Spanish Verb Tenses
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PRESENT FUTURE PAST
Present Perfect Present Future
(also)
Future Perfect
Present Perfect Present Conditional Conditional Perfect
Yo hablo
I speak
Yo hablar
I will speak
Yo voy a hablar
I am going to speak
Yo habr hablado
I will have spoken
Yo hablara
I would speak
Yo habra hablado
I would have spoken
que yo
hable
that I speak
que yo
haya hablado
that I have spoken
Yo he hablado
I have spoken
Imperfect
que yo
hablara
or
que yo
hablase
that I spoke
third-person plural preterite,
drop -ron, add:
haya
hayas
haya
hayamos
hayis
hayan
+ past participle
he
has
ha
hemos
habis
han
+ past participle
+ past participle
habra
habras
habra
habramos
habrais
habran
+ past participle
habr
habrs
habr
habremos
habris
habrn
Preterite
Yo habl
I spoke
-ar
-
-aste
-
-amos
-asteis
-aron
-er / -ir
-
-iste
-i
-imos
-isteis
-ieron
andar, conducir, dar, decir, estar,
hacer, ir, poner, poder, querer,
saber, ser, tener, traer, venir, ver,
yo-form spelling changes, stem
changers, iy spelling changes
+ a + infinitive
voy
vas
va
vamos
vais
van
first-person present,
drop -o, add:
dar, estar, haber, ir, saber, ser
-carque, -gargue, -zarce,
-cerza, -ger/-girja, -guirga,
-guarge, -uirya, quirca
-ar
-e
-es
-e
-emos
-is
-en
-er / -ir
-a
-as
-a
-amos
-is
-an
cabercabr-, decirdir-,
haberhabr-, hacerhar-,
poderpodr-, ponerpondr-,
quererquerr-, sabersabr-,
salirsaldr-, tenertendr-,
valervaldr-, venirvendr-
add to infinitive:
add to infinitive:
-
-s
-
-emos
-is
-n
-a
-as
-a
-amos
-ais
-an
same irregulars as future tense
(the Preterite Perfect is not
used in spoken language
and is rarely used in writing.)
(-se endings are primarily used in Spain)
Preterite Perfect
hube
hubiste
hubo
hubimos
hubisteis
hubieron
+ past participle
Yo hube hablado
I had spoken
Pluperfect
haba
habas
haba
habamos
habais
haban
+ past participle
Yo haba hablado
I had spoken
-er
-o
-es
-e
-emos
-is
-en
-ir
-o
-es
-e
-imos
-s
-en
-ar
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-is
-an
stem changers:
eie: cerrar, empezar, entender,
pensar, perder, preferir, querer,
recomendar, sentir, tener, venir
oue: almorzar, contar, dormir,
encontrar, morir, mover, mostrar,
poder, probar, resolver, volver
ei: corregir, decir, elegir, medir,
pedir, repetir, seguir, servir, vestir
irregular yo form:
caber, dar, estar, saber, ver
-go verbs: caer, decir, hacer,
poner, salir, tener, traer, valer, venir
-zco verbs: conducir, conocer,
obedecer, ofrecer, parecer, traducir
spelling changes:
-cer/-cirzo, -ger/-girjo,
-guirgo, -quirco, -uiruy
other irregulars:
adquirir(iie), jugar(uue),
oler(ohue), ir, ser, estar, or,
rer, -iar, -uar
abrir abierto,
cubrir cubierto,
decir dicho,
escribir escrito,
hacer hecho,
imprimir impreso,
morir muerto,
poner puesto,
resolver resuelto,
romper roto,
ver visto,
volver vuelto
past participles
-ar -ado, -er / -ir -ido
if a vowel precedes the ending,
add an accent. e.g. leerledo
the verb haber
Used by itself, Haber means
"there is or there are."
It can only be conjugated in the
third-person singular regard-
less of the number of objects
in the sentence.
Haber is also used as an
auxiliary verb when forming
the perfect tense. In that case
it means to have.
hay there is, there are
hubo there was, there were
haba there was, there were
habr there will be
habra there would be
Pluperfect
que yo
hubiera hablado
or
que yo
hubiese hablado
that I had spoken
hubiera
hubieras
hubiera
hubiramos
hubierais
hubieran
hubiese
hubieses
hubiese
hubisemos
hubieseis
hubiesen
+ past participle
Imperfect
Yo hablaba
I spoke
-ar
-aba
-abas
-aba
-bamos
-abais
-aban
-er/ir
-a
-as
-a
-amos
-ais
-an
only three irregulars:
iriba, serera, vervea
-ra
-ras
-ra
-ramos
-rais
-ran
-se
-ses
-se
-semos
-seis
-sen
or
or
(hubiese forms are primarily used in Spain)
