Verb Tenses Regular Conjugations and Uses Flashcards
AR present tense
- o
- as
- a
- amos
- an
ER Present Tense
- o
- es
- e
- emos
- en
IR Present Tense
- o
- es
- e
- imos
- en
AR Preterite
- é
- aste
- ó
- amos
- aron
ER/IR Preterite
- í
- iste
- ió
- imos
- ieron
AR Imperfect
- aba
- abas
- aba
- abamos
- aban
ER/IR Imperfect
- ía
- ías
- ía
- íamos
- ían
Present Perfect
he
has
ha
hemos han
+ past participle
used to express something that someone has done in the recent past
Pluscuamperfecto (conjugation
había habías había habíamos habían
+ past participle
Future (same of AR, ER, IR)
- é
- ás
- á
- emos
- án
don’t remove the endings of the verbs
Future Perfect
habré habrás habrá habremos habrán
+ past participle
Condicional
- ía
- ías
- ía
- íamos
- ían
**don’t take off endings ***
Condicional Perfect
habría habrías habría habríamos habrían
+ past participle
Present Subjunctive
Just switcht he normal present conjugations of AR and ER/IR verbs
Present Perfect Subjunctive
haya hayas haya hayamos hayan
+ past participle
Imperfect Subjunctive
- ra
- ras
- ra
- ramos
- ran
don’t take off endings of verbs
Pluscuamperfecto Subjunctive
hubiera hubieras hubiera hubiéramos hubieran
+ past participle
Pluscuamperfecto (uses)
expresses an action completed prior to another past action or point of reference in the past
eg) Ya se había ido la nave cuando Junacho y Mariposa despertaron.
also used with a verb in the past that expresses indirect speech
eg) El hombre de plata dijo que había venido de otro planeta.
Uses of Future Tense
can be used as a command
eg) te comerás las espinacas = you will eat your spinach
often replaced by the present tense to convey an idea of certainty
eg) Esta noche salen para Santiago = tonight they leave for Santiago
NOT used to express willingness or unwillingness - use querer here instead
eg) Quieres cagarme este paquete por favor? = Will you cary this package for me please?
Uses of the Conditional Tense and simple alternative
expresses an event that would (or would not) take place subsequent to a reference point in the past
eg) Octavio dijo que me enviaría un mensaje = Octavio said that he would send me a message
in if statements
to express politeness with verbs such as deber, desear, gustar, poder, preferir and querer
imperfect of ir + a can be used as alternative
Use of conditional tense in if statements
imperfect subjunctive is used in the if clause and the conditional in the conclusion
eg) Si no usaras “eñes”, el mensaje te costaría menos = if you didn’t use “eñes” the message would cost you less
