3. Aba Amos
Ar Abas Abaís
Aba Aban
Ía Íamos
Ir
Ías Íais
Er
Ía Ías
Era Eramos
Ser Eras Eraís
Era Eran
Iba Íbamos
Ir Ibas Ibais
Iba Iban
Veía Veíamos
Ver Veías Veíais
Veía Veían
4. Ongoing action (Was/ were)
Repeated action (Used to)
No definite beginning or end
Time/ date/ age/ feelings/ descriptions
Interrupted activity (Cuando)
5. Preterite is used when talking about actions
from the past that are completed.
Ar
-é -amos
-aste -
-ó -aron
Er/ir
-í -imos
-iste -
-ío -ieron
10. Ir a + infinitive Going to do something
Poder + infinitive Are able to do something
Querer + infinitive Want to do something
Deber + infinitive Should do something
Tener que + infinitive Have to do something
Soler + infinitive Usually do something
11. The adjective changes to the feminine form if possible. If it is not
possible it stays the same.
Cuidadoso Cuidadosa
Tranquilo Tranquila
Frecuente Frecuente
Add –mente to the end. If there are multiple adverbs, only add
-mente to the last word, but keep all of them in feminine form.
Cuidadosa Cuidadosamente
Tranquila Tranquilamente
Frecuente Frecuentemente
12. It starts with a conjugated version of estar
Estoy Estamos
Estás Estáis
Está Estan
Jose y yo estamos hablamos en español.
Jose and I were/are talking in spanish.
-ar: -ando
-er/ir: -iendo
double vowels: -yendo
13. PAST PRESENT
Has regular conjugation Has imperfect or
of estar before it. preterite conjugation of
Está caminando. estar in it.
Estaba caminando.
14. The future tense describes things that “will”
happen.
Infinitive +
-é -emos
-ás
-á -án
15. Querer Querr-
Saber Sabr-
Decir Dir-
Hacer Har-
Poner Pondr-
Salir Saldr-
Tener Tendr-
Valer Vendr-
Poder Podr-
17. el/la/los/las + noun + más + adjective
el/la/los/las + noun + menos + adjective
Juan es el más fuerte de los estudiantes.
Juan is the strongest of the students.
Es la ciudad menos amable del pais.
It's the weakest city in the country.
18. Put the verb in “yo” form
Change the vowel
ar – e
er-ir – a
Irregulars
TVDISHES
Negative is the same except “no” comes before
the command
Direct object is placed after the command
19. Antes, bajo, cerca, delante, dentro, desde,
después, detrás, durante, encima, enfrente,
puera, para, según, sin, sobre
20. Este Esta Estos Estas
Ese Esa Esos Esas
Aquel Aquella Aquellos Aquellas
Esto, eso, and aquello are neuter words.
Words with accents are pronouns.