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This is a paradigm of Spanish Verb s, that is, a set of Conjugation tables, for the model Regular Verb s and for some of the most common Irregular Verb s (see the article on Spanish Irregular Verbs for common patterns of irregularity that may help understanding this paradigm).

The tables include only the simple tenses. Perfective and continuous forms can be easily put together by using the appropriate tense of ''estar'' + gerund or ''haber'' + past participle.

The pronouns ''yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros'' and ''ellos'' are used to symbolise the three persons and two numbers. Note, however, that Spanish is a Pro-drop Language and so it is the norm to omit subject pronouns when not needed for contrast or emphasis. Note also that the subject, if specified, can easily be something other than these pronouns. For example, instead of ''él'', we can have ''ella'', ''usted'', impersonal ''se'', or a noun phrase. Instead of ''nosotros'', we can have ''nosotras'', ''tú y yo'', ''él y yo'' etc., or a noun phrase that includes the speaker. The same comments hold for ''vosotros'' and ''ellos''.

Following the convention in Latin studies, we cite the verbs from which these Spanish words derive:
# in the first-person singular of the present active indicative
# in the present active infinitive
# in the first-person perfect active indicative
# in the supine.


REGULAR -AR VERBS (''AMAR'', TO LOVE)

From the Latin: ''amo'', ''amare'', ''amavi'', ''amatum'' — "to love".


REGULAR -ER VERBS (''TEMER'', TO FEAR)

From the Latin: ''temo'', ''temere'', ''temidi'', ''temitum'' — "to fear".


REGULAR -IR VERBS (''PARTIR'', TO SPLIT/DEPART)

From the Latin: ''partio'', ''partire'', ''partivi'', ''partitum'' — "to split/share".


''SER'', TO BE

From the Latin: ''sum'', ''esse'', ''fui'', ''futurus'' — "to be".


''ESTAR'', TO BE

From the Latin: ''sto'', ''stare'', ''steti'', ''statum'' — "to stand".
† ''Estar'' is usually made reflexive in the imperative.


''HABER'', TO HAVE

From the Latin: ''habeo'', ''habere'', ''habui'', ''habitum'' — "to have".
  • † ''ha'' in perfective tenses and in ''haber de''; ''hay'' in the impersonal expressions ''hay que'' and ''hay'' meaning "there is/are".

  • †† ''habemos'' in the rare expression ''nos las habemos con'' meaning "the matter in question is"; dialectally or archaically for ''hemos'', all senses; dialectally for ''hay'' in the plural, meaning "there are".

  • ††† Dialectally, ''haiga'', etc.



''TENER'', TO HAVE

From the Latin: ''teneo'', ''tenere'', ''tenui'', ''tentum'' — "to hold".


''IR'', TO GO

From the Latin: ''eo'', ''ire'', ''ii (or ivi)'', ''itum'' — "to go"

(plus parts of ''vado'' and ''sum'').
  • † Dialectally, ''ves''.

  • †† The second-person plural imperative of ''irse'' is ''idos'', i.e. it does not lose its ''d'' as other verbs do.



''YACER'', TO LIE

From the Latin: ''iacio'', ''iacere'', ''ieci'', ''iectum'' — "to throw"
  • † also ''yazgo'' or ''yago''

  • †† also ''yazga'' etc or ''yaga'' etc



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