Seguir Conjugation: Ultimate Guide With Chunks And Real-Life Examples
The verb “seguir” is often underestimated.
However, learning to use it like natives will greatly increase your fluency. Some uses are obvious, others not so much. Let’s see if you know all of seguir conjugation.
And let’s practice it in the present tense!
Spring Spanish teacher Maura will explain everything to you.
1. Seguir conjugation with “Yo”
Let’s start slowly. The present tense conjugation of “seguir” with “yo” is: sigo.
Complete it in the dialogue.
CARLA
Maura, ¿tú no me sigues en Instagram?
don’t you follow me on Instagram?
MAURA
¿Estás loca? Claro que te sigo. Sigo a todos mis amigos.
Are you crazy? Of course I follow you. I follow all my friends.
CARLA
Ah, sí, ya te vi. Es que no te encontraba. Sigo eliminado gente. Estoy decidida a limpiar mis redes sociales.
Ah, yes, I see you. I just couldn’t find you. I keep deleting people. I’m determined to clean up my social media.
MAURA
Qué bueno. Eso es importante. Pasamos demasiado tiempo en eso. Yo solo sigo gente que conozco o cosas que me nutren.
That’s good. That’s important. We spend too much time on that. I only follow accounts of people I know or things that nurture me.
In this dialogue, there are several different uses of “seguir“. We’ll review them in the following sections.
For now, let’s extract the examples with “yo” present in the dialogue. We have:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Claro que te sigo. | Of course I follow you. |
| Sigo a todos mis amigos. | I follow all my friends. |
| Sigo eliminado gente. | I keep deleting people. |
| Yo solo sigo cuentas de gente que conozco o de cosas que me nutren. | I only follow accounts of people I know or things that nurture me. |
2. Seguir conjugation with “Tú”
The conjugation for “seguir” with “tú” is: sigues.
Pay attention to it in the dialogue.
Now, one of the things that “seguir” means is to go behind something or someone. In other words, “follow” something or someone.
It can be physically, like:
- Salgamos a correr, tu marca el paso y yo te sigo. (Let’s go for a run, you set the pace and I’ll follow.)
Metaphorically, like:
- Espera, no te sigo, explícame otra vez. (Wait, I don’t follow you, explain again.)
Or, digitally, like:
- Sígueme en las redes sociales. (Follow me on social media.)
Let’s review this in the dialogue:
CARLA
Esta cuenta de yoga me encanta. ¿Tú la sigues?
I love this yoga account. Do you follow it?
MAURA
A ver. No. ¿Desde cuándo sigues cuentas de yoga?
Let’s see. No. Since when do you follow yoga accounts?
CARLA
Desde que decidí empezar a hacer yoga. Aunque nunca empecé.
Since I decided to start doing yoga. Although, I never started.
MAURA
Te he dicho mil veces que practiques conmigo.
I’ve told you a 1,000 times to practice with me.
CARLA
Es que como no sé nada, me pierdo rápido.
Since I don’t know anything, I get lost quickly.
MAURA
Por eso. Si practicas conmigo y me sigues a mí, es más fácil.
That’s why. If you practice with me and follow me, it’s easier.
These are the examples with “tú” once again:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Tú la sigues? | Do you follow it? |
| ¿Desde cuándo sigues cuentas de yoga? | Since when do you follow yoga accounts? |
| Si practicas conmigo y me sigues a mí, es más fácil. | If you practice with me and follow me, it’s easier. |
3. Seguir conjugation with “Él, Ella, Eso”
To conjugate “seguir” with “él, ella o eso” we use: sigue.
And, another use of “seguir” is the structure: “seguir” + continuous verb.
That is, verbs ending in -ando, -endo.
Like:
- Sigo practicando yoga. (I continue to practice yoga.): a “seguir” plus a continuous verb means “still” or “continue”. We could say:
- Todavía practico yoga or continuo practicando yoga (I still practice yoga or continue to practice yoga): both would be the same as “sigo practicando yoga”.
Look for and complete this use in the dialogue.
CARLA
Podríamos juntarnos varias. ¿Amanda sigue practicando yoga a diario?
