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SPANISH VERBS

the same sentence in dIfferent tenses

 

The first tense is the present tense

 

Hablar = To Speak

 

PRESENT TENSE

HABLAR = TO SPEAK , TO TALK

HABLO = I SPEAK
HABLAS = YOU SPEAK(familiar)
HABLA = YOU, HE, SHE SPEAKS(FORMAL)
HABLAMOS = WE SPEAK
HABLÁIS = YOU SPEAK (FAMILIAR) (PL)
HABLAN = YOU (FORMAL)(PL) THEY (MASC) THEY (FEM) SPEAK

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.

 

FUTURE TENSE
To describe the future tense in English the words(will and shall) are used - e.g. (I will speak , you will eat , they will live) add the following endings to the whole infinitive: ( é , ás , á , emos , éis , án) .
HABLAR = TO TALK , TO SPEAK

 

HABLARÉ = I WILL SPEAK
HABLARÁS = YOU WILL SPEAK (FAMILIAR)
HABLARÁ = HE ,SHE, YOU WILL SPEAK
HABLAREMOS = WE WILL SPEAK
HABLARÉIS = YOU WILL SPEAK(FAMILIAR) (PLURAL)
HABLARÁN = THEY WILL SPEAK, YOU WILL SPEAK (FORMAL) (PLURAL)

 

mi madre hablará con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos= my mother will talk to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes.

 

CONDITIONAL TENSE
POTENCIAL SIMPLE
WOULD OR SHOULD

For the conditional tense you add these endings to the full infinitive of the verb( ÍA , ÍAS , ÍA, ÍAMOS , ÍAIS , ÍAN)

HABLAR = TO TALK, TO SPEAK

 

HABLARÍA = I WOULD SPEAK
HABLARÍAS = YOU WOULD SPEAK (FAMILIAR)
HABLARÍA = HE ,SHE, YOU WOULD SPEAK
HABLARÍAMOS = WE WOULD SPEAK
HABLARÍAIS = YOU WOULD SPEAK (FAMILIAR) (PLURAL)
HABLARÍAN = THEY WOULD SPEAK, YOU WOULD SPEAK (FORMAL) (PLURAL)

 

mi madre hablaría con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos.my mother would talk to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes

 

PRETERITE TENSE

PRETERÍTO

HABLAR = TO TALK, TO SPEAK
HABLÉ = I SPOKE
HABLASTE = YOU SPOKE (FAMILIAR)
HABLÓ = HE ,SHE, YOU SPOKE
HABLAMOS = WE SPOKE
HABLASTEIS = YOU SPOKE (FAMILIAR) (PLURAL)
HABLARON = THEY SPOKE, YOU SPOKE (FORMAL) (PLURAL)

mi madre habló con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos= my mother did talk to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes

 

THE SEVEN COMPOUND TENSES
The seven compound tenses are used with the verb(HABER = TO HAVE)as a auxiliary helping verb to form the compound tense.

( haber ) in the present tense is formed like this

HABER = TO HAVE

HE = I HAVE
HAS = YOU HAVE (familiar)
HA = HE, SHE, YOU HAVE
HEMOS = WE HAVE
HABÉIS = YOU HAVE (familiar)(plural)
HAN = THEY, YOU HAVE (formal)(plural)

Now at the end of the verb you add
(ADO for the AR verbs and IDO for the ER and IR verbs)So if you say I have you would use HE WITH THE VERB LIKE

HE HABLADO = I HAVE SPOKEN
HE COMIDO = I HAVE EATEN
HE VIVIDO = I HAVE LIVED

Now we will stay with the same sentence that we have used

mi madre ha hablado con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos= my mother has talked to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes

So if you now use the other tenses in HABER like the next sentences=

mi madre habría hablado con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos.= my mother would have talked to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes
mi madre habrá hablado con mi padre sobre todo el dinero que ella necesita para sus nuevos zapatos.= my mother will have talked to my father about all the money she needs for her new shoes

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