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A review of English verbs...
We have three main "tenses"
- past: uses -ed ending in simple tense
- present:
- future: uses 'will' modal verb
And four main "aspects"
- simple:
- perfect: uses 'to have' verb and -ed ending
- progressive: uses 'to be' verb and -ing ending
- perfect progressive. uses both 'to have' and 'to be' verbs and -ing ending
Beyond this, the sugar is in how the 'to have' and 'to be' verbs are inflected.
Sadly Spanish is very much not 1:1 with this system.
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