Spanish Grammer

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Created on: 04-02-22 09:48

Past Perfect

We use the Past Perfect to talk about an action that had already happened prior to some point in the past, or prior to some other action in the past.

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Past Perfect Conjugation Of The First Word

The first word is the verb haber conjugated in Imperfect Tense: había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían.

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Past perfect Conjugation Of The Second Word Of The Structure

The second word is the Past Participle of the verb expressing the action. The Past Participle is the same for all persons.

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Rule For Past Participle For Regular Verbs
(-ar endings)

Regular -ar endings end in ado

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Rule For Past Participle For Regular Verbs
(-er and -ir endings)

Regular verbs in -er and -ir ends in -ido

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Rule for Future Tense

It doesn’t matter if the verb’s Infinitive ends in “-AR”, “-ER” or “-IR”.
We simply attach a set of endings at the end of the Infinitive.

ver → visto
escribir → escrito
romper → roto
poner → puesto
volver → vuelto
resolver → resuelto

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Conjugations for Futrue Tense

yo -é
tú -ás
él -á
nosotros -emos
vosotros -éis
ellos -án

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Irregular Future Tenses

Irregular verbs attach the same endings as regular verbs, but the stem has some irregularity.

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Irregular Future Tenses Examples

decir - to say
dir- diré, dirás, dirá, diremos, diréis, dirán
hacer - to do
har- haré, harás, hará, haremos, haréis, harán

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Future Próximo

We can use the Futuro Próximo when we talk about the near future.

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Forming Future Próximo

To form the Futuro Próximo, we conjugate the verb ir in Present Tense (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), followed by the preposition a, and the Infinitive of the verb expressing the action.

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Example of Future Próximo

Yo - voy a jugar (I am going to play)
Tú - vas a jugar (You are going to play)

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Past Perfect Conjugation Of The First Word

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The first word is the verb haber conjugated in Imperfect Tense: había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían.

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Past perfect Conjugation Of The Second Word Of The Structure

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Card 4

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Rule For Past Participle For Regular Verbs
(-ar endings)

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Card 5

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Rule For Past Participle For Regular Verbs
(-er and -ir endings)

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