Here is a collection of the different spanish tenses AND verb endings for each tense. With a couple of tips and examples for each. Hope this is useful :)
TIP: The following irregular
preterite forms are the some of
the most common.
Dar ( to give)
Yo - di
Tu - diste
El/Ella - Dio
Nosotros - Dimos
Vosotros - disteis
Ellos/ellas -dieron
Ver (to see)
Yo - Vi
Tu - Viste
El/Ella - Vio
Nosotros - Vimos
Vosotros - Visteis
Ellos/Ellas - Vieron
Ver and Dar have
similar
conjugations! For
example Visteis and
Disteis (Vosotros)
ER and IR
endings
Yo - í
Tu- iste
El/Ella - ió
Nosotros/as - imos
Vosotros/as - isteis
ellos - ieran
TIP: For the preterite tense ER
and IR verbs have the same
endings! all the way through.
Unlike the present tense.
Imperfect Tense
AR Verbs
Yo - aba
Tu- abas
El/Ella - aba
Nosotros - ábamos
Vosotros - abais
Ellos/Ellas - aban
ER and IR Verbs
Yo - ía
Tu - ías
El/Ella - ía
Nosotros - íamos
Vosotros - íais
Ellos/Ellas - ían
TIP: For ER and IR verbs in the imperfect
tense. These follow the same patten! But
there is also an irregular imperfect tense
aswell! Be warned these are not like the
regular verb endings
Irregular imperfect
ir (to go)
Yo - iba
Tu - ibas
El/Ella - iba
Nosotros - íbamos
Vosotros - ibais
Ellos/Ellas - iban
ser (to be)
Yo - era
Tu - eras
El/Ella - era
Nosotros - éramos
Vosotros - erais
Ellos/Ellas - eran
Ver (to see)
Yo- Veía
Tu - Veías
El/Ella - Veía
Nosotros - Veíamos
Vosotros - Veíais
Ellos/Ellas - Veían
These Irregular
infinitive's are also
the same ones for
the irregular
preterite! Make
sure you learn these
important ones.
Future
Tenses
Informal future tense
There are a lot more things in
spanish (reflexive verbs, Stem
changing verbs etc) that also fall
into these categories!!