Conjugations of Llover

Question

Why does the Spanishdict translator have the YO, tú, nosotros, and ellos forms for the verb llover? I thought only "it" could "rain" so llueve is the only option to use...

Answer 1

Llover is an "unipersonal" verb. That means that it can only be conjugated in the third person of singular:

This verb is generally used as impersonal, but there are hundreds of examples where it is used in other forms, especially in plural: llovían bombas del cielo.

You are right. I should have explained that it is impersonal just when it is used in its meaning of falling water from the sky. - LuisCache, May 2, 2011

Of course llover has other meanings appart from that one. In those meanings, it can be conjugated as the rest. - LuisCache, May 2, 2011

Ok, I never thought of those types of examples before...thanks for the clarification - chagedorn, May 2, 2011

Answer 2

Llover is an "unipersonal" verb. That means that it can only be conjugated in the third person of singular:

llueve, llovió, lloverá, llovía...

It is the same in English. You can´t say: I rain, you rain, he rains...

You can only say: It rains, it rained, it will rain...

Answer 3

FORMAS NO PERSONALES

Infinitivo

llover

Participio

llovido

Gerundio

lloviendo INDICATIVO

SUBJUNTIVO

Presente

lluevo llueves / llovés llueve llovemos llovéis / llueven llueven

Futuro simple o Futuro

lloveré lloverás lloverá lloveremos lloveréis / lloverán lloverán

Presente

llueva lluevas llueva llovamos llováis / lluevan lluevan

Pretérito imperfecto o Copretérito

llovía llovías llovía llovíamos llovíais / llovían llovían

Condicional simple o Pospretérito

llovería lloverías llovería lloveríamos lloveríais / lloverían lloverían

Pretérito imperfecto o Pretérito

lloviera o lloviese llovieras o llovieses lloviera o lloviese lloviéramos o lloviésemos llovierais o llovieseis / llovieran o lloviesen llovieran o lloviesen

Pretérito perfecto simple o Pretérito

lloví lloviste llovió llovimos llovisteis / llovieron llovieron

Futuro simple o Futuro

lloviere llovieres lloviere lloviéremos lloviereis / llovieren llovieren IMPERATIVO llueve (tú) / llové (vos) lloved (vosotros) / lluevan (ustedes)

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Answer 4

Can you not rain love on your boyfriend?

Can an army not rain bullets on the enemy?

Conjugations of Llover may not be as common as with other verbs, but it's still a verb.