ALL CONJUGATIONS Flashcards
Present tense (happening rn)
AR
o
as
a
amos
an
ER/IR
o
es
e
emos
en
Past preterite tense
The past preterite is used when you want to talk about specific events that happened at a certain time in the past
For example, “I sold my house,” (Vendí mi casa)
AR
é
aste
ó
amos
aron
ER/IR
í
iste
ió
imos
ieron
Past imperfect tense
The past imperfect tense is used for speaking about past habitual events, like “I used to eat cereal every day,” (Yo comía cereales todos los días) or to give background information or set a scene in the past, such as “The door was opening and closing” (La puerta se abría y se cerraba).
AR
aba
abas
aba
ábamos
aban
ER/IR
ía
ías
ía
íamos
ían
Future tense
AR/IR/ER
é
ás
á
emos
án
Conditional “would”
*Keep the infinitive form and add new ending unless it is irregular
AR/IR/ER
ía
ías
ía
íamos
ían
Present subjunctive
By far the most common form of subjunctive, the Spanish present subjunctive expresses the idea of uncertainty or unknown-ness in all present or future situations.
(switch the endings)
AR
e
es
e
emos
en
IR/ER
a
as
a
amos
an
Past subjunctive
The past subjunctive is basically used in the same way as the present one, but when you are talking about instances in the past.
1) conjugate in the past preterite “ellos” form
2) drop the “ron”
3) add the new ending
AR/ER/IR
a
as
a
amos
an
Present Perfect
- Events that started in the past, have continued until the present, and may continue into the future.
- Events that occurred in a non-specific time in the past.
- Events that just took place in the recent past.
haber + main verb in past participle
he
has
ha
hemos
han
AR
ado
IR/ER
ido
Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
haber + past participle verb
había
habías
habíamos
habían
AR
ado
ER/IR
ido