» Infinitivo (Infinitive)
Spanish infinitives may be easily recognized by their last two letters. There are three possibilities, so we have three conjugation groups:
- verbs ending in -ar
- verbs ending in -er
- verbs ending in -ir
There are two forms of the infinitive in Spanish:
- Simple (Spanish: simple – same spelling, different pronunciation)
The simple form of the Spanish infinitive is one word long. The examples of the simple infinitives are:- estar
- ser
- venir
- Compound (Spanish: compuesto)
The compound forms of Spanish infinitives consist of two words. The first one is the infinitive of the auxiliary verb haber. The second one is the past participle (Spanish: participio) of the main verb. The examples of the compound verbs are:- haber estado
- haber sido
- haber venido
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