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SPANISH GRAMMAR / GRAMÁTICA ESPAÑOLA
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Infinitive
Stem
-ar
comprar
(to buy)
compr-
-er
comer
(to eat)
com-
-ir
vivir
(to live)
viv-
PRESENT TENSE
I compro como vivo
you (inf) compras comes vives
she/he/it/you (polite) compra come vive
we compramos comemos vivimos
you (plu, inf) compráis coméis vivís
They/you (plu, polite) compran comen viven
FUTURE TENSE
This is the easiest tense to form as the endings are the same regardless of whether the verbs ends whit –ar, -er, or –ir. You simply add the endings to
the infinitive of the verb:
I compraré comeré viviré
you (inf) comprarás comerás vivirás
she/he/it/you (polite) comprará comerá vivirá
we compraremos comeremos viviremos
you (plu, inf) compraréis comeréis viviréis
They/you (plu, polite) comprarán comerán vivirán
Going to...
As in English, a more common way of creating the future tense, particularly when you are discussing the immediate future, is to use the verb ir (´to
go´) in the present tense, followed by the preposition a (´to/at´) and the verb infinitive.
I go / I am going to …
you go / are going to … (inf)
he/she/it/you go/are going to… (polite)
we go/ are going to…
you go / are going to (pl, inf)
they/you go/are going to … (pl, polite)
voy
vas
va
vamos
vais
van
I am going to eat later. It’s going to rain this afternoon. PAST TENSE
Voy a comer más tarde.
Va a llover esta tarde.
There Are three ways of referring to the past:
1) The preterit, or simple past tense, is used to express completed past actions, which usually only happened once.
I compré comí viví
you (inf) compraste comiste viviste
she/he/it/you (polite) compró comió vivió
we compramos comimos vivimos
you (plu, inf) comprsteis comisteis vivisteis
They/you (plu, polite) compraron comieron vivieron