Spanish Grammar
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Verb groups
Tenses
- Presente (Present)Indicative · habitual actions and general truths
- Pretérito indefinido (Preterite)Simple past · completed past actions
- Pretérito perfecto (Present perfect)Compound past · he hablado, has comido
- Pretérito imperfecto (Imperfect)Descriptive past · habitual actions in the past
- Futuro simple (Simple future)Future indicative · predictions and promises
- Futuro Perfecto (Future Perfect)Compound future · action completed in the future (habré hablado, I will have spoken)
- Condicional simple (Conditional)Conditional mood · hypotheses, politeness, advice
- Condicional Compuesto (Conditional Perfect)Past hypotheses · habría hablado, would have spoken
- Presente de subjuntivo (Present subjunctive)Subjunctive · wishes, doubts, emotions
- Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo (Perfect Subjunctive)Compound subjunctive · completed action (haya + participle)
- Pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo (Imperfect subjunctive)Subjunctive · unreal conditions, hypotheses (-ra form)
- Pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo (Past perfect subjunctive)Subjunctive · unreal past conditions (hubiera + participle)
- Imperativo afirmativo (Affirmative imperative)Commands · orders, instructions, requests
- Imperativo negativo (Negative imperative)Prohibitions · commands with "don't", warnings
- Pretérito pluscuamperfecto (Past perfect)Anterior to the past · había hablado, había comido
- Gerundio (Spanish Gerund)Non-finite verb form · -ando, -iendo (hablando, comiendo)
- Participio (Past Participle)Non-finite verb form · -ado, -ido (hablado, comido) · he hablado, está cerrada