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Spanish Verbs
  Simple Tenses

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Simple Tenses
            Conditional indicative
            Future indicative
            Imperfect indicative
            Imperfect subjunctive
            Present indicative
            Present subjunctive
            Preterit

Irregular Verbs

Verb to be

Compound Tenses


Spanish Simple Tenses


         To conjugate verbs in the Present Indicative tense, the Imperfect Indicative tense and the Preterit tense, drop the -ar, -er, and -ir endings in every verb and replace them with the endings indicated in every chart.

 
Present Indicative Tense -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo -o -o -o
-as -es -es
él /ella/ usted -a -e -e
Nosotros(as) -amos -emos -imos
Vosotros(as) -áis -éis -ís
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -an -en -en

 

Imperfect Indicative Tense -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo -aba -ía -ía
-abas -ías -ías
él /ella/ usted -aba -ía -ía
Nosotros(as) -ábamos -íamos -íamos
Vosotros(as) -abais -íais -íais
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -aban -ían -ían

 

Preterit -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo
-aste -iste -iste
él /ella/ usted -ió -ió
Nosotros(as) -amos -imos -imos
Vosotros(as) -asteis -isteis -isteis
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -aron -ieron -ieron

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       In the Future Indicative tense and the Conditional Indicative tense, keep the -ar, -er and -ir endings and add the ending that is indicated in the following charts.

Future Indicative -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo
-ás -ás -ás
él /ella/ usted
Nosotros(as) -emos -emos -emos
Vosotros(as) -éis -éis -éis
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -án -án -án

 

Conditional Indicative -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo -ía -ía -ía
-ías -ías -ías
él /ella/ usted -ía -ía -ía
Nosotros(as) -íamos -íamos -íamos
Vosotros(as) -íais -íais -íais
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -ían -ían -ían

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         To conjugate the Present of Subjunctive  tense, follow the next steps:

1.       Use the Present Indicative tense .
2.
       Select the first person singular (YO).
3.
       Eliminate the “o” ending like in “Yo hablo” (habl-).
4.   Add the endings indicated in the chart.

Present Subjunctive -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo -e -a -a
-es -as -as
él /ella/ usted -e -a -a
Nosotros(as) -emos -amos -amos
Vosotros(as) -éis -áis -áis
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -en -an -an

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          To Conjugate the Imperfect of Subjunctive tense, follow the next steps:

1.       Use the preterit indicative tense
2.
       Select the person 
(in this case, third person plural (Ellos),
3.
       Eliminate the ending
("–ron" ending like in "Ellos hablaron" (habla-))
4.     Add any of both endings.

 

Imperfect Subjunctive -Ar ending verbs -Er ending verbs -Ir ending verbs
Yo -ra -se -ra -se -ra -se
-ras -ses -ras -ses -ras -ses
él /ella/ usted -ra -se -ra -se -ra -se
Nosotros(as) -áramos -ásemos -éramos -ésemos -éramos -ésemos
Vosotros(as) -rais -seis -rais -seis -rais -seis
Ustedes/ ellos/ ellas -ran -sen -ran -sen -ran -sen

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