Tenses Flashcards

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Present tense- presently happening

-Ar Verbs

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Subject -AR verb endings

yo (I)	                              -o	
tú (you)	                             -as	
usted/él/ella (he / she)	      -a
nosotros/as (we)	              -amos	
vosotros/as (you all)	      -áis	
ellos / ellas (they)	               -an
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Present tense- presently happening

-Er Verbs

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SUBJECT	-ER ENDINGS	
yo	                                -o	
tú	                                -es	
usted/él/ella	                -e	
nosotros	                        -emos	
vosotros	                        -éis	
ustedes/ellos/ ellas	-en
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Preterite Tense - happened once in the past

ex: I ate pasta
- Ar Verbs

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SUBJECT -AR ENDINGS
yo -é
tú -aste
él, ella, usted -ó
nosotros -amos
vosotros -asteis
ellos, ellas, ustedes -aron

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Preterite Tense - happened once in the past

ex: I ate pasta
- Er/Ir Verbs

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SUBJECT		-ER AND -IR ENDINGS
yo		                              -í
tú		                            -iste
él, ella, usted		               -ió
nosotros		                       -imos
vosotros		                        -isteis
ellos, ellas, ustedes		-ieron
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Imperfect Tense - past that happened continuously

ex: I used to eat pasta every Sunday
- Ar verbs

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SUBJECT -AR ENDINGS
yo -aba
tú -abas
Él/ella/usted -aba
nosotros -abamos
ellos/ellas -aban

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Imperfect Tense - past that happened continuously

ex: I used to eat pasta every Sunday
- Er/Ir

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SUBJECT -ER AND -IR ENDINGS

yo - ía
tú -ías
Él/ellas/usted - ía
nosotros -íamos
ellos/ellas - ían

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Conditional Tense - talk about hypothetical situations and probabilities and to make polite requests

(ex: I would eat pasta)
- IR ENDINGS FOR IMPERFECT FOR ALL VERBS

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SUBJECT ALL VERBS (unless irregular)

yo -ía
tú -ías
usted, él, ella -ía
nosotros -íamos
vosotros -íais
ustedes, ellos, ellas -ían

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Informal future

I am going to….

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ir + a + infinitive

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Simple future

I will/ shall/might/may eat pasta tomorrow

At the end of infinitive verb

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SUBJECTS                 ALL VERBS
yo	                                -é
tú	                               - ás
usted, él, ella	                 -á
nosotros	                       -emos
vosotros	                        -éis
ustedes, ellos, ellas	-án
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