The present tense is used to describe what you're doing at the present moment in time, e.g: "I am eating breakfast" or what you do routinely, e.g: "I eat breakfast every day".
nadar
to swim
beber
to drink
abrir
to open
Futuro simple (Future 'will') - Pronoun forms
nadar-é
nadar-ás
nadar-á
nadar-emos
nadar-éis
nadar-án
Futuro simple (Future 'will') - Pronoun forms
beber-é
beber-ás
beber-á
beber-emos
beber-éis
beber-án
Futuro simple (Future 'will') - Pronoun forms
abrir-é
abrir-ás
abrir-á
abrir-emos
abrir-éis
abrir-án
The future tense is used to say what you will do in the future.
preguntar
to ask
escribir
to write
Preterito (Past – completed actions) - Pronoun forms
pregunt-é
pregunt-aste
pregunt-ó
pregunt-amos
pregunt-ásteis
pregunt-aron
Preterito (Past – completed actions) - Pronoun forms
com-í
com-iste
com-ió
com-imos
com-ísteis
com-ieron
Preterito (Past – completed actions) - Pronoun forms
escrib-í
escrib-iste
escrib-ió
escrib-imos
escrib-ísteis
escrib-ieron
The preterite is sometimes known as the simple past. It's used to talk about events in the past, e.g. I asked, I ate, I wrote.
Presente continuo (Present continuous) - Pronoun forms
estoy hablando
estás hablando
está hablando
estamos hablando
estáis hablando
están hablando
Presente continuo (Present continuous) - Pronoun forms
estoy comiendo
estás comiendo
está comiendo
estamos comiendo
estáis comiendo
están comiendo
Presente continuo (Present continuous) - Pronoun forms
estoy viviendo
estás viviendo
está viviendo
estamos viviendo
estáis viviendo
están viviendo
The present continuous tense is used to indicate what is happening at the time of speaking, or when one action is happening at the same time as another. Estar+past participle
Condicional ('would') - Pronoun forms
nadar-ía
nadar-ías
nadar-ía
nadar-íamos
nadar-íais
nadar-ían
Condicional ('would') - Pronoun forms
beber-ía
beber-ías
beber-ía
beber-íamos
beber-íais
beber-ían
Condicional ('would') - Pronoun forms
abrir-ía
abrir-ías
abrir-ía
abrir-íamos
abrir-íais
abrir-ían
The conditional is recognised in English by the use of the word "would" or sometimes "should", e.g. "I would swim"
trabajar
to work
Imperfecto (Imperfect – 'used to') - Pronoun forms
trabaj-aba
trabaj-abas
trabaj-aba
trabaj-ábamos
trabaj-ábais
trabaj-aban
Imperfecto (Imperfect – 'used to') - Pronoun forms
com-ía
com-ías
com-ía
com-íamos
com-íais
com-ían
Imperfecto (Imperfect – 'used to') - Pronoun forms
escrib-ía
escrib-ías
escrib-ía
escrib-íamos
escrib-íais
escrib-ían
The imperfect tense is used for things that 'used to happen' or 'were happening' e.g.I worked, I used to work, I was working
Participio presente - Verb endings
-ando (hablando)
-iendo (comiendo)
-iendo (viviendo)
Participio pasado - Verb endings
-ado (hablado)
-ido (comido)
-ido (vivido)
The present participle or gerund is recognised in English by the ending –ing .e.g. talking, eating, living.
To find the past participle of a verb in English, just imagine that the words ' I have' are in front of it. E.g. 'to eat' put 'I have' in front of it you would say 'I have eaten' so 'eaten'.
Futuro inmediato (Future - I am going to…) - Pronoun forms
voy a
vas a
va a
vamos a
vais a
van a
The immediate future tense can be used to express what is going to happen in the future. E.g. I am going to work, I am going to study, I am going to drink, I am going to eat….
Presente perfecto (Present Perfect 'I have done') - Pronoun forms