VERB TENSES
AR
ER/IR
1
PRESENT O/AS/A/AMOS/AN O/ES/E/EMOS/EN
2
Present Participle (Progressive)
verb stem + ando ("ing" end in English) verb stem + iendo ("ing" end in English)
3
Past Participle
verb stem + ado (usually the "-ed" ending in English) verb stem + ido (usually the "-ed" ending in English)
* Rule: for the Past Participle used
as an Adjective
14 Irregular Past Participles
1 caer -caído
2 leer-leído
3 oír-oído
4 creer-ído
5 decir-dicho
6 hacer - hecho
7 morir-muerto
8 romper-roto
9 ver-visto
10 abrir-abierto
11 devolver-devuelto
12 escribir-escrito
13 poner-puesto
14
resovlver-resuelto
4
PRESENT PERFECT
5
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
CONJUGATE
ESTAR
IN THE PRESENT + "
ANDO
" (ENGLISH "ING) CONJUGATE
ESTAR
IN THE PRESENT + "
IENDO
" (ENGLISH "ING)
6
PRETERITE
é/aste/ó/
amos
/aron í/iste/ió(o)/
imos
/ieron
7
IMPERFECT aba/abas/aba/ábamos/aban ía/ías/ía/íamos/ían
8
IMPERFECT PROGRESSIVE
CONJUGATE
ESTAR
IN THE
IMPERFECT
+ "ANDO" (ENGLISH "ING") CONJUGATE
ESTAR
IN THE IMPERFECT + "IENDO" (ENGLISH "ING")
9
PLUSCUMPERFECTO
CONJUGATE "
HABER
" IN THE
IMPERFECT
/había/habías/había/habíamos/habían/ +
ADO
* See line 3 for list of Irregular endings
CONJUGATE "HABER" IN THE IMPERFECT
/había/habías/había/habíamos/habían/ + IDO
10
FUTURE
11
SUBJUNCTIVE
stem of the
present tense
+
e/es/e/emos/en
Remember the acronym
("DISHES" for Irregular verbs)
stem of the
present tense
+
a/as/a/amos/an
Remember the acronym
("DISHES" for Irregular verbs)
12
PRESENT PERFECT OF THE
SUBJUNCTIVE
conjugate
HABER
in the subjuctive(
haya/hayas/haya/hayamos/hayan
) +
VERB STEM +ADO
* See line 3 for list of Irregular endings
conjugate HABER in the subjuctive(haya/hayas/haya/hayamos/hayan) +
VERB STEM +IDO
13
AFFIRMATIVE tú COMMAND
* SAME AS THE
él FORM
OF THE
PRESENT TENSE
1
LIST OF 8 IRREGULARS affirmative tú commands
2 tener = ten
3 hacer = haz
4 ser=sé
5 salir = sal
6 poner = pon
7 decir = di
8 ver = ve
* infinative(verb not conjugated) + é/ás/á/ámos/án * {standard for all regular verbs)
Conjugate "Estar" + ido(a)/ados(as) *depending on the noun gender an plural
Conjugate "Estar" + ido(a)/ados(as) *depending on the noun gender an plural
