Verb · regular -er
aprender
to learn
The thing that catches people out
Regular -er. aprender a plus a verb: aprendo a nadar, I am learning to swim. Teaching is enseñar.
Present
What happens, and what is happening now.
| yo | aprendo | |
| tú | aprendes | |
| él, ella, usted | aprende | |
| nosotros | aprendemos | |
| ellos, ustedes | aprenden | |
| vosotros, Spain only | aprendéis |
Preterite, the finished past
Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.
| yo | aprendí | |
| tú | aprendiste | |
| él, ella, usted | aprendió | |
| nosotros | aprendimos | |
| ellos, ustedes | aprendieron | |
| vosotros, Spain only | aprendisteis |
Imperfect, the background past
What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.
| yo | aprendía | |
| tú | aprendías | |
| él, ella, usted | aprendía | |
| nosotros | aprendíamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | aprendían | |
| vosotros, Spain only | aprendíais |
Future
Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.
| yo | aprenderé | |
| tú | aprenderás | |
| él, ella, usted | aprenderá | |
| nosotros | aprenderemos | |
| ellos, ustedes | aprenderán | |
| vosotros, Spain only | aprenderéis |
Present perfect
Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.
| yo | he aprendido | |
| tú | has aprendido | |
| él, ella, usted | ha aprendido | |
| nosotros | hemos aprendido | |
| ellos, ustedes | han aprendido | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habéis aprendido |
Other forms
The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.
| -ing form | aprendiendo | |
| participle | aprendido | |
| command, to tú | aprende | |
| command, to usted | aprenda |
In a sentence
aprendo español
I am learning Spanish
aprendí mucho hoy
I learned a lot today