Verbs:Past is the twenty-eighth (assuming read left to right) skill in the language tree for Spanish with ten lessons. It teaches the preterite past form, which is used for actions that were begun and completed at a specific time in the past. If it was completed in the present, use the perfect; if it had no specific time of beginning or completion use the imperfect.
Grammar Notes[]
To form the preterite form for the past, take the stem and add these endings:
Subject | -ar verbs | Example: hablar | -ir or -er verbs | Example: beber |
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yo | -é | hablé | -í | bebí |
tú | -aste | hablaste | -iste | bebiste |
usted, él, ella | -ó | habló | ió | bebió |
nosotros/nosotras | -amos* | hablamos | -imos* | bebimos |
vosotros/vosotras | -asteis | hablasteis | -isteis | bebisteis |
ustedes, ellos,, ellas | -aron | hablaron | -iron | bebiron |
Note (*): The present tense conjugation and the preterite conjugation are the same, so context is needed to differentiate the two.
The only irregular preterite forms are for ir and ser (which are the same and have the stem fu-) and dar (which is treated like a -ir verb instead).
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- fue = he/she/it was/went
- estuvo = he/she/it was (irregular stem estuv-)
- comimos = we ate
- bebí = I drank
- fueron = they went/were
- hablé = I talked
- gustó = he/she/it liked
Lesson 2[]
- quise = I wanted (irregular stem quis-)
- llovió = it rained
- toqué = I touched
- oí = I heard
- ví = I saw
- dijo - he/she/it said (irregular stem dij-)
Lesson 3[]
- hizo = he/she/it did/made (irregular stem hic-)
- tuvo = he/she/it had (irregular stem tuv-)
- dio = he/she/it gave
- llegó = he/she/it arrived
- siquiera = even if
- quedé = I stayed
- dejó = he/she/it left
Lesson 4[]
- pasó = he/she/it passed
- recién = just
- vino = he/she/it came
- volvió = he/she/it returned
- puso = he/she/it put
- comenzó = he/she/it began
- explicó = he/she/it explained
Lesson 5[]
- preguntó = he/she/it asked
- salió = he/she/it went out
- empezó = he/she/it began
- llevó = he/she/it took
- pidió = he/she/it asked for
- recibió = he/she/it received
- decidió = he/she/it decided
Lesson 6[]
- presentó = he/she/it presented
- logró = he/she/it achieved
- tomó = he/she/it took
- miró = he/she/it looked at
- encontró = he/she/it found
- ocurrió = it happened
- abrió = he/she/it opened
Lesson 7[]
- respondió = he/she/it answered
- pensó = he/she/it thought
- llamó = he/she/it called
- mostró = he/she/it showed
- entró = he/she/it entered
- siguió = he/she/it followed
- supo = he/she/it knew (irregular stem sup-)
Lesson 8[]
- ganó = he/she/it won
- perdió = he/she/it lost
- (se) sintió = he/she/it felt
- recordó = he/she/it remembered
- terminaste = you ended
- inició = he/she/it started
- cayó = he/she/it fell
Lesson 9[]
- apareció = he/she/it appeared
- consiguió = he/she/it got
- permitió = he/she/it allowed
- escribió = he/she/it wrote
- contó = he/she/it counted
- obtuvo = he/she/it obtained
- contestó = he/she/it replied
Lesson 10[]
- alcanzó = he/she/it reached
- sacó = he/she/it took
- negó = he/she/it denied
- consideró = he/she/it considered
- intentó = he/she/it tried
- insistió = he/she/it insisted
- ofreció = he/she/it offered
Refernces[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/es/Verbs%3A-Past
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