Book-bot.com - read famous books online for free

Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) by C. A. Toledano
page 42 of 604 (06%)
|_Pres. Tense, Indic. Mood_. | _Pres. Tense, Indic. Mood_. |
|Soy (I am), etc. Somos | Estoy (I am), etc. | Estamos |
|Eres Sois | Estás | Estáis |
|Es Son | Está | Están |
+------------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
|_Imperf. Tense, Indic. Mood_ | _Imperf. Tense, Indic. Mood_. |
|Era (I was), etc. Éramos | Estaba (I was) etc.| Estábamos |
|Eras Erais | Estabas | Estabais |
|Era Eran | Estaba | Estaban |
+------------------------------+--------------------+------------------+
|_Past Def. Tense, Indic. Mood.| _Past Def. Tense, Indic. Mood._ |
|Fuí (I was), etc. Fuimos | Estuve (I was), etc.| Estuvimos |
|Fuiste Fuisteis | Estuviste | Estuvisteis |
|Fué Fueron | Estuvo | Estuvieron |
+------------------------------+---------------------+-----------------+

[Footnote 31: =Ser= is used--

(1) To form the Passive voice as, Le amo (I love him), Soy amado de él
(I am loved by him).

(2) To denote an inherent quality, viz., forming part and parcel with
the subject, as Este hombre es hábil (this man is clever).]


[Footnote 32: Estar is used--

(1) To denote state in locality, viz., _to be in a place_, as Estoy aquí
(I am here), Manchester está en Inglaterra (Manchester is in England)

DigitalOcean Referral Badge