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Past/Present/Future Tense

  • 13-03-2011 3:41pm
    #1
    thebuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭


    I'm learning Spanish and just looking for a good site that translates a lot of verbs with past, present & future tense (I had, I have, I will have etc.). I've been looking online and apart from using google translate(which isn't always reliable) can't find a site with these available.

    Any help appreciated.


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  • #2
    Clareboy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 536 ✭✭✭Clareboy


    An easy way to express the future in Spanish is to use the verb ' ir' to go plus the infinitive. I am going to go - voy a ir. I am going to eat - voy a comer. The past can be expressed by using the past participle plus the auxiliary verb ' haber'. I have eaten - he comido. I have seen - he visto.


  • #3
    allandanyways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭allandanyways


    Be wary of using the above, they only apply to certain situations and are very non-fluent (we are taught these tenses especially in Leaving Cert because the curriculum is crap and lazy. I ask my Spanish friends to correct my spoken Spanish and the "voy a..." future and past participle use are something they always correct me on. I would very rarely hear Spaniards use them because they only apply to certain situations)

    Try wordreference for breakdowns of all the verbs in every tense.

    There's another one I used to use a lot, I can't think of it now but I'll add it when I do!


  • #4
    djcervi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭djcervi


    Another good website is The Royal Spanish Academy http://www.rae.es
    Type the verb into the search engine, and when it gives the definition (it is a monolingual dictionary too) click 'conjugar' and it will give you a verb table for that verb in all tenses.


  • #5
    gerbear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭gerbear1


    allandanyways wrote: »
    Be wary of using the above, they only apply to certain situations and are very non-fluent (we are taught these tenses especially in Leaving Cert because the curriculum is crap and lazy. I ask my Spanish friends to correct my spoken Spanish and the "voy a..." future and past participle use are something they always correct me on. I would very rarely hear Spaniards use them because they only apply to certain situations)

    Try wordreference for breakdowns of all the verbs in every tense.

    There's another one I used to use a lot, I can't think of it now but I'll add it when I do!
    I'd second that recommendation of wordreference. Learnt so much of the tenses from using that.

    This one is also very good:
    http://users.ipfw.edu/jehle/verblist.htm


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