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18 Cards in this Set
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The progressive tense |
a form of estar plus the gerund, which ends in -ando or -iendo |
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Prefixes Des- Ante- |
des = dis ante = before |
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compound tenses |
present perfect (I have eaten) past perfect (I had written) future perfect (He will have arrived) Conditional perfect (you would have stayed) Preterit Perfect |
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Conjugating compound tenses |
The helping verb haber is conjugated according to the subject of the sentence The past participle is formed by adding -ado to the stem of the -ar verbs The past participle is formed by adding -ido to to the stem of ir and er verbs |
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Irregular Past Participle: abrir |
abierto (opened) |
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Irregular past participle: decir |
dicho (said) |
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Irregular past participle: escribir |
escrito (written) |
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Irregular past participle: poner |
puesto (put) |
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Irregular past participle: ver |
visto (seen) |
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Irregular past participle: cubrir |
cubierto (covered) |
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irregular past participle: hacer |
hecho (made) |
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irregular past participle: morir |
muerto (dead) |
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irregular past participle: romper |
roto (broken) |
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We use the present tense of the verb haber to form the present perfect tense (have) |
yo he tú has él ha nosotros hemos vosotros habéis ellos han |
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To form the past perfect tense conjugate haber |
yo había tú habías él había nosotros habíamos vosotros habíais ellos habían |
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to form the preterit perfect tense conjugate haber. past preterit and past perfect have the same english translation but the preterit perfect is usually used in written texts |
yo hube tú hubiste él hubo nosotros hubimos vosotros hubisteis ellos hubieron |
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Progressive Tenses |
formed most of ten with the verb estar and the gerund. The progressive is most commonly found in the present, imperfect, and preterit tenses. The gerund is formed by anding -ando to the root of infinitives ending in -ar and by adding -iendo to the root of infinitives ending in -er and -ir |
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-yendo |
is the gerund ending for verbs ending in -aer, -eer, and -uer |
