- -ar verbs (e.g., hablar)
- -er verbs (e.g., comer)
- -ir verbs (e.g., vivir)
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Table of Contents
- Verb Types
Overview of Spanish verb types: regular, irregular, stem-changing, and reflexive verbs.
- Regular Verbs
Regular Spanish verbs are the most predictable verbs, following standard rules across all subjects and tenses for easy learning.
- Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs in Spanish are verbs that do not follow the regular conjugation patterns for -ar, -er, or -ir endings. They have unique changes in their stems or endings.
- Stem-Changing Verbs
Stem-changing verbs in Spanish are verbs that undergo a vowel change in their stem when conjugated in certain forms, altering the root.
- Reflexive Verbs
Reflexive verbs in Spanish are verbs that indicate the subject performs an action on itself. They always use reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se).
- Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary verbs in Spanish, their role in forming compound tenses, and examples of how they are used with main verbs.
- Verb Conjugation
Basics of Spanish verb conjugation to change verb forms for different subjects, tenses, and moods.
- Present Tense
The Spanish present tense, including regular and irregular conjugations, usage rules, and examples for everyday communication.
- Past Tenses
Overview of Spanish past tenses for describing actions and events that occurred in the past.
- Preterite Tense
The Spanish preterite tense is used to talk about actions that were completed in the past. It shows what happened, when it happened, and that the action is finished.
- Irregular Preterite Verbs
Irregular preterite verbs in Spanish are verbs that do not follow regular conjugation patterns in the past tense. These verbs have unique ... and help you express actions that are completed and happened at a specific point in the past.
- Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense in Spanish describes past actions that were ongoing, habitual, or background events. It is used for setting scenes, expressing repeated actions, or talking about what used to happen.
- Future Tense
The future tense in Spanish is used to talk about actions that will happen, make predictions, or express probability.
- Simple Future
The simple future tense in Spanish expresses actions that will happen, intentions, or predictions. It uses the same endings for all verbs.
- Irregular Future Verbs
- Conditional Tenses
Introduction to Spanish conditional tenses for expressing hypothetical situations, polite requests, and future-in-the-past scenarios.
- Simple Conditional
The Simple Conditional is a verb form in Spanish used to express hypothetical actions, polite requests, or future events from a past perspective.
- Perfect Conditional
Spanish verb tense for expressing what would have happened in the past using "haber" + past participle.
- Subjunctive Mood
Introduction to the Spanish subjunctive mood for expressing wishes, doubts, emotions, and hypotheticals.
- Present Subjunctive
The Spanish present subjunctive is a verb form used to express doubt, desire, emotion, necessity, and uncertainty about actions in the present or future. It is also commonly used in dependent clauses.
- Past Subjunctive
The past subjunctive in Spanish is a verb form used to express doubts, wishes, hypotheticals, or politeness about events in the past.
- Verbal Aspects
Overview of Spanish verbal aspects (imperfective and perfective) for expressing ongoing, habitual, or completed actions.
- Perfect Tenses
Perfect tenses in Spanish express actions that have been completed or that have relevance to another point in time.
- Progressive Tenses
Progressive tenses in Spanish, showing ongoing actions using forms of estar + gerund (-ando, -iendo).
- Infinitives
Introduction to Spanish infinitives
- Uses and Structure
Spanish infinitives are the basic, unconjugated forms of verbs ending in -ar, -er, or -ir, used to express general actions, create compound tenses, and more.
- Imperative Mood
The imperative mood in Spanish is used to give commands, make requests, or offer invitations.
- Affirmative Commands
Affirmative commands in Spanish are used to tell someone to do something. They are direct verb forms expressing orders, advice, or instructions.
- Negative Commands
Negative commands in Spanish tell someone not to do something. They use the subjunctive mood and include the word "no" before the verb.
Last updated: Wed Jun 18, 2025