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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