| Each verb entry in this binder starts with an abbreviated form of the verb conjugation. |
| As an example, let's consider the verb llegar. It starts as follow: |
| rdc llego; llegaba; llegué; llegaré; llegaría; llegue |
| imp llega, llegad, llegue, lleguen |
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| Understanding the verb abbreviated form: |
| The 3-letter tag at the head of a line is an acronym telling what the line is about. |
| The mdc tag is followed by the verb conjugation model, in this example [cantar]. |
| The rdc tag is followed by the first person singular form of each of the six main tenses. In this example: |
| llego 1st person singular form for Present of Indicative |
| llegaba 1st person singular for Imperfect of Indicative |
| llegué 1st person singular for Past Definite |
| llegaré 1st person singular for Future of Indicative |
| llegaría 1st person singular for Present of Conditional |
| llegue 1st person singular for Present of Subjunctive |
| The gpp tag is followed by the gerund and past participle forms. |
| The imp tag is followed by the four imperative forms: informal singular and plural, formal singular and plural. |
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| The verb forms following the mdc | rdc | gpp | imp tags are sufficient for reconstructing most verbs entire conjugation. |
| Additional tags are provided for describing the conjugation models or for specifying irregular conjugations forms. They are: |
| pri lists the Present of Indicative forms. |
| imi lists the Imperfect of Indicative forms. |
| pai lists the Past Definite forms. |
| fui lists the Future of Indicative forms. |
| prc lists the Present of Conditional forms. |
| prs lists the Present of Subjunctive forms. |
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| Irregular forms are always shown in red. |
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| Note that it is necessary to become familiar with the Spanish spelling described under !Spelling Rules. Otherwise some verb forms might seem "irregular" when actually they aren't. |
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| This document original version was in French and I kept the original tag name. |
| mdc is the French acronym for Modèle de Conjugaison. |
| rdc is the French acronym for Résumé des Conjugaisons (= Summary of Conjugations). |
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