Conjugations

saber...
sé, sabemos,
sabes,
sabe, saben.

Conocer..
conozco, conocemos,
conoces,
conoce, conocen.

Saber and conocer both follow the patterns of regular er verbs in the present tense but each has an irregular yo form.


Irregular preterite
Fue..
fui, fuimos,
fuimos,
fue, fueron.

Conjugations

Just remember in spanish that there are 3 types of regular verbs. They and in -ar -er and -ir.

usted and ustedes

In order to give and infermtive or negitive command in the usted or ustedes form you conjugate the verb into the present tense yo form. If the verb ends in -ar, add -e or -en. You add -e at the end if it is talking about one thing. You use -en if your talking about more than one. You add -a or -an for -er and/or -ir verbs. Once again add -a if its only talking about one thing and add -an if its talking about more than one. The same rules you use for tu commands apply also to usted and ustedes commands. For example, cortar goes to corte,and probar goes to prueben.

Impersonal Se

Referring to people in general in english is different than spanish. In spanish you use se+ a verb in the third person singular or plural. Just like with negitive tú commands we have to follow three steps. Step 1: Determine what verb you want to use. Step 2: Conjecgate the verb into the third person form based on if its singular or plural. Finally (step 3): Add se before the verb. For example: Se canta can mean any of the following.. They sing, you sing, one sings, and is sung.

negitive tú commands

Negitive tú commands are used to tell people to not do something. You dont just add the word no in front of a word. There actually four steps to form a negitive tú command. Make sure you follow these four steps. Step number 1: Figure out which verb you want to use. Step 2: Conjugate the verb into the yo form. Step 3: Drop the -o. Before moving on see if the verb ends in -ir, -er, or -ar. If he verb ends in -ar as -es at the end. If the verb ends in -er or -ir add -as. Step 4: After you figure out the ending just add no in front of the verb. Adding no in front of a verb is the same thing as saying do not. For example: Correr conjugate correr into corro, then drop the -o so it become corr. Then add -as to the end. Once your done with that just add no to the front and nor your saying don't run.

Indirect object pronouns

Keep in mind that an indirect object tells to whom or for whom an action is performed. Indirect pronouns are used to replace a direct object noun. The indirect object pronouns are: for singular, you do me for me, te for you, le for him/her/you, Plural object pronouns are: nos for us, and les for them or you. since le and les have nore than one meaning you can make the meaning clearer by adding a+ a name+ a pronoun. Indirect pronouns are placed bofore the verb or are attached to the infinitive; just like direct object pronouns and reflexive pronouns.

Imperfect tense irregular verbs

There are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense. They are ir, ser, and ver. The forms for ir are: iba, ibas, iba, íbamos, iban. For ser the endings are: era, eras, era, éramos, eran. Finally for ver the forms are: veía, veías, veía, veímos, and veían.

Imperfect tense regular verbs

Use the imperfect tense of regular verbs to talk about actions that happen repeatedly in the past. Here are the regular forms of -ar verbs: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -aban. -Er and -ir verbs have the same endings as each other and the endings are: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -ían. The yo, udstes ,and el/ ella forms are the same in the imperfect for -ar, -er ,and -ir verbs.

Reciprical Actions

For reciprical actions you use se and nos for the pronouns in order to express an idea to each other. For example, Se abrezaban y Se besaban. They were hugging each other and kissing each other.

Preterite VS. Imperfect

You use imperfect verbs to talk about actions that happen repeditivly in the past. Here are the ending for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in the imperfect tense. Ar verb endings are as follows: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, and -aban. Most-er and -ir verbs have the same endings; there are only a few exceptions. The endings for -er and -ir verbs are as follows: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, and -ían. And for preterite verbs check out our earlier post on preterite verbs.

Irregular preterite

Preterite verbs are verbs used to descibe action that were cmpleted in the past just like all the other verbs you keep the stems, unless they are stem changing verbs, and change the ending. irregular preterite verbs are venir, poner, decir, and traer. the irregular preterite endings are -e, -iste, -o, -imos, and -ieron/-eron.