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Variaciones de la forma de un verbo. // Variations of the basic form of a verb.

Serie ordenada de las distintas formas de un mismo verbo o comunes a un grupo de verbos de igual flexión, con las cuales se denotan sus diferentes modos, tiempos, números y personas. (fuente)

Different versions of the basic form of a verb, that describes and identifies the person, the gender or any aspect of the subject.

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How should I determine when to use the 4 main past tense forms of "to be" (the Imperfect and preterite forms of ser and estar)?

I've always struggled with the past tense forms of "to be". I have no issues determining whether to use ser or estar in present tense, but the added factors of imperfect vs preterite always throws me off. This is how I see the uses of the…
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Conjugation and tenses

I am just trying to write a little piece about myself but sometimes struggle with conjugation. Is the correct tense present when describing myself? i.e: Creo que soy una persona muy independiente, pero un poco desordenada.
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Why is the plural third person preterite indicative used here?

In Cien anos de soledad, there is this line: Sentaron una gitana en un extremo de la aldea e instalaron el catalejo a la entrada de la carpa. which as far as I understand, means that a single gypsy woman sat down at the edge of the village and…
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¿Cómo debo conjugar el verbo en este caso?

Cuál de las siguientes oraciones es gramaticalmente correcta: (1) Me gusta la mayoría de los autores rusos. (2) Me gustan la mayoría de los autores rusos. Gracias!
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conjugation of verb with "mi familia"

I want to ask about the conjugation of a verb regarding a specific noun. In English, family is treated as the plural 'they' - My family went to the beach They went to the beach I was asked in a Spanish online test to complete the sentence with…
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nacido, *nato, *nado in ABBYY dictionary - what it means?

https://www.lingvolive.com/ru-ru/translate/es-ru/nacer I see nacido, *nato, *nado What the words with asterisk *nato, *nado mean in this dictionary? https://www.lingvolive.com/en-us/translate/es-en/nacido -…
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How do I know which conjugation to pick when using ser?

For example: ¿Qué día es hoy? Hoy es sábado. How do I know which conjugation of ser to pick here? I thought ser was when talking to he/she. Why is it picked here when we don't know who the sentence is talking too?
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In "El burlador de Sevilla", why is "matara" and not "matad" in "Haced prender y matara ese hombre y esta mujer"?

Haced prender y matara ese hombre y esta mujer I don't understand matara. Is this future or imp subj. and why doesn't it agree with 2nd plural? I think it means "Capture and kill this man and woman". Context: don pedro. —¿Voces en tu cuarto gran…
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