Herir conjugation chart
Herir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I wound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you wound | |
| vos | you wound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she wounds | |
| nosotros | we wound | |
| vosotros | you all wound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they wound |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Herir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I wounded | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you wounded | |
| vos | you wounded | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she wounded | |
| nosotros | we wounded | |
| vosotros | you all wounded | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they wounded |
Irregular in él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): hirió, hirieron…; the other forms are regular.
Herir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to wound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to wound | |
| vos | you used to wound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to wound | |
| nosotros | we used to wound | |
| vosotros | you all used to wound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to wound |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Herir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will wound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will wound | |
| vos | you will wound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will wound | |
| nosotros | we will wound | |
| vosotros | you all will wound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will wound |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Herir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would wound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would wound | |
| vos | you would wound | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would wound | |
| nosotros | we would wound | |
| vosotros | you all would wound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would wound |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Herir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I wound | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you wound | |
| vos | that you wound | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she wound | |
| nosotros | that we wound | |
| vosotros | that you all wound | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they wound |
Irregular stem hi- + -era, -eras, -ramos, -ráis, -eran.
Herir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I wounded | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you wounded | |
| vos | if you wounded | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she wounded | |
| nosotros | if we wounded | |
| vosotros | if you all wounded | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they wounded |
Irregular stem hiri- + -era, -eras, -éramos, -erais, -eran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (hiriese), more common in writing.
Herir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | wound! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | wound! | |
| usted | wound! | |
| nosotros | let's wound! | |
| vosotros | wound! | |
| ustedes | wound! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: hiere. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (hiera, hiramos, hieran).
Herir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't wound! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't wound! | |
| usted | don't wound! | |
| nosotros | let's not wound! | |
| vosotros | don't wound! | |
| ustedes | don't wound! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + hieras, hiera…
Always the verb haber + the past participle herido, which never changes.
Herir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he herido |
|---|---|
| tú | has herido |
| vos | has herido |
| él, ella, usted | ha herido |
| nosotros | hemos herido |
| vosotros | habéis herido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han herido |
Herir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había herido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías herido |
| vos | habías herido |
| él, ella, usted | había herido |
| nosotros | habíamos herido |
| vosotros | habíais herido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían herido |
Herir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré herido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás herido |
| vos | habrás herido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá herido |
| nosotros | habremos herido |
| vosotros | habréis herido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán herido |
Herir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría herido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías herido |
| vos | habrías herido |
| él, ella, usted | habría herido |
| nosotros | habríamos herido |
| vosotros | habríais herido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían herido |
Herir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya herido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas herido |
| vos | hayas herido |
| él, ella, usted | haya herido |
| nosotros | hayamos herido |
| vosotros | hayáis herido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan herido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Practice herir
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