LEARN TO CONJUGATE VERBS
Verbs are words that express action, state or condition.
To conjugate a verb must enumerate the various ways that reflect their different persons, numbers, times and modes.
The PERSON (PERSONA) refers to who performs the action of the verb.
The NUMBER (NÚMERO) determined if the action is executed by a person or more (singular or plural).
To conjugate a verb we used personal pronouns:
Yo, Tú, Él (Ella), Nosotros (as), Vosotros (as) y Ellos (as).
(I, You, He (She), We, You, They)
The
TENSE (TIEMPO) refers to when the action is executed.
Presente: (Present) The action takes place at the moment.
Pretérito: (Past) The action took place in the past. If the action is complete is called
Perfecto (Perfect) and Imperfecto (Imperfect) when do not indicate that it is complete.
Futuro: (Future)The action will take place in the future.
Condicional: (Conditional) Expresses the action of the verb as possible.
The
MODE (MODO) describes the relationship of the verb with the reality to which it refers.
Indicativo: (Indicative) When speaking of actual facts or which are certain.
Subjuntivo: (Subjunctive) Used to talk about something virtual in relation to possible, probable, desirable or feared actions.
Imperativo: (Imperative) It is used to giving orders, requests or desires.
The verb is formed by the
root (raiz) and
ending (desinencia) that indicates the tense of the verb.
For example:
escribimos. Belongs to the verb
escrib-ir whose root is
escrib and ending
ir, therefore,
in the example
escrib-imos the ending is
imos that indicates the first plural person "nosotros" (we) of the present indicative.
Verbs that at all tenses and person preserve the
root (raíz) are called
REGULARES (REGULAR) and take the normal ending
of the conjugation to which they belong, according to its ending.
Verbs ending in AR belong to the 1st CONJUGATION (CONJUGACIÓN)
Verbs ending in ER belong to the 2nd CONJUGATION (CONJUGACIÓN)
Verbs ending in IR belong to the 3rd CONJUGATION (CONJUGACIÓN)
IRREGULAR (IRREGULARES) verbs are called to those that vary the root or ending own regular conjugation to which they belong, or both.
Verbs can be conjugated in the Active Voice (Voz Activa) or Passive Voice (Voz Pasiva).
Are
Active Voice when the subject
performs the action of the verb.
Are
Passive Voice when the subject
receives the action of the verb.
In Spanish the passive voice is used very little, for this reason do not see on these pages.
In the table below, shows the correspondence between the names of the tenses of the verbs, according to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE)
and the proposal by the grammarian Andrés Bello, that is used in some countries of America.
Verbal form | RAE | Andrés Bello |
| MODO INDICATIVO |
| Amo | Presente | Presente |
| Amaba | Pret. imperfecto | Copretérito |
| Amé | Pret. perfecto simple | Pretérito |
| He amado | Pret. perfecto compuesto | Antepresente |
| Había amado | Pret. pluscuamperfecto | Antecopretérito |
| Hube amado | Pret. anterior | Antepretérito |
| Amaré | Futuro | Futuro |
| Habré amado | Futuro perfecto | Antefuturo |
| Amaría | Condicional | Pospretérito |
| Habría amado | Condicional perfecto | Antepospretérito |
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| MODO SUBJUNTIVO |
| Ame | Presente | Presente |
| Amara o amase | Pret. imperfecto | Pretérito |
| Haya amado | Pret. perfecto | Antepresente |
| Hubiera o hubiese amado | Pret. pluscuamperfecto | Antepretérito |
| Amare | Futuro | Futuro |
| Hubiere amado | Futuro perfecto | Antefuturo |
The Simple past perfect
Pretérito Perfecto Simple is also called in some places
Pretérito Indefinido.
In these pages, with simple games, will teach the conjugation of the auxiliary and regular verbs in active voice.
The games in the menu on the left will help you to learn Spanish verbs.