Spanish conjugation explanation

Forming the imperfect and future subjunctive verb forms

<p>The imperfect (both variants) and future subjunctive verb forms are formed by <strong>removing the <span style="font-style: italic;">-ron</span> ending from the third-person plural form of the preterite tense</strong>, and adding the appropriate personal ending.</p>

<p>For example, the third-person plural form of the verb <span style="font-style: italic;">ser</span> in the preterite tense is <span style="font-style: italic;">ellos fueron</span>, so the stem for the imperfect and future subjunctive forms will be <span style="font-style: italic;">fue-</span> (pay attention to the plural first person form: you have to put an accent mark on the stressed vowel.):</p>

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/20/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo (ra)</a>

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yo

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ra</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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tú

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ras</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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él

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ra</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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nosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fué<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ramos</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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vosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">rais</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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ellos

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ran</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/57/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Pretérito imperfecto subjuntivo (se)</a>

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<span><span class="study_conjugations_pronoun conjugation_pronoun">

yo

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">se</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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tú

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ses</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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<span><span class="study_conjugations_pronoun conjugation_pronoun">

él

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">se</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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nosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fué<span style="text-decoration: underline;">semos</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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vosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">seis</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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ellos

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">sen</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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<a class="study_conjugations_tense_label box_label" href="/study/tenseGuideForTense/21/" target="_blank" title="Open tense guide">Futuro subjuntivo</a>

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yo

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">re</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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tú

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">res</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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él

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">re</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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nosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fué<span style="text-decoration: underline;">remos</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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vosotros

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">reis</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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<span><span class="study_conjugations_pronoun conjugation_pronoun">

ellos

</span><span class="irregular_conjugation" title="irregular conjugation">fue<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ren</span><span class="irregularity_circle">&#9679;</span></span></span>

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Let's have a look at the stems for a few more common verbs:

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<div><strong>Verb</strong></div>

<div><strong>Preterite P/3</strong></div>

<div><strong>Stem</strong></div>

<div><strong>pasar</strong><p>(REGULAR)</p></div>

<div>pasaron</div>

<div>pasa-</div>

<div><strong>ver</strong><p>(REGULAR)</p></div>

<div>vieron</div>

<div>vie-</div>

<div><strong>salir</strong><p>(REGULAR)</p></div>

<div>salieron</div>

<div>salie-</div>

<div><strong>estar</strong></div>

<div>estuvieron</div>

<div>estuvie-</div>

<div><strong>haber</strong></div>

<div>hubieron</div>

<div>hubie-</div>

<div><strong>tener</strong></div>

<div>tuvieron</div>

<div>tuvie-</div>

<div><strong>ir</strong></div>

<div>fueron</div>

<div>fue-</div>

<div><strong>poder</strong></div>

<div>pudieron</div>

<div>pudie-</div>

<div><strong>hacer</strong></div>

<div>hicieron</div>

<div>hicie-</div>

<div><strong>decir</strong></div>

<div>dijeron</div>

<div>dije-</div>

<div><strong>saber</strong></div>

<div>supieron</div>

<div>supie-</div>

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