Ver conjugation

Ver means "to see / to watch". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Ver changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present, preterite, imperfect and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Ver conjugation tables

Jump to: present · preterite · imperfect · future · conditional · present subjunctive · present perfect · commands (imperative)

Ver in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Present

• Veo la película en el cine.
  I see the film at the cinema.
• Perfecto, nos vemos a las tres en la plaza.
  Perfect, we'll meet at three o'clock in the square.

Preterite

• Vi a mis amigos en el autobús ayer por la mañana.
  I saw my friends on the bus yesterday morning.
• Hablaba con mis amigos cuando vi un accidente.
  I was talking with my friends when I saw an accident.

Imperfect

• Ella veía a sus amigos cada fin de semana.
  She used to see her friends every weekend.
• Veía a mis amigos mientras esperaba el autobús.
  I saw my friends while I was waiting for the bus.

Mistakes learners make with ver

• The preterite has no written accents: vi, vio (not ví, vió).
• The past participle is visto: he visto la película, not he veído.
• Ver is seeing; mirar is looking at on purpose. For TV and films ver is the everyday choice: anoche vi una serie.

Write your own sentence with ver

Not sure which past tense to use? The Spanish past tense course explains preterite vs imperfect with practice. Conjugate any other verb with the free Spanish conjugator, browse all 72 verb pages, or check any text with the free Spanish grammar checker.

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