tenses

Question 1

What is the future immediate tense?

Answer 1

“going to”

Question 2

How do I create the future immediate tense?

Answer 2

Step 1 : conjugate “ir”

Step 2 : ‘a’ = to

Step 3 : infinitive verb

e.g. voy a nadar

Question 3

What is the present tense?

Answer 3

to be doing something

Question 4

How do I build the present tense?

Answer 4

Step 1 : conjugate ‘estar’

Step 2 : er/ir = -iendo
ar = -ando

e.g estoy bailando
estamos comiendo

Question 5

What is el imperfect?

Answer 5

‘used to’

used for continuous/ repeated past actions
past descriptions
past emotions

Question 6

How do I build el imperfect?

Answer 6

AR IR/ER

yo -aba -ía

tu -abas -ías

él/ella -aba -ía

nosotros -ábamos -íamos

vosotros -abáis -íais

ellos/ellas -aban -ían

Question 7

What are the exceptions to el imperfect and what are their conjugations?

Answer 7

VER SER IR

yo veía era iba

tu veías eras ibas

él/ella veía era iba

nosotros veíamos eramos ibamos

vosotros veíais eráis ibáis

ellos/ellas veían eran iban

Question 8

What is el condicional?

Answer 8

future tense for ‘should, would, could’

Question 9

How do I form el condicional?

Answer 9

Step 1 : take infinitive verb KEEP ENDINGS

Step 2 : add endings: (same as IR/ER el imperfect)

yo -ía

tu -ías

él/ella -ía

nosotros -íamos

vosotros -íais

ellos/ellas -ían

Question 10

What are the exceptions to el conditional and what are their fixes?

Answer 10

HACER PODER SABER TENER
har- podr- sabr- tendr-

DECIR PONER SALIR VENIR
dir- pondr- saldr- vendr-

VALER CABER HABER QUERER
valdr- cabr- habría querr-