e as normally in the -er verb group

The first person plural has a regular stem. So use: volv

Add the regular ending -emos for this person to get volvemos

And one more time the second person plural has a regular stem. So use: volv

And similarly add the regular ending -éis for this person to get volvéis

The third person plural also has an irregular stem in this tense. So as explained before we need to change o to ue in the regular stem volv to get vuelv

Also as in the previous case the ending is regular for this person. It is -en as normally in the -er verb group

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Next Steps

• To practice this conjugation and test yourself check this Conjugation Exercise
• To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: Pretérito Perfecto Simple (indicativo)Pretérito Imperfecto (indicativo)Condicional (indicativo)Futuro (indicativo) 
• For various exercises related to this verb, visit our Exercise section
• To see conjugation charts in all tenses for this verb, visit the Conjugator
• To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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