A LEVEL SPANISH Tenses

Present tense (reg) -ar endings

o, as, a, amos, áis, an

Present tense (reg) -er endings

o, es, e, emos, éis, en

Present tense (reg ) -ir endings

o, es, e, imos, ís, en

Preterite tense (reg) -ar endings

é, aste, ó, amos, asteis, aron

Preterite tense (reg) -er/-ir endings

í, iste, ió, imos isteis, ieron

Imperfect tense (reg) -ar endings

aba, abas, aba, ábamos, abais, aban

Imperfect tense (reg) -er/-ir endings

ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

Preterite tense translation

I..ed

Imperfect tense translation

I was...ing/ I used to...

Future tense endings

é, ás, á, emos, éis, án

Future tense translation

I will...

Conditional tense endings

(inf+) ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían

Conditional tense translation

I would...

Perfect tense beginnings

he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han (+ Past Participle)

Perfect tense translation

I have...ed

Pluperfect tense beginnings

había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían (+ Past participle)

Pluperfect tense translation

I had...(eg. been, returned)

Future perfect tense beginnings

habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán (+ Past Participle)

Future perfect tense translation

I will have...(e.g.. gone, spoken)

Conditional perfect tense beginnings

habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían (+ Past Participle)

Conditional perfect tense translation

I would have... (e.g.. eaten, spoken)

Past Participle of regular -ar verbs (used in pluperfect tense )

-ado (eg. hablado, jugado, nadado)

Past Participle of regular -er/-ir verbs

-ido (eg. comido, venido, salido)

Reflexive verb pronouns

me, te, se, nos, os, se

Subjunctive (reg) -ar endings

e, es, e, emos, éis, en

Subjunctive (reg) -er/-ir endings

a, as, a amos, áis, an

Present continuous participle of regular -ar verbs

-ando (eg. nadando, hablando)

Present continuous participle of regular -er/-ir verbs

-iendo (eg. comiendo, leyendo, yendo (ir))

Present continuous tense translation

I am...ing

Present continuous tense beginnings

estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están (+ Present participle)

Imperfect continuous tense translation

I was...ing

Imperfect continuous tense

estaba, estabas, estaba, estábamos, estabais, estaban (+ Present Participle)

When to use 'Ser'

profession, nationality, age, identity, permanent qualities and physical qualities (could go in profile)

When to use 'Estar'

position, temporary state, verbs in the present continuous (could go in status)

Direct pronouns

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

Indirect object pronouns (to/for)

me, te, le, nos, os, les

imperfect subjunctive

Take stem of 6th person (they) pretirite the add....

(only used whne subordinate clause is in the pret,imperf conditional , or pluperf)

imperfect subjunctive endings (ar)

ara, aras, ara, áramos, aran

imperfect subjunctive endings (er/ir)

era, eras, era, éramos, eran ( if it has an i in the preterite then keep it )

imperfect subjunctive translation

previous experience - or something unlikely

preterito pluscuamperfecto

habia, habias, habia, habiamos, habiais, habian