Before we begin...
Reminders:
- Most present tense verb forms have several equivalents in English. For example, the form hablo may be translated in numerous ways:
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I speak |
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(customary action) |
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I am speaking |
(action in progress) |
hablo |
I do speak |
(emphatic form) |
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I will speak |
(near future action) |
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do I speak |
(interrogative form) |
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I have been speaking |
(action started in the past but still in progrerss) |
 
- The subject pronouns that accompany these verbs are:
singular
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plural
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yo |
I |
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nosotros, nosotras |
we |
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tú |
you |
(familiar) |
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vosotros, vosotras |
you |
(familiar pl., Spain) |
usted |
you |
(formal) |
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ustedes |
you |
(formal) |
él |
he |
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ellos |
they |
(masculine or mixed) |
ella |
she |
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ellas |
they |
(feminine) |
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