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Verbs

El pasado (past tense)

Regular Endings

-AR-IR-ER
éíí
asteisteiste
ó
amosimosimos
asteisisteisisteis
aronieronieron

Irregular Endings

  • Ir (to go): fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
  • Hacer (to make/do): hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
  • Ver (to see): vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron
  • Decir (to say): dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron
  • Querer (to want): quise, quisiste, quiso quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron
  • Ser (to be): fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
  • Venir (to come): vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron
  • Poner (to put): puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron
  • Tener (to have): tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron
  • Poder (to be able to): pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron
  • Estar (to be): estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron
  • Saber (to know): supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron
  • Andar (to walk): anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron
  • Caber (to fit): cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron
  • Traer (to bring): traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron
  • Conducir (to drive): conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujisteis, condujeron

Grammar

Verbs ending in :

  • -car: eg: sacar (to take): saque
  • -gar: eg: jugar (to play): jugué -gar: eg: jugar (to play): jugué
  • -zar: eg: comenzar (to begin): comencé

Past Tense Phrases

AyerYesterday
AnteayerDay before yesterday
Ayer por la mañanaYesterday morning
AnocheLast night
AntenocheThe night before last
En ese momentoAt that moment
Ayer por la tardeYesterday afternoon
A esa horaAt that hour
El año pasadoLast year
El mes pasadoLast month
El lunes pasadoLast Monday
La semana pasadaLast week
El verano pasadoLast summer
Hace tres días3 days ago
Hace diez minutos10 minutes ago
Hay por la mañanaThis morning

El pretérito imperfecto (Imperfect preterite)

"Used to"

Regular Endings

Spanish Verb Conjugation Table

-AR-IR-ER
yoabaíaía
abasíasías
él/ella/ustedabaíaía

Spanish Grammar

Regular verb conjugation table

Irregular Endings

Irregular verb conjugation table

El presente (present)

Regular Endings

-AR-ER-IR
yoooo
aseses
él/ella/ustedaee
nosotros/asamosemosimos
vosotros/asáiséisís
ellos/ellas/ustedesanenen

Verbs with irregular first persons:

  • Caer (to fall): caigo
  • Traer (to bring): traigo
  • Caber (to fit): quepo

Grammar

Spanish Grammar Reference

  • Hacer (to make/do): hago
  • Poner (to put): pongo
  • Saber (to know something):
  • Salir (to leave): salgo
  • Valer (to be worth): valgo
  • Ver (to see): veo
  • Tener (to have): tengo
  • Oír (to hear): oigo
  • Ir (to go): voy

El condicional (conditional)

"I would"

Regulars

Yoía
ías
Él/ella/ustedía
Nosotros/asíamos
Vosotros/asíais
Ellos/ellas/ustedesían

Irregulars

  • Saber = sabr + ending (eg: sabría)
  • Decir = dir + ending
  • Poner = pondr + ending

El presente perfecto (present perfect)

"Have", eg: I have done my homework

Have + another verb

Haber + Verb (-AR: ado , -ER+-IR: ido)

He

Has

Ha


Grammar

Hemos Habéis Han

Examples:

EnglishSpanish
I have seen...He vi
You have been...Has ido
We have made...Hemos
He has played...Ha
I have taken...He
You (plural) have walked...Habéis
They have watched...Han

El futuro (future tense)

Simple future tense

"I will"

PronounEnding
YoÉ
Ás
Él/ella/ustedÁ
Nosotros/asEmos
Vosotros/asÉis
Ellos/ellas/ustedesÁn

OR

Informal future

"I am going to"

  • Voy + a + Full verb
  • Vas
  • Va
  • Vamos
  • Váis
  • Van

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