Spanish Verbs:
An Introduction

An introduction to Spanish verbs from www.costadelsol-vacationrentals.com

Here we will cover some of the most important and popular Spanish verbs inthe five most common tenses, present, past imperfect,past historic, future and conditional.

There are 2 past tenses in Spanish and it is important to understand the difference in order to use them correctly.The past imperfect is used to indicate an action that took place at an indefinite period of time whereas the past historic is used to describe an action that took place at a particular time:-

e.g.Nadábamosen el rio todos los dias. We swam (used to swim) inthe river every day.

Ayer nadámos en el rio. Yesterday we swam in the river.

Siempre fumaba un puro después de cenar. He always smoked (used tosmoke) a cigar after dinner.

Anoche fumó un puro después de cenar. Last night he smoked a cigar after dinner.

Unlike in English all Spanish verbs either end in ar, er, ir so with regular verbs it is just a matter of learning the correct endings and then you will know how to conjugate the verbs depending on who or what it is you are talking about. Unfortunately of course there are alot of irregular verbs too and these have to be learnt individually to take into account the various changes.

I have avoided the repetitious use of the subject pronouns in order to emphasize the verb forms but just as a reminder I put them here:-

I yo

You (fam.) tú

You ( polite) Usted

We nosostros (nosostras)

You (fam.pl.) vosotros (vosotras)

You (polite pl) Ustedes.

Just click on the words below to go to the Spanish verbs in question:-

Estar-To Be-.

Ser-To Be

Remember there are two verbs to be in Spanish. Estar is used to describea tempoary state e.g. Paco no está. Paco is not here.Estoy en mi Casa. I am in my house.

Ser is used to describe a permanent state e.g. Soy Ruth. I am Ruth.Somos Ingleses. We are English.

Ayudar-To Help

Beber-To Drink

Buscar-To Look for, to seek

Coger-To Get, to take

Comer-To Eat

Conocer-To Know

Dar-To Give

Dejar-to allow, permit to leave alone

501 Spanish Verbs is an excellent reference book that covers all the most common Spanish verbs, as well as some of the not so common. Here you will find all 14 tenses conjugated and lots of information on the correct usage ot the different tenses etc. It is a reallyuseful book and one I refer to reguarly.

Esperar-To Wait

Estudiar-To Study.

Faltar-To lack, to miss to need.

Funcionar-To Function

Hablar-To Talk.

Hacer-To Do/to make

Ir-To Go.

Leer-To Read.

Llegar-To Arrive.

Morir-To Die

Necesitar-To Need.

Oir-To Hear

Pasar-to pass by, to spend time, to happen.

Pedir-To Ask

Pensar-To Think

Perder-To Lose

Poder-to be able to, can.

Poner-To Put.

Preguntar-To Ask or inquire.

Querer-To Want/ wish/love.

Saber-To Know.

Sacar-To take out, to get.

Salir-To Leave, to go out.

Tomar-To Take.

Tener-To Have.

Venir-To Come.

Ver-To See

Viver-To Live.

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