Conjugating the Verb ESTAR - Simple Tenses

Let's review the verb Estar, concretely, the following simple tenses: Present, Future, Imperfect and Preterite of Indicative and the Present and both Preterite tenses for the Subjunctive mood.

By clicking on any of them you'll be able to listen to their pronunciations.

VERBO ESTAR
INDICATIVE

	Present (I am...)	Imperfect (I was...)	Preterite (I was...)	Future (I'll be...)	Conditional (I should be...)
Yo	estoy	estaba	estuve	estaré	estaría
Tú	estás	estabas	estuviste	estarás	estarías
Él / Ella / Usted	está	estaba	estuvo	estará	estaría>
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos	estábamos	estuvimos	estaremos	estaríamos
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis	estabais	estuvisteis	estaréis	estaríais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están	estaban	estuvieron	estarán	estarían>

		SUBJUNCTIVE
	Present	Imperfect (1)	Imperfect (2)
Yo	>esté	estuviera	estuviese
Tú	estés	estuvieras	estuvieses
Él / Ella / Usted	esté	estuviera	estuviese
Nosotros / Nosotras	estemos	estuviéramos	estuviésemos
Vosotros / Vosotras	estéis	estuvierais	estuvieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén	estuvieran	estuviesen

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