Verbos irregulares Flashcards
to be – “PLACE”
estar:
how you feel and where you are
physical loc/condition, attitude,emotion
estoy estás está estamos estás están
to be ( “DOCTOR” or “SANTA”)
ser: description (always, attribute), occupation, content, time/date, origin (nationality), relationship
soy eres es somos sois son
there are, there is
hay
to go - present
to go = ir
voy vas va vamos vais van
ser — past tense
fui fuiste fue fuimas fuisteis fueron
ser — “going to be”
voy a ser vas a ser va a ser vamos a ser vais a ser van a ser
to have (present tense)
to have = tener
tengo tienes tiene tenemos teneis tienen
estar - past tense
estuve estuviste estuvo estuvimos estuvisteis estuvieron
“going to _____”
use with ser, estar, ir, tener
infinitive = ____
voy a ____
vas a ____
va a ____
vamos a ____
vais a ____
van a ____
to go - past tense
to go – ir
fui fuis fue fuimos fuisteis fueron
to have - past tense
to have – tener
tuve tuviste tuvo tuvimas tuvisteis tuvieron
to come - present tense
to come - venir
vengo vienes viene venemos veneis vienen
to lose (present)
perder
pierdo pierdes pierde perdemos perdéis pierden
to want (present)
querer
quiero quieres quiere queremos queréis quieren
to have (present)
tener
tengo tienes tiene tenemos tenéis tienen
to be able (can/may)
present tense
poder
puedo puedes puede podemos podéis pueden
to return/come back (place) to give back/return to return (object)
infinitive & yo present
volver vuelvo
devolver devuelvo
regresar regreso
note: Volver is used to talk about returning, coming or going back to a place. This verb can also be used to express that an action is being repeated. Regresar is used to talk about coming or going back to a place as well as returning objects. ‘Regresar’ is slightly more formal than ‘volver’.
to know (a fact) to know ( a person)
infinitive & yo present
saber sé
conocer conozco
infinitive and YO (present) for:
to carry, wear
to carry, put on
llevar
poner
note: Llevar” is, when going somewhere, to have something with you/ WEAR, like your clothes, a watch, a wallet, a mobile phone… but it is extended to non-corporeal things like time (“Llevo una hora aquí”). Originally, it meant “to lift”, and it implies motion in most cases.
“Ponerse” means to put yourself or something else somewhere; in the case of clothes, it is assumed that you put them on you (“to PUT ON”).
to see (all present tense)
ver veo ves ve vemos veis ven
