Tenses / “AR” + “ER” & “IR” Flashcards

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PRESENT TENSE:

Actions that are currently happening (but not at the moment of speaking)

    Talking about future plans
      Actions that are ongoing.

Pronoun - AR . - ER - IR (. (Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I)

Tú(you)

Él/Ella(he/she)

Nosotros(we)

Vosotros
(Personal)

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes(They)

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PRESENT TENSE:

Actions that are currently happening (but not at the moment of speaking)

    Talking about future plans
      Actions that are ongoing.

Pronoun - AR . - ER - IR (. Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I) O. O. O

Tú(You) As Es. Es

Él/Ella(he/she) A E. E

Nosotros(we) Amos. Emos. Imos

Vosotros
(Personal) Áis. Éis. Ís

Ellos/Ellas/.
Ustedes (They) An. En. En

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Imperfect Tense:

We use the Spanish imperfect tense to talk about actions that happened in the past
No specific time duration

Any time you’d say “used to” in English, use this!

Pronoun - AR . - ER - IR (. (Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I)

Tú(you)

Él/Ella(he/she)

Nosotros(we)

Vosotros
(Personal)

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes(They)

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Imperfect(Past) Tense:

We use the Spanish imperfect tense to talk about actions that happened in the past
No specific time duration

Any time you’d say “used to” in English, use this!

Pronoun - AR . - ER & IR (. (Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I) Aba Ía

Tú(You) Abas Ías

Él/Ella(he/she) Aba Ía

Nosotros(we) Ábamos Íamos

Vosotros
(Personal) Abais Íais (E-ice)

Ellos/Ellas/.
Ustedes (They) Aban Ían

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Preterite Tense:

Pronoun - AR . - ER - IR (. (Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I)

Tú(you)

Él/Ella(he/she)

Nosotros(we)

Vosotros
(Personal)

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes(They)

A

Preterite Tense:
(Went there then done that then)

Actions that both started and finished in the past

Ayer comí lasaña.
I ate lasagna yesterday.

Pronoun - AR . - ER &IR (. (Hablar) (Comer). (Insistir)

Yo(I) É Í

Tú(You) Aste Iste

Él/Ella(he/she) Ó Ío

Nosotros(we) Amos Imos

Vosotros
(Personal) Asteis Isteis

Ellos/Ellas/.
Ustedes (They) Aron Ieron

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Future Simple:

Pronoun. Ending Example(Hablar)

Yo(I)
Tú(You)
Él/Ella/Usted
(he/she)
Nosotros(we)
Vosotros(you)
Ellos/Ellas(they)

A

Future Simple:

Pronoun. Ending Example(Hablar)

Yo(I) +é Hablaré
Tú(You) +ás Hablarás
Él/Ella/Usted. +á
(he/she) Hablará
Nosotros(we) +emos Hablaremos
Vosotros(you)+éis Hablaréis
Ellos/Ellas(they) +án Hablarán

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Simple Conditional Tense

Pronoun. Ending Example(Gusta)

Yo(I)
Tú(You)
Él/Ella/Usted
(he/she)
Nosotros(we)
Vosotros(you)
Ellos/Ellas(they)

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Simple Conditional Tense
(SHOULD, WILL , WUD LIKE)

To talk about hypothetical situations, give advice and make requests.

    Me gustaría ser millonario.
 I would like to be a millionaire.

Pronoun. Ending. Example(Deber)

Yo(I) +ía Debería
Tú(You) +ías Deberías
Él/Ella/Usted. +ía. Debería
(he/she)
Nosotros(we)+íamos. Deberíamos
Vosotros(you) +íais Deberíais
Ellos/Ellas(they)+ían Deberán

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I will speak to her

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Habla-Ré con Ella

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