Tenses Flashcards

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Present tense

Also known as the “present simple.” Use this tense to talk about things that happen in general, or about habits.

Comprar conjugations

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yo compro
tú compras
él/ella compra
nosotros compramos
ustedes compran
ellos/ellas compran

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Present tense

Also known as the “present simple.” Use this tense to talk about things that happen in general, or about habits.

Correr conjugations

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yo corro
tú corres
él/ella corre
nosotros corremos
ustedes corren
ellos/ellas corren

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Present tense

Also known as the “present simple.” Use this tense to talk about things that happen in general, or about habits.

Vivir conjugations

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yo vivo
tú vives
él/ella vive
nosotros vivimos
ustedes viven
ellos/ellas viven

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Preterite

Use the preterite to talk about events that occured at a certain time in the past.

Comprar conjugations:

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yo compré
tú compraste
él/ella compró
nosotros compramos
ustedes compraron
ellos/ellas compraron

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Preterite

Use the preterite to talk about events that occured at a certain time in the past.

Correr conjugations:

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yo corrí
tú corriste
él/ella corr
nosotros corrimos
ustedes corrieron
ellos/ellas corrieron

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Preterite

Use the preterite to talk about events that occured at a certain time in the past.

Vivir conjugations:

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yo viví
tú viviste
él/ella viv
nosotros vivimos
ustedes vivieron
ellos/ellas vivieron

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Imperfect

The imperfect is that “other” simple past tense in Spanish. Use it to talk about “​past actions without a definite end​,” when you put an emphasis on the process of the action, or habitual events in the past.

Comprar conjugation:

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yo compraba
tú comprabas
él/ella compraba
nosotros comprábamos
ustedes compraban
ellos/ellas compraban

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Imperfect

The imperfect is that “other” simple past tense in Spanish. Use it to talk about “​past actions without a definite end​,” when you put an emphasis on the process of the action, or habitual events in the past.

Correr conjugation:

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yo corría
tú corrías
él/ella corría
nosotros corríamos
ustedes corrían
ellos/ellas corrían

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Imperfect

The imperfect is that “other” simple past tense in Spanish. Use it to talk about “​past actions without a definite end​,” when you put an emphasis on the process of the action, or habitual events in the past.

Vivir conjugation:

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yo vivía
tú vivías
él/ella vivía
nosotros vivíamos
ustedes vivían
ellos/ellas vivían

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Future

The future translates to English using the word “will” and it straightforward expresses events that are about to happen or will happen at some point after right now.

Comprar conjugations:

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yo compraré
tú comprarás
él/ella comprará
nosotros compraremos
ustedes comprarán
ellos/ellas comprarán

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Future

The future translates to English using the word “will” and it straightforward expresses events that are about to happen or will happen at some point after right now.

Correr conjugations:

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yo correrán
tú correrás
él/ella correrá
nosotros correremos
ustedes correrán
ellos/ellas correrán

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Future

The future translates to English using the word “will” and it straightforward expresses events that are about to happen or will happen at some point after right now.

Vivir conjugations:

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yo viviré
tú vivirás
él/ella vivirá
nosotros viviremos
ustedes vivirán
ellos/ellas vivirán

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Conditional

The conditional is basically the Spanish equivalent of the “would + verb” construction in English,

Comprar conjugation:

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yo compraría
tú comprarías
él/ella compraría
nosotros compraríamos
ustedes comprarían
ellos/ellas comprarían

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Conditional

The conditional is basically the Spanish equivalent of the “would + verb” construction in English,

Correr conjugation:

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yo correrían
tú correrías
él/ella correría
nosotros correríamos
ustedes correrían
ellos/ellas correrían

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Conditional

The conditional is basically the Spanish equivalent of the “would + verb” construction in English,

Vivir conjugation:

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yo correrían
tú correrías
él/ella correría
nosotros correríamos
ustedes correrían
ellos/ellas correrían

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