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Past Subjunctive/Imperfect Subjunctive

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  1. ellos/ellas/ustedes preterite tense
  2. drop “-ron” ending
  3. add ending

-ra -ramos
-ras -rais
-ra -ran

Subordiante and main clauses must both be in past tense
* accent vowel before nosotros ending

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Preterite

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-ar

-aste

-amos
-asteis
-aron

-er/-ir
-i
-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
-ieron

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Future Perfect

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Haber + -ido/-ado
habré habremos
habrás habréis
habrá habrán

What will have happened by some future point

para + (time expression) = by (time expression)
dentro de + (time expression) = within (time expression)

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Future

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-é -emos
-ás -éis
-á -án

regular verbs = infinitive + ending
irregular verbs = Irregular stem + ending

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Conditional Perfect

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haber + -ido/-ado (past participle)
habría habríamos
habrías habríais
habría habrían

An action that would have occurred, but didn’t

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Conditional

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Infinitive + ending
-ía -íamos
-ías -íais
-ía -ían

future tense irregular stems used for irregular verbs

Commonly used to make polite requests (ex: Would you open the window, please?)

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Present Perfect

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haber + -ido/-ado (Past Participle)
he hemos
has habéis
ha han

What someone has done or what has happened in the recent past

acabar de + infinitive = “just” done something (not present perfect)
hay = ha habido (There has been, there have been)

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Past Perfect

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Haber + -ido/ado (past participle)
había habíamos
habías habíais
había habían

antes de + noun/infinitive

Commonly used with “ya” (already)

What someone had previously done.
What had previously happened before another, more recent action.

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Present Perfect Subjunctive

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haber + -ido/ado (past participle)
haya hayamos
hayas hayáis
haya hayan

Recent action

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Imperfect tense

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Past perfect subjunctive

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Present subjunctive

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