# Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61kVu3hy-JL._SY160.jpg) Author:: Conrad Schmitt ## Highlights > The verbs ir and ser are the same in the preterite. ([Location 3828](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=3828)) > the future is used to express a present probable action and the conditional is used to express a past probable action. ([Location 4264](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4264)) > The future and conditional tenses are used for indirect discourse. The future is used when the main clause is in the present. The conditional is used when the main clause is in the past. ([Location 4282](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4282)) > Subjunctive implies subjectivity. If there exists the possibility that the action about which I am speaking has not taken or may not take place it is necessary to use the subjunctive. However, if it is a realized fact that the action has taken or definitely will take place the indicative is used. ([Location 4542](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4542)) --- Title: Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed Author: Conrad Schmitt Tags: readwise, books date: 2024-01-30 --- # Schaum's Outline of Spanish Grammar, 5ed ![rw-book-cover](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61kVu3hy-JL._SY160.jpg) Author:: Conrad Schmitt ## AI-Generated Summary None ## Highlights > The verbs ir and ser are the same in the preterite. ([Location 3828](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=3828)) > the future is used to express a present probable action and the conditional is used to express a past probable action. ([Location 4264](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4264)) > The future and conditional tenses are used for indirect discourse. The future is used when the main clause is in the present. The conditional is used when the main clause is in the past. ([Location 4282](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4282)) > Subjunctive implies subjectivity. If there exists the possibility that the action about which I am speaking has not taken or may not take place it is necessary to use the subjunctive. However, if it is a realized fact that the action has taken or definitely will take place the indicative is used. ([Location 4542](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001JKV93M&location=4542))