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| YO VOY A LA BIBLIOTECA TODOS LOS DIAS = I GO TO THE LIBRARY EVERY DAY |
IMPERFECT TENSE (WAS)
| MI PADRE LEÍA Y MI HERMANA HABLABA = MY FATHER WAS READING AND MY SISTER WAS TALKING |
PRETERITE TENSE (DID)
| SALÍ DE CASA, TOMÉ EL AUTOBÚS Y LLEGUÉ A LA ESCUELA A LAS NUEVE = I LEFT THE HOUSE, I TOOK THE BUS AND I ARRIVED AT SCHOOL AT NINE |
FUTURE TENSE (WILL)(SHALL)
| MI HERMANA DICE QUE VENDRÁ EL LUNES = MY SISTER SAYS SHE WILL COME MONDAY |
CONDITIONAL TENSE (WOULD)(SHOULD)
| MARÍA DIJO QUE VENDRÍA EL LUNES = MARY SAID THAT SHE WOULD COME MONDAY |
PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE
| QUIERO QUE MARÍA LO HAGA = I WANT MARY TO DO IT |
PRESENT PERFECT INDICATIVE
| MARÍA HA GANADO EL PREMIO = MARY HAS WON THE PRIZE |
PAST PERFECT INDICATIVE
| CUANDO LLEGUÉ A CASA, MI MADRE HABÍA SALIDO = When I arrived home, my mother had gone out |
PAST PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
| ME ALEGRABA DE QUE HUBIERA VENIDO MARÍA = I WAS GLAD THAT MARY HAD COME |
IMPERATIVE
| HÁGALO = DO IT |
The next sentence in the present tense can be seen in different tenses
| mi madre habla con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos. my mother talks to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes. |
