Good
lord, there's more to
Spanish than just present tense!
Unfortunantly, I only know two more: the imperfect past tense, and the preterite. The imperfect past tense is used to describe things you used to do or did over an extended period of time ("I used to feel..."), and the preterite is used to say things you've done ("I felt").
El Pretérito:
AR Regular Verb Form Endings
-é
-aste
-ó
-amos
-aron
Example: caminar (to walk)
caminé (I walked)
caminaste (you walked)
caminó (he walked)
caminamos (we walked)
caminaron (they walked)
ER and IR Regular Verb Form Endings
-í
-iste
-ió
-imos
-ieron
Example: comer (to eat)
comí (I ate)
comiste (you ate)
comió (he ate)
comimos (we ate)
comieron (they ate)
As with many verb forms, there are some that don't fit the pattern. Take "leer" for instance...
leí
leíste
leyó
leímos
leyeron
This change takes place because three soft vowels cannot be together in Spanish words. These verb endings are also present in verbs like "creer" and other similar verbs.
Here are other verbs that don't fit pattern:
estar (to be feeling)
estuve
estuviste
estuvo
estuvimos
estuvieron
ser/ir (to be/to go)
fui
fuiste
fue
fuimos
fueron
venir (to come)
vine
viniste
vino
vinimos
vinieron
ver (to see)
vi
viste
vio
vimos
vieron
poner (to put)
puse
pusiste
puso
pusimos
pusieron
El Imperfecto:
The imperfect past tense is much easier to learn. And there's only three exceptions in the pattern.
AR Regular Verb Endings
-aba
-abas
-aba
-ábamos
-aban
Example: estar
estaba
estabas
estaba
estábamos
estaban
ER and IR Regular Verb Endings
-ía
-ías
-ía
-íamos
-ían
Example: leer
leía
leías
leía
leíamos
leían
And these are the ONLY three irregulars.
ir
iba
ibas
iba
íbamos
iban
ver
veía
veías
veía
veíamos
veían
ser
era
eras
era
éramos
eran
Hope you enjoyed that little lesson. Let me know if I've forgotten anything.