We could get several together. Does Amanda still practice yoga daily?
MAURA
Entiendo que sigue practicando, pero no sé si todos los días.
I understand that she continues to practice, but I don’t know if she practices every day.
CARLA
Quizás sigue yendo a sus clases presenciales. Le pregunto.
Maybe she still goes to her in-person classes. I’ll ask her.
MAURA
Buenísimo. Aprovecha y pregúntale si sigue buscando trabajo. Sé que estaba fastidiada con eso.
Great. Take the opportunity and ask her if she’s still looking for a job. I know she was annoyed with that.
Let’s review those examples with “él, ella y eso“:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Amanda sigue practicando yoga a diario? | Does Amanda still practice yoga daily? |
| Entiendo que sigue practicando. | I understand that she continues to practice. |
| Quizás sigue yendo a sus clases presenciales. | Maybe she still goes to her in-person classes. |
| Aprovecha y pregúntale si sigue buscando trabajo. | Take the opportunity and ask her if she’s still looking for a job. |
4. Seguir with “Nosotros/as”
The conjugation of “seguir” with “nosotros/as” is: seguimos.
Similar to the previous use, we can combine “seguir” + adjective.
For example:
- ¿Ella sigue molesta contigo? (Is she still mad at you?): again this “seguir” means “still” or “continues”. So, we could say:
- ¿Ella todavía está molesta contigo? (Is she still upset with you?) or ¿Ella continúa molesta contigo? (Does she continue to be upset with you?): and this would mean the same as “¿sigue molesta contigo?”.
Test this structure and this conjugation in the dialogue:
CARLA
La verdad es que Amanda y yo seguimos molestas. Mejor pregúntale tú.
The truth is that Amanda and I continue to be upset. It’s better if you ask her.
MAURA
Qué tontería. Tú no estás molesta.
That’s silly. You’re not upset.
CARLA
No, pero seguimos irritables una con la otra. Prefiero no forzarla hasta que hablemos mejor.
No, but we continue to be irritable with each other. I prefer not to force it until we talk this out.
MAURA
Qué necias.
How stubborn.
Your examples with “nosotros/as” in that dialogue are:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| La verdad es que Amanda y yo seguimos molestas. | The truth is that Amanda and I are still upset. |
| No, pero seguimos irritables una con la otra. | No, but we are still irritable with each other. |
| Seguimos impresionadas con la noticia. | We are still schocked by the news. |
| ==No podemos salir porque seguimos ocupadas.== | We can’t go out because we are still busy. |
5. Seguir with “Ustedes, Ellos/as”
For “Ustedes, Ellos/as” the conjugation is the same: siguen.
One more thing we usually do with “seguir” is the structure: “seguir” + sin + verb in infinitive. Those ending in “r”.
That is:
- Sigo sin saber de ti. (I still haven’t heard from you.): in this case “seguir” means “continue”. Use this structure for things that continue the same.
Complete this conjugation and this structure in the dialogue:
MAURA
Espera. O sea que, ¿siguen sin hablar desde la cena?
Wait. So, you guys still haven’t talked since the dinner?
CARLA
Sip. Seguimos sin hablar desde entonces.
Yep. We still haven’t spoken since.
MAURA
Carla, eso fue hace más de un mes. Si siguen sin intentarlo, ¿cómo van a mejorar?
Carla, that was over a month ago. If you keep not trying, how are you going to get better?
CARLA
Yo sé. Tienes razón. ¿Será que le escribo para lo del yoga y ya? ¿Y vemos qué pasa?
I know. You’re right. Should I just write her about yoga? And we’ll see what happens?
MAURA
¡Claro! Si siguen sin enfrentar la situación, todo se va a quedar igual.
Of course! If you continue without facing the situation, everything will remain the same.
Here your examples were:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| ¿Siguen sin hablar desde la cena? | You guys still haven’t talked since the dinner? |
| Si siguen sin intentarlo, ¿cómo van a mejorar? | If you keep not trying, how are you going to get better? |
| Si siguen sin enfrentar la situación, todo se va a quedar igual. | If you continue without facing the situation, everything will remain the same. |
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