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B1-ir verbirregularstem change e → i

seguir

To follow, to keep going — and the normal way to say something is still true.

Quick answer

seguir · sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, seguís, siguen

to follow, to continue. Irregular — the forms below are worth learning as a block.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yosigoseguíseguíaseguiré
túsiguesseguisteseguíasseguirás
él / ella / ustedsiguesiguióseguíaseguirá
nosotrosseguimosseguimosseguíamosseguiremos
vosotrosseguísseguisteisseguíaisseguiréis
ellos / ustedessiguensiguieronseguíanseguirán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundsiguiendo
past participleseguido
imperative (tú)sigue
subjunctive (yo)siga

Which form to learn first

sigo and sigue recto. One says you are still at it, the other gives directions.

Where you will actually use it

Sigue recto.Go straight on.
Sigo trabajando aquí.I still work here — seguir + gerund.
¿Sigues en Madrid?Are you still in Madrid?
Sígueme.Follow me.
Siguió lloviendo toda la noche.It kept raining all night.
No te sigo.I don’t follow you.

Typical mistakes

Yo siguo.

Yo sigo.

The u only survives before e and i. Before o it disappears: sigo, siga, sigamos.

Sigo a trabajar aquí.

Sigo trabajando aquí.

seguir takes a gerund, not an infinitive.

Todavía estoy trabajando aquí.

Sigo trabajando aquí.

Both work, but seguir + gerund is what people actually say for “still”.

Check yourself

Yo ___ viviendo en Madrid.

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