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 phatic future: Mañana le escribo. "I'll write him tomorrow." b) when immediate future time is involved: ¿Vamos ahora? "Shall we go now?" c) for the perfect conditional in conditions: Si dice algo en aquel momento, le pego. "I'd have hit him if he'd said something at that moment." d) for the simple past in historical narrative: Por poco le cojo. "I almost caught him." The forms of the present are:

2.Imperfect tense.This tense refers to past action that was going on at the same time as some other action ("I was singing") or that was habitual ("I used to sing").

3.Present subjunctive.This tense is used either to express a command (in the first person plural, or third person singular or plural) or in certain types of dependent clauses (see §§3.5-3.52).

4.Imperative.This tense is used to give commands; it has only the second person singular and plural forms.

5.Future.This tense refers to action in future time ("I'll sing") or probability.