ayudar
to help, to assist
¿Me ayudas con las maletas?
Can you help me with the suitcases?
ayudar present indicative
Habitual and ongoing actions in the present.
ayudar present continuous
Action in progress right now. Periphrastic: estar (present) + gerund.
ayudar preterite
Completed actions at a specific moment in the past.
ayudar imperfect
Habitual past actions, descriptions, background.
ayudar present perfect
Completed actions with present relevance. Auxiliary haber + participle.
ayudar future
Actions yet to happen.
ayudar informal future
Near-future plans. Periphrastic: ir (present) + a + infinitive.
ayudar future perfect
Action that will have been completed by a future moment. Auxiliary haber (future) + participle.
ayudar conditional
Hypothetical or polite would-actions.
ayudar conditional perfect
Hypothetical past: would have done. Auxiliary haber (conditional) + participle.
ayudar pluperfect
An action completed before another past action.
ayudar subjunctive present
Desires, doubts, and hypotheticals in the present.
ayudar subjunctive imperfect
Past subjunctive: desires, doubts, hypotheticals in the past.
ayudar subjunctive present perfect
Completed actions in subjunctive contexts.
ayudar subjunctive pluperfect
Past-perfect actions in subjunctive contexts.
ayudar imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands.
ayudar imperative (negative)
Negative commands: borrows subjunctive present.