![]() ![]() ![]() To learn more about the imperfect tense in Spanish, check out this lesson entitled: The Imperfect Tense in Spanish: The Past That Just Won't Quit. What were you talking about?Ĭaption 2, Muñeca Brava 45 El secreto - Part 6 Play Caption Well, when I was little, I used to talk to the Einstein card.Ĭaption 36, La Familia Cheveroni Capítulo 1 - Part 3 Play Caption Translations for the imperfect in Spanish for the verb hablar could thus include "used to talk," "would talk," or "was talking." Let's take a look at couple of examples:īueno, cuando yo era pequeña hablaba con la ficha de Einstein. The imperfect is one of the Spanish past tenses and talks about an action that was ongoing or habitual in the past or that was in progress and/or interrupted in the moment described. about food, about foods, I'd like to ask you a question.Ĭaptions 23-24, Carlos y Xavi Part 3 Diferencias de vocabulario entre España y Colombia Play Captionįor more information about and examples of the present progressive tense in Spanish, check out this lesson as well as this video that contrasts the use of the simple present with the present progressive. Now that we've seen a couple of the present verb tenses in Spanish, let's check out some of the Spanish past tenses. de comida, de alimentos, quisiera hacerte una pregunta. ![]() This is the tense with a form of the word "to be" and the gerund, or -ing form of a verb ("I'm eating," "He's swimming," etc.). The present progressive tense in Spanish, which is similarly formed with a present conjugation of the verb estar (to be) and a verb's gerundio (gerund, which usually ends in - ando or - iendo in Spanish), is always translated in this fashion and really emphasizes that an action is in progress at this very moment. Notice that the second example of the present tense was translated to the English present progressive tense. ***BONUS TENSE: Present Progressive ( Presente Continuo)*** Pepa Flores, Amalia Durango's manager?Ĭaptions 37-38, Confidencial: El rey de la estafa Capítulo 1 - Part 5 Play Caption ¿ Hablo con la Señora Pepa Flores, la manager de Amalia Durango?Īm I speaking with Mrs. ![]() We can also use this tense to talk about an action that is actually in progress at the moment: Since it is an ongoing fact that the speaker speaks Spanish very well, it is appropriate to use the present tense. Let's take a look:Īunque soy extranjero, yo hablo español muy bien.Īlthough I'm a foreigner, I speak Spanish very well.Ĭaption 56, Clase Aula Azul Información con subjuntivo e indicativo - Part 4 Play Caption Let's start with the present tense in Spanish, also known as the "simple present." This tense is primarily used in two ways, the first being to talk about a present action that is habitual, repeated, or ongoing. To make matters just a bit more complicated, Spanish verb tenses fall into three categories called "moods," which are the indicative, the subjunctive, and the imperative. Generally speaking, the indicative verb tenses in Spanish are the first Spanish verb tenses learned, and, in contrast to the Spanish verb tenses in the other moods (subjunctive and imperative), they tend to deal with facts and objective reality. Let's take a look: There are also some "bonus tenses," which aren't officially included in their classification, which we will also cover in this lesson. How many different tenses in Spanish are there in total? According to the Real Academia Española, there are sixteen Spanish verb tenses. However, rather than focusing on how to conjugate the verb tenses in Spanish, which you may or may not have already learned, we'll take a closer look at when to use each one, using the extremely common verb hablar ("to talk" or "to speak") to illustrate them whenever possible, as well as plenty of examples from the Yabla Spanish video library. Today, we will embark on a brief journey that encompasses all the Spanish verb tenses. ![]()
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