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Spanish Verbs Made Simple(r) - Hillcrest Elementary

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(2) For the singulars and the third person plural, the stress accent is<br />

moved forward compared to the present tense, e.g.,<br />

present simple past<br />

1s co•mo co•mí<br />

2s co•mes co•mis•te<br />

3s co•me co•mió<br />

3p co•men co•mie•ron<br />

It is important to put the stress on the correct syllable in order to avoid<br />

confusion with other tenses:<br />

can•tó (3s, simple past) can•to (1s, present indicative)<br />

can•té (1s, simple past) can•te (1s/3s, present subjunctive)<br />

(3) for -ar and -ir verbs, the first person plural has identical forms for the<br />

present and simple past:<br />

Llegamos muy tarde. “We arrive very late.”<br />

“We arrived very late.”<br />

Subimos la montaña. “We climb the mountain.”<br />

“We climbed the mountain.”<br />

For -er verbs there is no such potential confusion:<br />

Comemos muy tarde. “We eat very late.”<br />

Comimos muy tarde. “We ate very late.”<br />

Irregularities for the simple past are presented in Chapter 3. For -er and -ir verbs<br />

whose stem ends in a vowel (e.g., caer, construir, reír), there are certain regular<br />

orthographic modifications (Chapter 7).<br />

Imperfect (Indicative)<br />

The following endings are added to the verb stem:<br />

-ar verbs -er and -ir verbs<br />

1s -aba -ía<br />

2s -abas -ías<br />

3s -aba -ía<br />

1p -ábamos -íamos<br />

2p -abais -íais<br />

3p -aban -ían<br />

PRESENT, SIMPLE PAST, IMPERFECT, PARTICIPLES 15

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