Tenses Flashcards
Past Subjunctive/Imperfect Subjunctive
- ellos/ellas/ustedes preterite tense
- drop “-ron” ending
- add ending
-ra -ramos
-ras -rais
-ra -ran
Subordiante and main clauses must both be in past tense
* accent vowel before nosotros ending
Preterite
-ar
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-asteis
-aron
-er/-ir
-i
-iste
-ió
-imos
-isteis
-ieron
Future Perfect
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)
Future
-é -emos
-ás -éis
-á -án
regular verbs = infinitive + ending
irregular verbs = Irregular stem + ending
Conditional Perfect
haber + -ido/-ado (past participle)
habría habríamos
habrías habríais
habría habrían
An action that would have occurred, but didn’t
Conditional
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?)
Present Perfect
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)
Past Perfect
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.
Present Perfect Subjunctive
haber + -ido/ado (past participle)
haya hayamos
hayas hayáis
haya hayan
Recent action
Imperfect tense
Past perfect subjunctive
Present subjunctive