Seguir conjugation

Seguir means "to follow / to keep going". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Meaningto follow / to keep going

Type-ir verb

Gerundsiguiendo

Past participleseguido

Seguir changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present, preterite and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Quick answer. Present: sigo, sigues, sigue, seguimos, siguen. Preterite: seguí, seguiste, siguió, seguimos, siguieron. All tenses below.

Seguir conjugation tables

Jump to: present · preterite · imperfect · future · conditional · present subjunctive · present perfect · commands (imperative)

Seguir in the present

what happens now or usually

yo	sigo
tú	sigues
él / ella / usted	sigue
nosotros	seguimos
vosotros (Spain)	seguís
ellos / ustedes	siguen

Seguir in the preterite

a finished action at a specific time

yo	seguí
tú	seguiste
él / ella / usted	siguió
nosotros	seguimos
vosotros (Spain)	seguisteis
ellos / ustedes	siguieron

Seguir in the imperfect

habits, descriptions and background in the past

yo	seguía
tú	seguías
él / ella / usted	seguía
nosotros	seguíamos
vosotros (Spain)	seguíais
ellos / ustedes	seguían

Seguir in the future

what will happen

yo	seguiré
tú	seguirás
él / ella / usted	seguirá
nosotros	seguiremos
vosotros (Spain)	seguiréis
ellos / ustedes	seguirán

Seguir in the conditional

what would happen

yo	seguiría
tú	seguirías
él / ella / usted	seguiría
nosotros	seguiríamos
vosotros (Spain)	seguiríais
ellos / ustedes	seguirían

Seguir in the present subjunctive

after wishes, doubts and requests (quiero que…)

yo	siga
tú	sigas
él / ella / usted	siga
nosotros	sigamos
vosotros (Spain)	sigáis
ellos / ustedes	sigan

Seguir in the present perfect

what has happened, up to now (he comido)

yo	he seguido
tú	has seguido
él / ella / usted	ha seguido
nosotros	hemos seguido
vosotros (Spain)	habéis seguido
ellos / ustedes	han seguido

Seguir in the commands (imperative)

telling someone to do something (habla, no hables)

tú	sigue
tú (no)	no sigas
usted	siga
nosotros	sigamos
vosotros (Spain)	seguid
ustedes	sigan

Seguir in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Present

Siguen comiendo en el restaurante.
They are still eating at the restaurant.
Sigue derecho hasta la esquina.
Go straight until the corner.

Mistakes learners make with seguir

The stem changes e to i: sigo, sigues, sigue, but seguimos. The preterite has it too: siguió, siguieron.
The yo form is sigo, with no u: the u only appears before e or i (sigues, siguió).
Seguir + the -ing form means "keep doing" or "still": sigo estudiando español. Sigo estudiar is a common slip.

Write your own sentence with seguir

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Questions people ask

Is seguir irregular in Spanish?

Partly. Seguir changes form in the present, preterite and present subjunctive, through an irregular stem, a stem change or a spelling change. The other tenses follow the regular -ir pattern.

What is the preterite of seguir?

Yo seguí, tú seguiste, él/ella siguió, nosotros seguimos, ellos/ustedes siguieron.

How do you conjugate seguir in the present?

Yo sigo, tú sigues, él/ella sigue, nosotros seguimos, ellos/ustedes siguen.

What is the future of seguir?

Yo seguiré, tú seguirás, él/ella seguirá, nosotros seguiremos, ellos/ustedes seguirán.

What is the present subjunctive of seguir?

Que yo siga, que tú sigas, que él/ella siga, que nosotros sigamos, que ellos/ustedes sigan.