2nd conjugation: -er Examples: aprender, beber, correr, vender….
3rd conjugation: -ir Examples: recibir, abrir, subir, vivir, repartir….
There are three persons for the singular and three persons for the plural:
Singular
I – Yo
You – Tú
He – Él, She – Ella. There is no “it” in Spanish, you refer to things in masculine or feminine.
Plural
We – Nosotros, nosotras
You – Vosotros, vosotras
They – Ellos, ellas.
It’s very important to know the endings of the verbs because most of the time we omit the subject pronom in Spanish so, by knowing the endings, you will be able to tell what person is doing the action and in what tense is the action taking place (present, past, future).
Depending on the attitude of the person doing the action, the Spanish verbs are structured in different moods. The most common one is the Indicative, but there are three more subjunctive, conditional and imperative.
Spanish Verb tenses:
INDICATIVE MOOD
Simple tenses
Present – Present simple
Imperfect – Pretérito imperfecto.
Preterit – Pretérito perfecto simple o indefinido.
Future – Futuro.
Conditional – Condicional.
Compound tenses
Present perfect – Pretérito perfecto compuesto.
Pluperfect – Pretérito pluscuamperfecto.
Preterit Perfect – Pretérito anterior.
Future Perfect – Futuro perfecto.
Conditional Perfect – Condicional compuesto.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Pluperfect – Pretérito pluscuamperfecto.