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Table of verb tenses

Table of verb tenses

Indicative

  • Present: Hablo. (I speak.)
  • Preterite: Comí. (I ate.)
  • Imperfect: Escribía. (I was writing.)
  • Future: Habrá tiempo. (There will be time.)
  • Conditional: Contaría mi dinero. (I would count my money.)
  • Progressive (The progressive can be used in all tenses. For the present purpose only the present progressive is shown.): Estoy leyendo. (I am reading.)
  • Present perfect: He visto. (I have seen.)
  • Pluperfect: Había abierto. (I had opened.)
  • Preterite perfect: Apenas hube salido... (Scarcely had I left...)
  • Future perfect: Habré terminado. (I will have finished.)
  • Conditional perfect: Me lo habría puesto. (I would have put it on.)

Subjunctive

  • Present: Es necesario que venga. (It is necessary that you come.)
  • Imperfect: ¡Ojalá que supiera! (I hope he found out!)
  • Future (The future subjunctive has all but disappeared from daily use in Spanish and is not treated in this reference work.) Sea lo que fuere. (Be that as it may.)
  • Present perfect subjunctive: Siento que no haya estado bien. (I am sorry you haven't been feeling well.)
  • Pluperfect subjunctive: Si hubiera sabido, habría despedido al empleado. (If I had known, I would have fired the employee.)