Spanish Tenses (FSU Spanish Language Placement Test Prep)

Hablo

I speak

Present

Hablaba

I was speaking

Imperfect

Hablé

I spoke

Preterite

Hablaré

I will speak

Future

Hablaría

I would speak

Conditional

Hable

That I speak

Present Subjunctive

Hablara

That I spoke

Past Subjunctive

He hablando

I have spoken

Present Perfect

Había hablando

I had spoken

Past Perfect

Habré hablando

I will have spoken

Future Perfect

Habría hablando

I would have spoken

Conditional Perfect

Haya hablando

That I have spoken

Present Perfect Subjunctive

Huberia hablando

That/if I had spoken

Past Perfect Subjunctive

Estoy hablando

I am speaking

Present Progressive

Estaba hablando

I was speaking

Imperfect Progressive

Perfect Tenses

Haber conjugated + verb stem + ado/ido

Progressive Tenses

Estar conjugated + verb stem + ando/iendo

Irregular Verb Watch List

Ser - To Be

Estar - To Be

Ir - To Go

Decir - To Say

Dar - To Give

Saber - To Know

Poder - To Be Able

Poner - To Put

Tener - To Have

Haber - To Have

Querer - To Want

Ver - To See

Venir - To Come

Present Endings (Doing Right now)

-AR:

o

as

a

amos

an

-ER:

o

es

e

emos

en

-IR:

o

es

e

imos

en

Irregulars:

Ser - soy/es

Estar - estoy/est-

Ir - voy/va-

Decir - digo/dic-

Dar - doy/da-

Saber - sé/sab-

Poder - pued-

Poner - pongo/pon-

Tener - tengo/tien-

Haber - he/ha-

Querer - quier-

Ver - veo/ve-

Venir - vengo/vien-

Imperfect Endings (Was/Would/Used to/ Would Always Do)

-AR:

aba

abas

aba

ábamos

aban

-ER/-IR:

ía

ías

ía

íamos

ían

Irregulars:

Ser - era

Ir - iba

Ver - vé-

Preterite Endings (Did Do)

-AR:

é

aste

ó

amos

aron

-ER/-IR:

í

iste

ió

imos

ieron

Irregulars:

Ser - fu-

Estar - estuv-

Ir - fu-

Decir - dij-

Dar - di-

Saber - sup-

Poder - pud-

Poner - pus-

Tener - tuv

Haber - hub-

Querer - quis-

Ver - vi-

Venir - vin-

Future Endings (Will Do)

Stem is entire infinitive (hablar) +

-AR/-ER/-IR:

é

ás

á

emos

án

Irregulars:

Decir - dir-

Saber - sabr-

Poder - podr-

Poner - pondr-

Tener - tendr-

Haber - habr-

Querer - querr-

Venir - vendr-

Conditional Endings (Asking/Would You Do?)

Stem is entire infinitive (hablar) +

-AR/-ER/-IR:

ía

ías

ía

íamos

ían

Decir - dir-

Saber - sabr-

Poder - podr-

Poner - pondr-

Tener - tendr-

Haber - habr-

Querer - querr-

Venir - vendr-

Present Subjunctive Endings (To Do)

-AR:

e

es

e

emos

en

-ER/-IR:

a

as

a

amos

an

Irregulars:

Ser - se-

Estar - est-

Ir - vay-

Decir - dig-

Dar - d-

Saber - sep-

Poder - pued-

Poner - pong-

Tener - teng-

Haber - hay-

Querer - quier-

Ver - ve-

Venir - veng-

Present Perfect Endings (Have Done)

*Haber conjugated in the present + verb stem + ado/ido

he + -ado/-ido

has + -ado/-ido

ha + -ado/-ido

hemos + -ado/-ido

han + -ado/-ido

Past Perfect Endings (Had Done)

*Haber conjugated in the past + verb stem + ado/ido

había + -ado/-ido

habías + -ado/-ido

había + -ado/-ido

habíamos + -ado/-ido

habían + -ado/-ido

Future Perfect Endings (Will Have Done)

*Haber conjugated in the future + verb stem + ado/ido

habré + -ado/-ido

habrás + -ado/-ido

habrá + -ado/-ido

habremos + -ado/-ido

habrán + -ado/-ido

Conditional Perfect Endings (Would Have Done)

*Haber conjugated in the conditional + verb stem + ado/ido

habría + -ado/-ido

habrías + -ado/-ido

habría + -ado/-ido

habríamos + -ado/-ido

habrían + -ado/-ido

Present Perfect Subjunctive Endings (That Which Has Been Done)

*Haber conjugated in the present subjunctive + verb stem + ado/ido

haya + -ado/-ido

hayas + -ado/-ido

haya + -ado/-ido

hayamos + -ado/-ido

hayan + -ado/-ido

Past Perfect Subjunctive Endings (That Which Had Been Done)

*Haber conjugated in the present subjunctive + verb stem + ado/ido

hubiera + -ado/-ido

hubieras + -ado/-ido

hubiera + -ado/-ido

hubiéramos + -ado/-ido

hubieran + -ado/-ido

Present Progressive Endings (Are Doing/Am Doing)

*Haber conjugated in the present + verb stem + ando/iendo

estoy + -ando/-iendo

estás + -ando/-iendo

está + -ando/-iendo

estamos + -ando/-iendo

están + -ando/-iendo

Imperfect Progressive Endings (Was Doing/Were Doing)

*Haber conjugated in the imperfect + verb stem + ando/iendo

estaba + -ando/-iendo

estabas + -ando/-iendo

estaba + -ando/-iendo

estábamos + -ando/-iendo

estaban + -ando/-iendo

Subjunctive

Desires, doubts, possibilities, wishes

Indicative

Facts that are true and concrete (Standard tenses)

Perfect Tenses

Started in the past and continues or repeats in the present

Progressive Tenses

Is or was happening continuously

Watch List (Perfect Tenses)

haber + stem + -ado/-ido

Normal:

Estar

Dar

Saber

Poder

Tener

Haber

Querer

Venir

Irregular:

Ser - sido

Ir - ido

Decir - dicho

Poner - puesto

Ver - visto

Watch List (Progressive Tenses):

estar + stem + -ando/-iendo

Normal:

Estar

Dar

Saber

Poner

Tener

Haber

Querer

Irregular:

Ser - siendo

Ir - yendo

Decir - diciendo

Poder - pudiendo

Ver - viendo

Venir - viniendo

Tips

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