SPANISH AUXILIARY VERBS

Definition: Spanish auxiliary verbs are special verbs which are combined with a part of main verb. An auxiliary verb gives to main verb some characteristic and it sometimes helps to make up a compound verb form.

Auxiliary Verbs in Spanish

Auxiliary verbs in Spanish: One can find three auxiliary verbs in Spanish Language .

To be		To Have
Ser	Estar	Haber

Auxiliary verbs: Ser and Estar

Spanish has two auxiliaries "to be" they have very specific meanings which are not interchangeable, when a person describes itself, it is necessary to use several verbs; ser/estar (to be) are most frequent.

Examples:

My Mother is cooking pasta.
Mi madre está cocinando Pasta

My father is engineer
Mi padre es ingeniero

Joseph is looking for a job
José está en busca de trabajo

The dog is barking
El perro está ladrando

My wife is angry because I went to play football last night
Mi esposa está enojada por que anoche fui a jugar futbol

Auxiliary verbs: Ser and Estar

Pronoun	Present	Past	Future	Conditional
I ---> yo	soy	fui	seré	sería
you ---> tú	eres	fuiste	serás	serías
He ---> él She ---> ella You ---> usted	es	fue	será	sería
We ---> Nosotros	somos	fuimos	seremos	seríamos
You ---> Vosotros	sois	fuisteis	seréis	seríais
They ---> Ellos	son	fueron	serán	serían

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