The Compound Tenses  


The Compound Tenses

Spanish verb conjugations can be divided into two categories: simple tenses and compound tenses. Simple tenses have only one part (hablo - I speak) whereas compound tenses have two (estoy hablando - I am speaking). The Spanish compound tenses are made up of perfect tenses and progressive tenses. See chart of tenses below:

Simple Perfect Progressive
Present Present Perfect Present Progressive
Imperfect Past Perfect Imperfect Progressive
Preterite Preterite Perfect Past Progressive
Future Future Perfect Future Progressive
Infinitive Perfect Infinitive

Related Topics
the perfect tenses
present participle (gerund)
present perfect indicative
present progressive

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