the complete guide to spanish verb tenses - Germanna Community ...
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Present Progressive<br />
yo es<strong>to</strong>y<br />
tú estás -ando (-AR <strong>verb</strong>s)<br />
él/ella/Ud. está +<br />
nosotros estamos -iendo (-ER/-IR <strong>verb</strong>s)<br />
vosotros estáis<br />
ellos/ellas/Uds. están<br />
Examples:<br />
Yo es<strong>to</strong>y hablando.<br />
I am talking.<br />
Ellos están comiendo.<br />
They are eating.<br />
Some Irregular Present Participles<br />
Creer (<strong>to</strong> believe) creyendo (believing)<br />
Decir (<strong>to</strong> say, <strong>to</strong> tell) diciendo (saying, telling)<br />
Destruir (<strong>to</strong> destroy) destruyendo (destroying)<br />
Dormir (<strong>to</strong> sleep) durmiendo (sleeping)<br />
Ir (<strong>to</strong> go) yendo (going)<br />
Leer (<strong>to</strong> read) leyendo (reading)<br />
Morir (<strong>to</strong> die) muriendo (dying)<br />
Oír (<strong>to</strong> hear) oyendo (hearing)<br />
Pedir (<strong>to</strong> ask for, <strong>to</strong> request) pidiendo (asking for, requesting)<br />
Repetir (<strong>to</strong> repeat) repitiendo (repeating)<br />
Traer (<strong>to</strong> bring) trayendo (bringing)<br />
Venir (<strong>to</strong> come) viniendo (coming)<br />
Imperfect Subjunctive<br />
-AR -ER/-IR<br />
yo -ara yo -iera<br />
tú -aras tú -ieras<br />
él/ella/Ud. -ara él/ella/Ud. -iera<br />
nosotros -áramos nosotros -iéramos<br />
vosotros -arais vosotros -ierais<br />
ellos/ellas/Uds. -aran ellos/ellas/Uds. -ieran<br />
Examples:<br />
Yo quería que ellos hablaran.<br />
I wanted <strong>the</strong>m <strong>to</strong> talk.<br />
Era importante que ellos comieran.<br />
It was important that <strong>the</strong>y eat.<br />
Some Irregular Imperfect Subjunctives<br />
** Notice that <strong>the</strong> irregular imperfect subjunctives have <strong>the</strong> same<br />
irregularity as <strong>the</strong> “ellos/ellas/Uds.” forms of <strong>the</strong> preterit.<br />
Buscar (<strong>to</strong> look for)- buscara, buscaras, buscara, buscáramos,<br />
buscarais, buscaran<br />
Comenzar (<strong>to</strong> begin)- comenzara, comenzaras, comenzara,<br />
comenzáramos, comenzarais, comenzaran<br />
Conocer (<strong>to</strong> know, <strong>to</strong> meet)- conociera, conocieras,<br />
conociera, conociéramos, conocierais, conocieran<br />
Dar (<strong>to</strong> give, <strong>to</strong> hand)- diera, dieras, diera, diéramos, dierais,<br />
dieran<br />
Decir (<strong>to</strong> say, <strong>to</strong> tell)- dijera, dijeras, dijera, dijéramos, dijerais,<br />
dijeran<br />
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