UGA Spanish 2001 Midterm Grammar

present tense ar verb endings

o, as, a, amos, áis, an

present tense -ir endings

o, es, e, imos, ís, en

present tense -er endings

o, es, e, emos, éis, en

Preterite -ar

é, aste, ó, amos, aron

preterite ir/er

í, iste, ió, imos, isteis, ieron

imperfect endings ar

aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban

imperfect endings er/ir

ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

preterite vs. imperfect

preterite:

-used for single past events or a specific moment in time

-used for a list of sequential actions

-used for actions that interrupt ongoing actions

-use for verbs referring to the senses

imperfect:

-actions in progress in the past (was running)

-repeated, habitual actions (used to)

- interrupted action

-telling what the time, weather, or age was

-descriptions of physical/mental state

irregular imperfect verbs

ir, ser, ver

imperfect of ir

iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban

imperfect of ser

era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran

imperfect of ver

veía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían

how to create the present perfect

present form of haber + past participle

present of haber

he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han

past participle

ar- ado

er/ir- ido

how to create the past perfect

imperfect of haber + past participle

imperfect of haber

había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían

direct object pronouns

me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las

Indirect Object Pronouns

me, te, le, nos, os, les

when both the IO and DO appear in a sentence, the ____ comes first.

IO

se accidental

usually goes

se + IO + verb