Presente indicativo (simple present)

Presente indicativo (simple present)

Presente indicativo (simple present)

Presente indicativo (simple present)

Presente indicativo (simple present)

Presente indicativo (simple present)

The subject pronouns are yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros/as, vosotros/as, ellos/as, and ustedes.

Which of the following verbs is in the infinitive form?

Ser and estar are regular verbs.

Ser is used in enduring situations, while estar is used in situations that are short-term.

How would you translate, "We are from Panama."

How would you translate, "She is angry."

The word hay means:

How would you translate, "There aren't any windows in my kitchen."

Tener is an irregular verb.

What is the 2^nd person singular, tú form, of the verb tener?

We use this verb when stating our age or when asking the age of someone or something.

The verb decir is irregular.

When two verbs operate together to form a single idea, the first verb is conjugated and the second verb remains in its infinitive form.

Poder means...

What is the 1^st person singular, yo form, of the verb jugar?

What is the 3^rd person singular, usted form, of the verb ver?

The 3^rd person plural form, of the verb ir is (nosotros) vamos.

We use ir (present tense) + a + infinitive to express future action, also called the near future (futuro próximo).

Translate in the near future (futuro próximo)

Voy a cantar.

Translate in the future tense (futuro indicativo)

Lloverá.

Conocer implies knowledge of facts and information, whereas saber is used to express familiarity with a person, a place, a thing, or a particular field of learning.

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I know that John is tall.

One of the features of stem-changing verbs is that the change takes place in the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd person singular, and in the 3^rd person plural.

Tostar (to toast) is a common o > ue stem-changing verb. Which of the following is incorrect?

Sugerir (to suggest) is a common i > ie stem-changing verb. Which of the following is correct?

The verb, conocer, and all other verbs ending in -cer preceded by a vowel, are irregular only in the yo form.

Verbs that end with -ucir are similar to verbs ending with -cer in that a z is inserted before the c in the yo form.

When a verb ending with -cer or -cir is preceded by a consonant, z replaces c in all conjugated forms.

Which is the correct yo form of the verb convencer (to convince, persuade)?

In Spanish, a g before e has a soft g sound (sounds like /h/).

Which is the correct yo form of the verb corregir (to correct, e > i)?

When an infinitive ends with -aer, its yo form ends with -aigo.

Which is the correct yo form of the verb atraer (to attract)?

In the -gu combination, the u is merely a hard sound marker; without it, the g would be soft.

The following are reflexive pronouns: me, te, le, nos, os, and les.

In Spanish, a verb is considered reflexive as long as the action is going back to the actor (the performer of the action).

Secarse means...

Cepillarse is not a reflexive verb.

The verb gustar and similarly formed verbs are commonly used only in the 3^rd person singular or plural, together with a direct object pronoun.

The verb interesar is used like gustar (indirect object pronoun + third-person form of verb + noun/s)

Which is correct?

There are two parts to the present progressive (presente continuo): 1) the auxiliary - conjugated form of estar and 2) the present participle (gerundio).

What is the present participle (gerundio) of the verb hablar?

With some irregularly formed present participles (gerundios), the participle ending is -yendo to avoid having three vowels in a row.

Which is the correct present participle (gerundio) of the stem-changing o > ue verb, dormir?

The preterite tense or simple past tense (pretérito) allows you to refer to specific past actions performed at a fixed point in time, a specific number of times, or during and enclosed span of time.

What is the 2^nd person singular (tú form) of the verb escribir in the preterite (pretérito)?

The c changes to qu before e....

The letter z never immediately precedes the letter e in Spanish (except in words that are borrowed from other languages).

Which of the following words have -uv in the irregular preterite stem (pretérito) ?

What is the 2^nd person singular (tú form) of the verb hacer in the preterite (pretérito)?

The preterite conjugations for ser and ir are identical.

Imperfect (imperfecto)

The verb estar (imperfect tense) + present participle (gerundio)

We use the preterite (pretérito) when referring to actions that took place in the past, either repeatedly or over an extended period of time.

Había means…

In English, the word "will" or "shall" is the essence of the ____ tense.

Habrá, the 3rd person singular of haber in the future tense, translates as "there will be" and is used for both singular and plural.