El sistema verbal español


 
Present Tense
Conjugation
Spanish/English
Indicative
Spanish/English
Subjunctive
Spanish/English
Imperative
Imperfect/
Preterite

 
Verb Conjugation, Present Tense
 English
Person 
Spanish
 To speak 
Infinitive
                   Hablar
 I speak.
 1st, singular
            (yo) Hablo.
Thou speakest.
2nd, singular
           (tú) Hablas.
§ It/She/He speaks.
3rd, singular 
           §(Ella/Él) Habla.
We speak.
 1st, plural
 (nosotros) Hablamos.
Ye speak.
 2nd, plural
 (vosotros) Habláis.
They speak.
 3rd, plural
       (ellos)Hablan.

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Singular Plural
Hablo.  Hablamos.
Hablas.  Habláis.
Habla.  Hablan.

 

Color coding:
    Green = Go (away)
   Yellow = Caution (with using subject pronouns)
  Red = Stop (and make the necessary changes)
  Blue = Doesn't change
 § You/Ud. also falls into this conjugation in Spanish.

  1. O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore ___________ ___________ Romeo? Deny ________ father and refuse __________ name.
  2. To ________ own self be true.
  3. Holier than ________.
  4. Fare _________ well.
  5. Much Ado About Nothing.
     

     
Spanish/English Conjugations - Indicative
 English
Conjugation 
Spanish
 To speak
Infinitive
Hablar
I speak
Present
Hablo
** I spoke
Preterit
Hablé
** I was speaking
Imperfect
Hablaba
I will speak
Future
Hablaré
I would speak
Conditional
Hablaría
I have spoken
Present Perfect
He hablado
I had spoken
Imperfect Perfect
Había hablado
I will have spoken
Future Perfect
Habré hablado
I would have spoken
Conditional Perfect
Habría hablado
I am speaking
Present Progressive
Estoy hablando
I will be speaking
Future Progressive
Estaré hablando
I would be speaking
Conditional Progressive
Estaría hablando
I have been speaking
Present Perfect Progressive
He estado hablando
I had been speaking
Imperfect Perfect Progressive
Había estado hablando
I will have been speaking
Future Perfect Progressive
Habré estado hablando
I would have been speaking
Conditional Perfect Progressive
Habría estado hablando

* FLS101
** FLS102
 
 
 
 
 

Spanish/English Conjugations - Subjunctive
 English
Conjugation 
Spanish
** (It is important that she) speak
Present
Hable
 (It was important that she) speak
Imperfect
Hablara
(It will be important that she) speak
Future*
Hablare
I have spoken
Present Perfect
Haya hablado
I had spoken
Imperfect Perfect
Hubiera hablado
I will have spoken
Future Perfect*
Hubiere hablado
* Archaic, and no longer used :(

 
 
 
 
Spanish/English - Imperative
 English
Después 
Spanish
*
 1st, singular
*
Speak (thou ...)!
2nd, singular
¡Habla!/ ¡No hables!
 Speak (you ...)!
3rd, singular 
¡Hable!
(Let us) speak!
 1st, plural
¡Hablemos!
Speak (all y'all / ye)!
 2nd, plural
¡Hablad! /¡No habléis!
Speak (you guys)!
 3rd, plural
¡Hablen!
* Does not exist

 

Imperfect and Preterit Questions
 Imperfect
Preterite
Set the scene?
Advance the action?
I don't know when the action started.
I know when it began or ended.
On-going in the past?
Over in the past?
Used to ...?
One-time event?
Was -----ing?

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