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Spanish tense guides
Learn what each form means, how it is built, and when Spanish speakers actually use it.
Spanish preterite tense: forms, uses, and practice
Learn how the Spanish preterite describes completed past actions, with regular endings, irregular patterns, examples, and practice.
Read guide →Present tense guideSpanish present tense conjugation
Build the Spanish present tense with regular endings, stem changes, irregular yo forms, and practical examples.
Read guide →Past tense guideSpanish imperfect tense: endings and uses
Learn the Spanish imperfect for habits, background descriptions, and ongoing past situations.
Read guide →Mood guideSpanish subjunctive: a practical introduction
Understand when Spanish uses the subjunctive and learn how present-subjunctive forms are built.
Read guide →Future tense guideSpanish future tense and ir a
Compare the simple future with ir a plus an infinitive and learn the most important irregular future stems.
Read guide →Conditional guideSpanish conditional tense
Use the Spanish conditional for hypothetical results, polite requests, and future-in-the-past statements.
Read guide →Imperative guideSpanish commands: affirmative and negative
Form tú, usted, ustedes, nosotros, and vosotros commands and place object pronouns correctly.
Read guide →Compound tense guideSpanish perfect tenses with haber
Build present, past, future, and conditional perfect forms with haber and a past participle.
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