Spanish tenses

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Action completed in the past

Preterit

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Ongoing action in the past

Imperfect

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Something would happen

Conditional

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Something will happen

Future

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ending (after dropping the -AR on verbs)

  • -é (Yo)(I)

  • -aste (Tú)(You)

  • -ó (Él, ella)(He,she,it)

  • -amos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -aron (Ell@s)(They)

Preterite (Competed actions in past)

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ending (after dropping the -IR/-ER on verbs)

  • -í (Yo)(I)

  • -iste (Tú)(You)

  • -ió (Él,ella)(He,she,it)

  • -imos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -ieron (Ellos)(They)

Preterite (Competed actions in the past)

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ending (after dropping the -AR on verbs)

  • -aba (Yo)(I)

  • -abas (Tú)(You)

  • -aba (Él, ella)(He,she,it)

  • -ábamos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -aban (Ell@s)(They)

imperfect (ongoing actions in past)

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ending (after dropping the -IR/-ER on verbs)

  • -ía (Yo)(I)

  • -ías (Tú)(You)

  • -ía (Él,ella)(He,she,it)

  • -íamos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -ían (Ell@s)(They)

imperfect (ongoing actions in past)

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ending (after keeping ending (-ar,-ir,-er) on all verbs)

  • -ía (Yo)(I)

  • -ías (Tú)(You)

  • -ía (Él, ella)(He,she,it)

  • -íamos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -ían (Ell@s)(They)

Conditional (would tense)

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ending (after keeping ending (-ar,-ir,-er) on all verbs)

  • -é (Yo)(I)

  • -ás (Tú)(You)

  • -á (Él,ella)(He,she,it)

  • -emos (Nostoros)(We)

  • -án (Ell@s)(They)

Future (will tense)

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Specific time, repetitions or time limit of an action in the past.

Preterit 

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ser/ir fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron

dar di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron

venir vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron

tener tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron

hacer hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron

poner puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron

estar estuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron

querer quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos,quisisteis, quisieron

poder pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron

saber supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron

decir dije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeron

traer traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron

andar anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron

caber cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieron

traducir traduje, tradujiste, tradujo, tradujimos, tradujisteis, tradujeron

Preterit irregulars

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Change e and o vowel in the stem to i and u 

only in -ir verbs

only in ella/el and ellos/ellas form

only change to one letter in the “sandal”.

Ex. dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, durmieron

Ex. 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟í, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑖ó, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑜𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛

preterit stem changers 

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“CAR” verbs: Change from “c” to “qu” in the “yo” form (the rest follow the regular rules)

Ex. toqué, tocaste, tocó, tocamos, tocaron

“GAR” verbs: Change from “g” to “gu” in the “yo” form (the rest follow the regular rules)

Ex. llegué, llegaste, llegó, llegamos, llegaron

“ZAR” verbs: Change from “z” to “c” in the “yo” form (the rest follow the regular rules)

Ex. empecé, empezaste, empezó, empezamos, empezaron

preterit spelling changes

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ir iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, ibais, iban

ser era, eras, era, éramos, erais, eran -aba

verveía, veías, veía, veíamos, veíais, veían

imperfect irregulars

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