Spanish Rules

Question 1

How do you conjugate stem changers to preterite?

Conjugate: entender and cerrar to preterite.

Answer 1

Present Preterite
entender entender
entiendo entendí
entiendes entendiste
entiende entendió
entendemos entendimos
entendéis entendisteis
entienden entendieron

Present Preterite
cerrar cerrar
cierro cerré
cierras cerraste
cierra cerró
cerramos cerramos
cerráis cerrasteis
cierran cerraron

Question 2

When do you use the preterite?

Answer 2

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Express actions that occurred (and ended) in the past

Ex: Yo hablé con Marta: I spoke with Marta

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Question 3

When do you conjugate to imperfect?

Answer 3

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Incomplete action, especially when it is interrupted by another event

Ex: Yo Hablaba: I was speaking; I used to speak

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Question 4

How do you conjugate -ar verbs to preterite

Answer 4

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To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following: hablé

é

aste

ó

amos

asteis

aron

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Question 5

How do you conjugate -er and -ir verbs to preterite?

Answer 5

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To conjugate regular -er and -ir verbs in the preterite, simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following: comer: comí

í

iste

ió

imos

isteis

ieron

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Question 6

Conjugate to the preterite:

Hablar, Comer, Vivir

Answer 6

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hablar

comer

vivir

hablé

comí

viví

hablaste

comiste

viviste

habló

comió

vivió

hablamos

comimos

vivimos

hablasteis

comisteis

vivisteis

hablaron

comieron

vivieron

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Question 7

Conjugate irregular verbs to preterite:

Ser, Ir, Dar, Hacer

Answer 7

Preterite: ser, ir
fui
fuiste
fue
fuimos
fuisteis
fueron

Preterite: dar, hacer
di
diste
dio
dimos
disteis
dieron
hice
hiciste
hizo
hicimos
hicisteis
hicieron

Question 8

How do you conjugate -ar verbs to imperfect?

Answer 8

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To conjugate regular -ar verbs in the imperfect, simply drop the ending (-ar) and add one of the following: hablaba

aba


abas


aba


ábamos


abais


aban

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Question 9

How do you conjugate -er, -ir verbs to imperfect?

Answer 9

simply drop the ending (-er or -ir) and add one of the following:

ía
ías
ía
íamos
íais
ían

Question 10

Conjugate irregular verbs to imperfect:

ser, ir, ver

Answer 10

Imperfect: ser, ir, ver
ser ir ver
era iba veía
eras ibas veías
era iba veía
éramos íbamos veíamos
erais ibais veíais
eran iban veían

Question 11

How do you conjugate to future tense?

Answer 11

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Regular verbs in the future tense are conjugated by adding the following endings to the infinitive form of the verb:

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caber
yo cabré
poner
yo pondré
decir
yo diré
haber
yo habré
salir
yo saldré
hacer
yo haré
poder
yo podré
tener
yo tendré
querer
yo querré
valer
yo valdré
saber
yo sabré
venir
yo vendré