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Asistir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to assist, attend, help”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asistir in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to assist, attend, help |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asistir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asistiendo) and past continuous (estaba asistiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. assisting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asistido and hubiera asistido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have assisted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asistiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asistido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I assist” or “they assist”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asisto |
| Tú | asistes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asiste |
| Nosotros / as | asistimos |
| Vosotros / as | asistís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asisten |
| Vos | asistís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I assisted” or “she assisted” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asistí | I assisted |
| Tú | asististe | You assisted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistió | He / she / you assisted |
| Nosotros / as | asistimos | We assisted |
| Vosotros / as | asististeis | You assisted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistieron | They / you assisted |
| Vos | asististe | You assisted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was assisting” or “she was assisting” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asistía | I was assisting |
| Tú | asistías | You were assisting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistía | He was / she was / you were assisting |
| Nosotros / as | asistíamos | We were assisting |
| Vosotros / as | asistíais | You were assisting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistían | They / you were assisting |
| Vos | asistías | You were assisting |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have assisted” and “she has assisted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asistido | I have assisted |
| Tú | has asistido | You have assisted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asistido | He has / she has / you have assisted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asistido | We have assisted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asistido | You have assisted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asistido | They / you have assisted |
| Vos | has asistido | You have assisted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would assist” or “she would assist”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asistiría | I would assist |
| Tú | asistirías | You would assist |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistiría | He / she / you would assist |
| Nosotros / as | asistiríamos | We would assist |
| Vosotros / as | asistiríais | You would assist |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistirían | They / you would assist |
| Vos | asistirías | You would assist |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will assist” or “they will assist”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a asistir” means “They are going to assist”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asistiré | I will assist |
| Tú | asistirás | You will assist |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistirá | He / she / you will assist |
| Nosotros / as | asistiremos | We will assist |
| Vosotros / as | asistiréis | You will assist |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistirán | They / you will assist |
| Vos | asistirás | You will assist |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asista |
| Tú | asistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asista |
| Nosotros / as | asistamos |
| Vosotros / as | asistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistan |
| Vos | asistas |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asistiera | asistiese |
| Tú | asistieras | asistiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistiera | asistiese |
| Nosotros / as | asistiéramos | asistiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | asistierais | asistieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistieran | asistiesen |
| Vos | asistieras | asistiese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asistiere |
| Tú | asistieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asistiera |
| Nosotros / as | asistiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | asistiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistieren |
| Vos | asistieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “assist!” and “don’t assist!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asiste | no asistas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asista | no asista |
| Nosotros / as | asistamos | no asistamos |
| Vosotros / as | asistid | no asistáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asistan | no asistan |
| Vos | asistí | no asistas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asistido |
| Tú | hayas asistido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asistido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asistido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asistido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asistido |
| Vos | hayas asistido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asistido / hubiese asistido |
| Tú | hubieras asistido / hubieses asistido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asistido / hubiese asistido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asistido / hubiésemos asistido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asistido / hubieseis asistido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asistido / hubiesen asistido |
| Vos | hubieras asistido / hubieses asistido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asistido |
| Tú | hubieres asistido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asistido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asistido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asistido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asistido |
| Vos | hubieres asistido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asistiendo |
| Tú | estés asistiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asistiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asistiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asistiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asistiendo |
| Vos | estés asistiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asistiendo / estuviese asistiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras asistiendo / estuvieses asistiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asistiendo / estuviese asistiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asistiendo / estuviésamos asistiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asistiendo / estuvieseis asistiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asistiendo / estuviese asistiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras asistiendo / estuvieses asistiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asistiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres asistiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asistiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asistiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asistiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asistiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres asistiendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos asistís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asististe |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asistías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asistirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asistirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asistas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asistieras / Vos asistiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asistí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asistas |