Grammar

Here are some helpful words to help you better understand Spanish Grammar!

Noun/Nombre: Person/Place/Thing

Verb/Verbo: Action word

Adjective/Adjetivo: Description word

Pronoun/Pronombre: Takes the place of a noun

Conjugate/Conjugar: To change a verb to reflect who completed the action and when
     I walk vs. He walks
     We sing vs. They sang

Infinitive/Infinitivo: A verb that ends in -AR, -ER or -IR in Spanish. This is an un-conjugated verb.

Stem/El raíz: If you remove the -AR, -ER or -IR ending from a verb what remains is called the stem.

Stem-Change/Cambio de raíz: A spell change that occurs in the stem

Present Tense/Tiempo Presente: NOW

Preterit Tense/Tiempo Pretérito: In the past, completed actions, actions that happened once

Imperfect Tense/Tiempo Imperfecto: In the past, habitual actions, actions happened repeatedly

Trigger Word: A word that helps you determine if you should use Preterite or Imperfect

Present Participle/Participio presente (Gerund): ING word in English (ANDO, IENDO)

Past Participle/Participio pasado: ADO or IDO in Spanish

Perfect Tense: Can be Present Perfect, Past Perfect (Pluscuamperfecto), Conditional Perfect, etc.
Uses the verb HABER in different conjugations combined with a past participle

Future tense: What will happen

Conditional: What could/would happen