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Introduction

Congratulations! You've made it to the Present Tense and Regular Verbs lesson. In this lesson, you will start to learn how to form the present tense of Faroese verbs, both regular and irregular. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use Faroese verbs in the present tense in simple sentences.

Regular Verbs in the Present Tense

Forming the Present Tense of Regular Verbs

In Faroese, regular verbs are verbs that end in "-a" in their infinitive form. To form the present tense of regular verbs, we remove the "-a" ending and add the following endings:

Faroese	Pronunciation	English
-i	ee	I
-ar	ahr	You (singular)
-ar	ahr	He/She/It
-a	ah	We
-a	ah	You (plural)
-a	ah	They

Let's see some examples:

Examples

Faroese	Pronunciation	English
tala	tah-lah	to speak
ég tala	yeh tah-lah	I speak
tey tala	tay tah-lah	They speak
koma	koh-mah	to come
hann kemur	hahn keh-moor	He comes
vit koma	veet koh-mah	We come

Conjugation of Regular Verbs

Let's see some regular verbs conjugated in the present tense:

Faroese	Pronunciation	English
tala	tah-lah	to speak
ég tala	yeh tah-lah	I speak
tú talar	too tah-lahr	You (singular) speak
hann/hon/tað talar	hahn/hohn/tah-th tah-lahr	He/ She/ It speaks
vit tala	veet tah-lah	We speak
tit tala	teet tah-lah	You (plural) speak
tær tala	tayr tah-lah	They (feminine) speak
teir tala	tayr tah-lah	They (masculine) speak
tær/teir tala	tayr/teyr tah-lah	They (mixed) speak

Practice Exercises

Now that you've learned how to form the present tense of regular verbs in Faroese, let's try some exercises to practice your skills.

• Exercise 1: Conjugate the verb "hava" (to have) in the present tense.

Solution:

Faroese	Pronunciation	English
hava	hah-vah	to have
ég havi	yeh hah-vee	I have
tú hevur	too heh-vur	You (singular) have
hann/hon/tað hevur	hahn/hohn/tah-th heh-vur	He/ She/ It has
vit hava	veet hah-vah	We have
tit hava	teet hah-vah	You (plural) have
tær hava	tayr hah-vah	They (feminine) have
teir hava	tayr hah-vah	They (masculine) have
tær/teir hava	tayr/teyr hah-vah	They (mixed) have

• Exercise 2: Conjugate the verb "ganga" (to walk) in the present tense.

Solution:

Faroese	Pronunciation	English
ganga	gahn-gah	to walk
ég gangi	yeh gahn-gee	I walk
tú gangar	too gahn-gahr	You (singular) walk
hann/hon/tað gangar	hahn/hohn/tah-th gahn-gahr	He/ She/ It walks
vit ganga	veet gahn-gah	We walk
tit ganga	teet gahn-gah	You (plural) walk
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