Verb Tenses Flashcards
Present Tense
Used to describe what is happening and what is true now
Refers to both what is happening specifically now (at this moment) and what is happening generally now (these days)
Ar present tense
I - o
You (s) - as
He/She/It - a
We - amos
You (pl) - áis
They - an
Er/Ir present tense
I - o
You - es
He/She/It - e
We -emos
You (p) - éis
They - en
Preterite tense
Past tense
Fixed point of time
Enclosed amount of time
Specific amount of actions
Ar preterite tense
I - é
You - aste
He/She/It - ó
We - amos
You (pl) - asteis
They - aron
Er/Ir preterite tense
I - í
You - iste
He/She/It - ió
We - imos
You (pl) - isteis
They -ieron
Imperfect tense
Past tense
Refers to actions that took place repeatedly or over an extended period of time
You use it for clock time and age
Ar imperfect
I - aba
You - abas
He/She/It - aba
We - ábamos
You (pl) - abais
They - aban
Er/Ir imperfect
I - ía
You - ías
He/She/It - ía
We - íamos
You (pl) - íais
They - ían
Simple Future tense
Describes actions that will take place in the future
Conditional and future tense share the same irregular verbs
Same verb endings for all verbs
Used to say what will happen
Future tense verb endings
I - é
You - ás
He/She/It - á
We - emos
You (pl) - éis
They - án
Conditional tense
Used to express probability, possibility, wonder or conjecture usually translated as would, could, must have or probably
Used for events that are not guaranteed to occur
Conditional tense verb endings
I - ía
You - ías
He/She/It - ía
We - íamos
You (pl) - íais
They - ían
Near future
Used to talk about what’s going to happen
Near future
I - Voy a
You - Vas a
He/She/It - Va a
We - Vamos a
You (pl) - Vais a
They - Van a
