SPANISH VERBS
PRESENT TENSE
Spanish verbs, there are three types of verbs, (AR , ER , IR)
They have to be conjugated, (BROKEN-DOWN)
there are seven simple tenses and seven compound tenses, so you have to start at the beginning the
( present indicative)(presente de indicativo)
HABLAR = TO SPEAK
SINGULAR
| HABLAS = YOU SPEAK (familiar) |
| HABLA = YOU SPEAK (formal) |
| HABLA = HE SPEAKS (OR) SHE SPEAKS |
PLURAL
| HABLÁIS = YOU SPEAK (pl) (familiar) |
| HABLAN = YOU SPEAK (OR) THEY SPEAK (pl) (formal) |
| So now we have to try and make a short sentence, in the present tense with |
HABLAR = TO SPEAK
| ¿Con quién desea hablar? = With whom do you wish to speak? |
| ¿Habla inglés? = Do you speak English? |
| Hablo un poco de español. = I speak a little bit of Spanish. |
| Habla español = He speaks Spanish. |
| Nosotros hablamos español en la clase. = We speak Spanish in the class. |
| ¿Hablan la misma lengua? = Do they speak the same language? |
COMER = TO EAT
SINGULAR
| COMES = YOU EAT (familiar) |
| COME = YOU EAT OR SHE EATS |
PLURAL
| COMÉIS = YOU EAT (PL)(familiar) |
| COMEN = YOU EAT OR SHE EATS (PL)(formal) |
| So now we have to try and make a short sentence, in the present tense with |
COMER = TO EAT
| No como nada con carne. = I don't eat anything with meat. |
| ¿Comen ellos a las doce? = Do they eat at twelve o'clock? |
| no comes pescado = You don't eat fish. ( familiar ) |
| ¿Qué deseas comer? = What would you like to eat?. |
| Él come mucho = He eats a lot.. |
VIVIR = TO LIVE
SINGULAR
| VIVES = YOU LIVE (formal) |
| VIVE = HE LIVES (OR) SHE LIVES |
PLURAL
| VIVÍS = YOU LIVE (pl) (familiar) |
| VIVEN = YOU LIVE (OR) THEY LIVE (pl) (formal) |
| So now we have to try and make a short sentence, in the present tense with |
VIVIR = TO LIVE
| Vivo en Londres. = I live in London. |
| ¿Dónde vives? = Where do you live? (familiar) |
| Vivimos en una casa grande. = We live in a big house. |
| pedro vive en una casa grande = Pedro lives in a big house |
IR = TO GO (THIS IS AN IRREGULAR VERB )
SINGULAR
| VAS = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (familiar) |
| VA = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (formal) |
| VA = HE GO`S (OR) HE IS GOING |
| VA = SHE GO`S (OR) SHE IS GOING |
PLURAL
| VAMOS = WE GO (OR) WE ARE GOING |
| VAIS = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (pl) (familiar) |
| VAN = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (pl) (formal) |
| VAN = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (pl) (fem) |
| VAN = YOU GO (OR) ARE YOU GOING (pl) (masc) |
| So now we have to try and make a short sentence, in the present tense with |
IR = TO GO
| Voy de compras = I am going shopping.= |
| ¿Vas a la farmacia? ( familiar ) = Are you going to the drug store?= |
| ¿A dónde vamos? = Where are we going?= |
| No vamos a beber café. = We are not going to drink coffee. = |
the subject pronoun
the subject pronoun is for emphasis, I will show you the subject pronoun on the next page and what I mean by emphasis.
