Verbos - Various Tenses Flashcards
Haber (conjugated for present perfect)
He Has Ha Hamos Han
Past Participle
When a verb is used as an adjective to describe something
Think: en/ed (broken/closed)
Auxiliary verb (Estar)
+ past participle (verb=adj “ado/ido”)
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La tienda está cerrada
Estar conjugated for Past Participle
Estoy Estás Está Estamos Están
Preterite
= Completed past actions
• Completed actions
• Sudden actions
• beginning or end of an action
Preterite Verb Endings for ar/er/ir
É/í Aste/iste Ó/ió Ábamos/imos Aban/ían
Irregular Preterite verbs
Ser: fui/fuiste/fue/fuimos/fueron
Ir: fui/fuiste/fue/fuimos/fueron
Dar: di/diste/dio/dimos/dieron
Hacer: hice/hiciste/hizo/hicimos/hicieron
Imperfect
= past w/out beginning or end • actions in progress (ing) • emotional/physical state of being • description of person/things • repeated/habitual action • time • age
Imperfect Verb Endings (ar/er/ir)
Aba/ía Abas/ías Aba/ía Ábamos/íamos Aban/ían
Irregular Imperfect Verbs
Ser: era/eras/era/éramos/eran
Ir: iba/ibas/iba/íbamos/iban
Ver: vi/viste/vio/vimos/vieron
Saber (preterite v imperfect)
Found out / Know
Conocer (preterite v. Imperfect)
Met / know
Tener (preterite v. Imperfect)
Received / had
Querer
“No” querer
Tried / wanted
Refused / didn’t want
Poder (preterite v. Imperfect)
“No” poder
Managed or succeeded / was able to
Failed / wasn’t able to
Present Perfect
To have done something
Auxillary verb (haber) \+ main verb (ado/ido) ------------------------- Ha comido (i have eaten)
