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Spanish verbs: General overview


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Spanish verbs are divided into three conjugations depending on the infinitive ending:
- ar (hablar - to speak)
- er (comer - to eat)
- ir (vivir, - to live)

- Spanish verbs have three moods: Indicative, subjunctive and imperative.

- Spanish verbs have a past participle: hablado, comido, vivido

- Spanish verbs have a gerund: hablando, comiendo, viviendo.

- Indicative and subjunctive have different tenses, some of them are simple tenses and other compound tenses:

Present (Presente)
Present Perfect (Pretérito perfecto)
Imperfect (Imperfecto)
Preterite (Indefinido)
Pluscuamperfect (Pluscuamperfecto)
Future (Futuro)
Conditional (Condicional)
Present (Presente)
Present Perfect (Pretérito perfecto)
Imperfect (Imperfecto)
Pluscuamperfect (Pluscuamperfecto)


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Depending on mood, tense and person of verb the end changes.

- Most verbs forms are created by dropping the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and adding different endings.


 
 
Infinitive: habl+ ar
Gerund: habl + ando
Past particple: habl + ado
 
  stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros nosotras
vosotros vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present
Present Perfect
Imperfect
Preterite
Past Imperfect
Future
Future Perfect
Simple Conditional
Past Conditional
   
 
stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros, nosotras
vosotros, vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present habl e es e emos éis en
Present Perfect   haya hablado hayas hablado haya hablado hayamos hablado hayáis hablado hayan hablado
Imperfect habl ara aras ara áramos arais aran
Past Imperfect   hubiera hablado hubieras hablado hubiera hablado hubiéramos hablado hubierais hablado hubieran hablado
 
 
Infinitive: com+ er
Gerund: com + iendo
Past particple: com + ido
 
  stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros nosotras
vosotros vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present com o es e emos éis en
Present Perfect   he comido has comido ha comido hemos comido habéis comido han comido
Imperfect com ía ías ía íamos íais ían
Preterite com í iste imos isteis ieron
Past Imperfect   había comido habías comido había comido habíamos comido habíais comido habían comido
Future comer é ás á emos éis án
Future Perfect   habré comido habrás comido habrá comido habremos comido habréis comido habrán comido
Simple Conditional comer ía ías ía íamos íais ían
Past Conditional   habría comido habrías comido habría comido habríamos comido habríais comido habrían comido
   
 
stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros, nosotras
vosotros, vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present com a as a amos áis an
Present Perfect   haya comido hayas comido haya comido hayamos comido hayáis comido hayan comido
Imperfect com iera ieras iera iéramos ierais ieran
Past Imperfect   hubiera comido hubieras comido hubiera comido hubiéramos comido hubierais comido hubieran comido
 
 
Infinitive: viv+ ir
Gerund: viv + iendo
Past particple: viv + ido
 
  stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros nosotras
vosotros vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present viv o es e imos ís en
Present Perfect   he vivido has vivido ha vivido hemos vivido habéis vivido han vivido
Imperfect viv ía ías ía íamos íais ían
Preterite viv í iste imos isteis ieron
Past Imperfect   había vivido habías vivido había vivido habíamos vivido habíais vivido habían vivido
Future vivir é ás á emos éis án
Future Perfect   habré vivido habrás vivido habrá vivido habremos vivido habréis vivido habrán vivido
Simple Conditional vivir ía ías ía íamos íais ían
Past Conditional   habría vivido habrías vivido habría vivido habríamos vivido habríais vivido habrían vivido
   
 
stem
yo
él, ella, usted
nosotros, nosotras
vosotros, vosotras
ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present viv a as a amos áis an
Present Perfect   haya vivido hayas vivido haya vivido hayamos vivido hayáis vivido hayan vivido
Imperfect viv iera ieras iera iéramos ierais ieran
Past Imperfect   hubiera vivido hubieras vivido hubiera vivido hubiéramos vivido hubierais vivido hubieran vivido

 

 

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