Spanish Verbs

Spanish Verbs

1. Reflexive Verbs

   • Usually something you do to yourself.
   • Present tense stems with these at the beginning.
     • Yo- Me
     • Tu- Te
     • El/Ella- Se
     • Nosotros- Nos
     • Vosotros- Os
     • Ellas/Ellos- Se
   • Example: Llavarse
     • Me llevo
     • Te llevas
     • Se lleva
     • Nos llevamos
     • Os llevais
     • Se llevan
     • To wash

2. Present Tense

   • Used when talking about something happening now or on a regular basis.
   • There a tree stem, AR IR and ER, with different endings.
     • Yo- o.o.o
     • Tu- as,es,es
     • El/Ella- a,e,e
     • Nosotros- amos,emos,emos
     • Vosotros- ais,eis,is
     • Ellos/Ellas- an,en,en
   • Irregulars
     • Ser
       • Soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son
       • To be
     • Estar
       • Estoy, estas, esta estamos estois estan
       • To be
     • Haber
       • He, has, he, hamos, habais, han
       • To have
     • Ir
       • Voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van
       • To go

3. Present Continuous

   • Used to talk about what is happening.
   • ESTAR + Present ending
     • AR- ando
     • ER- iendo
     • IR- iendo
   • Irregulars
     • Domir-Durmiendo
       • Consrtuir-Construyendo
         • Building
       • Traer-Trayendo
         • Bringing
       • Ir-Yendo
         • Going
     • Morir-Muriendo
       • Dying
     • Mentir-Mintiendo
       • Lying
     • Reir-Riendo
       • Laughing
     • Servir-Sirviendo
       • Serving
     • Decir-Diciendo
       • Saying
     • Prefirir-Prefiriendo
       • Prefering
     • Seguir-Siguiendo
       • Following
     • Leer-Leyendo
       • Reading
     • Oir-Oyendo
       • Hearing

4. Perfect Tense

   • Haber + Past Principle
     • Haber- He, Has, He, Hemos, Habeis, Han
     • AR-ADO, IR-IDO, ER-IDO
   • Used to describe actions that have happened recently or actions that still hold true in the present.
   • Irregulars
     • Romper-Roto
       • Broken
     • Poner-Puesto
       • Put
     • Hacer-Hecho
       • Done
     • Volver-Vuelto
       • Returned
     • Ver-Visto
       • Saw
     • Cubrir-Cubierto
       • Covered
     • Decir-Dicho
       • Said
     • Morir-Muerto
       • Died
     • Descubir-Decubierto
       • Discovered
     • Abrir-Abierto
       • Opened
     • Escribir-Escrito
       • Written

5. Future Tense

   • Infinitive + Ending
     • e,as,a,emos,eis,an (All with accents)
   • Used to describe things we will do.
   • Irregulars
     • Decir-Dir+Ending
       • Say
     • Hacer-Har+Ending
       • Do
     • Poder-Podr+Ending
       • Be able to
     • Poner-Pondr+Ending
       • Put
     • Saber-Sabr+Ending
       • To know
     • Haber-Habr+Ending
       • Have
     • Salir
       • Go out
     • Tener-Tendr+Ending
       • Have
     • Querer-Querr+Ending
       • Want
     • Vener-Vendr+Ending
       • Come
     • Caber-Cabr+Ending
       • Fit

6. Near Future Tense

   • Used to describe actions completed at one point in the past or that laster a specific amount of time in the paast and now completed.
   • There is three types of endings AR,ER,IR.
     • AR-e.aste,o,amos,asteis aron
     • ER-i,ieste,io,imos,isteis,ieron
     • IR-i,iste,io,imos,isteis,ieron
   • Irregulars
     • IR
       • Fue,fuiste,fue,fuimos,fuisteis,fueron
       • To go
     • Hacer
       • Hice,hiciste,hizo,hicimos,hiscisteis,hicieron
       • To do
     • Tener
       • Tuve,Tuviste,Tuvo,Tuviemos,Tuviesteis,Tuvieron
       • To have

7. Imperfect Tense

   • Used to describe past habitual actions to set the scene in the past or what a person used to do or was doing.
   • There are three types of endings AR,ER,IR
     • AR:aba,abas,aba,abamos,abais,aban
     • ER-ia,ias,ia,iamos,iais,ian
     • IR-ia,ias,ia,iamos,iais,ian
   • Irregulars
     • IR
       • To go
       • iba,ibas,iba,ibamos,ibais,iban
     • SER
       • To be
       • era,eras,era,eramos,erais,eran
     • VER
       • To see
       • veia,veias,veia,viamos,veiais,veian

8. Conditional Tense

   • You take the verb and add the ER/IR imperfect ending
     • ia,ias,ia,iamos,iais,ian
   • Used to say what would happen.
   • Irregulars
     • Hacer-Har+ending
       • Would do
     • Poder-Podr+ending
       • Might
     • Saber-Sabr+ending
       • Would know
     • Tener-Tendr+ending
       • Would have
     • Decir-Dir+ending
       • Would say
     • Poner-Pondr+ending
       • Would put
     • Salir-Saldr+ending
       • Would go out
     • Venir-Vendr+ending
       • Would come