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The Spanish modal verb "deber" is a regular verb inEl Presente.
Learn how to conjugate "deber" in El Presente in Spanish
| yo | debo |
| tú | debes |
| él / ella / Ud. |
debe |
| nosotros / nosotras |
debemos |
| vosotros / vosotras |
debéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. |
deben |
The endings are the same as regular -er verbs in Spanish: Conjugate regular -er verbs in the present tense in Spanish (El Presente).
Look at and listen to these examples:Note that in the examples above, the modal verb deber is followed by an infinitive.
See also Using deber, poder, querer in Spanish + infinitive to express must, can, to want to (Verbo modal).
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