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Formas del verbo: amar (to love)
[Regular.]
| Indicativo | |||||||
| English | yo | tú | Ud./él/ella | nosotros, -as | vosotros, -as | Uds./ellos/ellas | |
| Presente | I love, am loving | amo | amas | ama | amamos | amáis | aman |
| Futuro | I will love | amaré | amarás | amará | amaremos | amaréis | amarán |
| Imperfecto | I was loving, used to love, loved | amaba | amabas | amaba | amábamos | amabais | amaban |
| Pretérito | I loved | amé | amaste | amó | amamos | amasteis | amaron |
| Condicional | I would love | amaría | amarías | amaría | amaríamos | amaríais | amarían |
| Presente perfecto | I have loved | he amado | has amado | ha amado | hemos amado | habéis amado | han amado |
| Futuro perfecto | I will have loved | habré amado | habrás amado | habrá amado | habremos amado | habréis amado | habrán amado |
| Pluscuamperfecto | I had loved | había amado | habías amado | había amado | habíamos amado | habíais amado | habían amado |
| Pretérito anterior1 | I had loved | hube amado | hubiste amado | hubo amado | hubimos amado | hubisteis amado | hubieron amado |
| Condicional perfecto | I would have loved | habría amado | habrías amado | habría amado | habríamos amado | habríais amado | habrían amado |
| Subjuntivo | |||||||
| Presente | I love, am loving | ame | ames | ame | amemos | améis | amen |
| Imperfecto2 | I loved, was loving | amara | amaras | amara | amáramos | amarais | amaran |
| Futuro1 | I will love | amare | amares | amare | amáremos | amareis | amaren |
| Presente perfecto | I have loved, loved | haya amado | hayas amado | haya amado | hayamos amado | hayáis amado | hayan amado |
| Futuro perfecto1 | I will have loved | hubiere amado | hubieres amado | hubiere amado | hubiéremos amado | hubiereis amado | hubieren amado |
| Pluscuamperfecto3 | I had loved | hubiera amado | hubieras amado | hubiera amado | hubiéramos amado | hubierais amado | hubieran amado |
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Afirmativo |
Negativo |
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| Tú | Love! Don't love! | ama | no ames | ||||
| Vosotros, -as | " | amad | no améis | ||||
| Usted | " | ame | no ame | ||||
| Ustedes | " | amen | no amen | ||||
| Otras formas | |||||||
| Gerundio | loving | amando | |||||
| Participio pasado | loved | amado | |||||
1 Tiempo arcaico.
2 O: amase, amases, amase, amásemos, amaseis, amasen.
3 O: hubiese amado, hubieses amado, hubiese amado, hubiésemos amado, hubieseis amado, hubiesen amado.
Subject Pronouns
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yo |
yoh |
I |
nosotros(as) |
noh-soh-trohs |
we |
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tú |
too |
you (informal) vosotros( |
as) |
boh-soh-trohs |
you all |
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él / ella / usted |
ail / ay-yah / oo-sted |
he / she / you (formal) |
ellos / ellas / ustedes |
ay-yohs / ay-yahs / oo-sted-ays |
they / they / you (plural) |
Note: Vosotros is used only in Spain when speaking to more than one person with whom you know well. Nosotras and vosotras refer to a group of all females, as well as ellas. Ustedes is almost always used for saying "you all" in all Spanish speaking countries. Usted can be abreviated to Ud. Ustedes can also be abreviated to Uds. Please note that the subject pronouns are rarely used before verbs.
Conjugating Regular Verbs
Verbs in Spanish end in -ar, -er or -ir. Before a verb is conjugated, it is called the infinitive. Removing the last two letters gives you the stem of the verb (cantar is to sing, cant- is the stem.) To conjugate regular verbs in the present tense, add these endings to the stems:
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-ar |
-er |
-ir |
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o |
amos |
o |
emos |
o |
imos |
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as |
áis |
es |
éis |
es |
ís |
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a |
an |
e |
en |
e |
en | ||||
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