⇒ The Spanish indicative mood (el indicativo) used to talk about actions, events, or states that are believed to be facts or true.
⇒ The indicative is one of three moods in Spanish (the other two are the subjunctive and the imperative).
⇒ The indicative mood is typically used for making factual statements or describing obvious qualities of a person or situation
⇒ The indicative mood is often used to talk about facts in the present, past, future, or conditional. Check out examples of the indicative used in each of these tenses below.
⇒ Present tenses used in the indicative mood include the simple present and the present perfect.
| María es una mujer muy alta e inteligente.Maria is a very tall and intelligent woman. |
| Ángela ha estudiado español por cuatro años.Angela has studied Spanish for four years. |
⇒ Past tenses used in the indicative mood include the simple past, the imperfect, and the past perfect.
| Luis habló con su madre ayer.Luis spoke with his mother yesterday. |
| Roberto jugaba con sus amigos cuando se rompió el brazo.Roberto was playing with his friends when he broke his arm. |
| Joaquín había viajado mucho antes de conocer a su esposa.Joaquin had traveled a lot before he met his wife. |
⇒ Future tenses used in the indicative mood include the informal future, the simple future, and the future perfect.
| Anita va a ver una película.Anita is going to watch a movie. |
| Te llamaré mañana por la tarde.I will call you tomorrow afternoon. |
| Ya habré cocinado la cena.I will have made dinner already. |
⇒ Conditional tenses used in the indicative mood include the simple conditional and the conditional perfect.
| Me gustaría un té helado, por favor.I would like an iced tea, please. |
| Habría estudiado más si tuviera el tiempo.I would have studied more if I had had the time. |