When to use the imperfect tense The imperfect tense is one of the easiest tenses to conjugate; the difficulty lies in deciding when to use it or the Spanish preterite. The easiest question to ask yourself is whether the action has a definitive completion time or not. If it doesn’t, then...
Now, let’s take a deep look at when to use imperfect Spanish, with plenty of examples, providing a clearer picture of imperfect tense Spanish. Habits in the past When we say habitual, we’re referring to an action that happened several times in the past to the point that it became rou...
In Spanish, when we use an adjective to describe a noun, the grammatical explanation is thatthe adjective modifies the noun. Spanish adjectives have specific masculine and feminine forms to modify masculine and feminine nouns. Likewise, they have specific masculine plural forms and feminine plural fo...
Person and tense changes: ser (to be) and ir (to go) As we said above, verbs change to reflect the who and the when. Some verbs, like ser and ir, are extra irregular and transform not only depending on person, but also depending on tense. You’ll notice that the simple future ten...
Past imperfect Spanish tense regular verb chart Note:In the past imperfect tense, it is customary to add the subject before the verb when talking in first and third person. Where with other Spanish tenses you can leave it out without adding any ambiguity, here the first person and third pers...
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How do you know when to use conditional tense in Spanish? There are three main uses of the conditional tense in Spanish. These include to politely ask for something, to talk about an event that is dependent upon the occurrence of another event, and to discuss the probability of something ha...
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Spanish verbs use a variety of endings (called suffixes) that contain a lot more information than English verbs. In Spanish, a verb is conjugated to show not only who the subject of the sentence is and when the action took place, but also more detailed aspects of the action, such as whe...