# doc/es-verbs - chart of Spanish regular verbs # Steve Kinzler, kinzler@cs.indiana.edu, Mar 10 # http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/home.html#refer 1. Present * Simple present tense for actions people do on a habitual basis or plan to do in the near future sing, eat, live am singing, eating, living do sing, eat, live 1.1. cant·o cant·amos cant·as cant·áis cant·a cant·an 1.2. com·o com·emos com·es com·éis com·e com·en 1.3. viv·o viv·imos viv·es viv·ís viv·e viv·en 2. Imperfect * A simple past tense to express actions and conditions that were happening or used to happen in the past was singing, eating, living used to sing, eat, live 2.1. cant·aba cant·ábamos cant·abas cant·abais cant·aba cant·aban 2.2. com·ía com·íamos com·ías com·íais com·ía com·ían 2.3. viv·ía viv·íamos viv·ías viv·íais viv·ía viv·ían 3. Preterite/Indefinite * A simple past tense for actions that have been completed (ie, that began, took place, and were completed in the past) sang, ate, lived 3.1. cant·é cant·amos cant·aste cant·asteis cant·ó cant·aron 3.2. com·í com·imos com·iste com·isteis com·ió com·ieron 3.3. viv·í viv·imos viv·iste viv·isteis viv·ió viv·ieron 4. Future Simple future tense for actions that will take place in the distant future, or for speculating or expressing uncertainty will sing, eat, live "ir a " in the present tense is more common for actions in the near future is going to sing, eat, live 4.1. cant·aré cant·aremos cant·arás cant·aréis cant·ará cant·arán 4.2. com·eré com·eremos com·erás com·eréis com·erá com·erán 4.3. viv·iré viv·iremos viv·irás viv·iréis viv·irá viv·irán 5. Conditional A simple tense for describing hypothetical actions, or for being polite would sing, eat, live should sing, eat, live 5.1. cant·aría cant·aríamos cant·arías cant·aríais cant·aría cant·arían 5.2. com·ería com·eríamos com·erías com·eríais com·ería com·erían 5.3. viv·iría viv·iríamos viv·irías viv·iríais viv·iría viv·irían 6. Perfect * A compound tense for actions that have or have not happened have sung, eaten, lived 6.1. he hemos has habais ha han 7. Imperative * A present tense to express commands (ie, to give advice or tell someone to do something) Sing!, Eat!, Live! 7.1. - cant·emos cant·a cant·ad cant·e cant·en - / no cant·es / no cant·e 7.2. - com·amos com·e com·ed com·a com·an - / no com·as / no com·a 7.3. - viv·amos viv·e viv·id viv·a viv·an - / no viv·as / no viv·a 8. Present Subjunctive Present mood for subjunctive clauses (often following "que") sing, eat, live 8.1. cant·e cant·emos cant·es cant·éis cant·e cant·en 8.2. com·a com·amos com·as com·áis com·a com·an 8.3. viv·a viv·amos viv·as viv·áis viv·a viv·an 9. Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfect mood for subjunctive clauses (often following "que") was singing, eating, living used to sing, eat, live The "ra" and "se" forms may be used equivalently. 9.1. Ra 9.1.1. cant·ara cant·áramos cant·aras cant·arais cant·ara cant·aran 9.1.2. com·iera com·iéramos com·ieras com·ierais com·iera com·ieran 9.1.3. viv·iera viv·iéramos viv·ieras viv·ierais viv·iera viv·ieran 9.2. Se 9.2.1. cant·ase cant·ásemos cant·ases cant·aseis cant·ase cant·asen 9.2.2. com·iese com·iésemos com·ieses com·ieseis com·iese com·iesen 9.2.3. viv·iese viv·iésemos viv·ieses viv·ieseis viv·iese viv·iesen 10. Future Subjunctive 10.1. cant·are cant·áremos cant·ares cant·areis cant·are cant·aren 10.2. com·iere com·iéremos com·ieres com·iereis com·iere com·ieren 10.3. viv·iere viv·iéremos viv·ieres viv·iereis viv·iere viv·ieren 11. Gerunds & Participles * Gerund: '-ing' form Estoy cantado. / I am singing. Past participle: used with haber for perfect tense have sung, eaten, lived 11.1. Gerundio cant·ando Participio cant·ado 11.2. Gerundio com·iendo Participio com·ido 11.3. Gerundio viv·iendo Participio viv·ido