![]() For verbs ending in a vowel + -er/-ir, we change - i to a - y in the 3 rd person singular and plural form.Įxample: caer fall - caí, caíste, ca yó, caímos, caísteis, ca yeron distribuir distribute - distribuí, distribuiste, distribu yó, distribuimos, distribuisteis, distribu yeron leer read - leí, leíste, le yó, leímos, leísteis, le yeron oír hear - oí, oíste, o yó, oímos, oísteis, o yeron.The endings of these verbs are irregular (-e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -eron).Įxample: traducir translate - trad uje, trad ujiste, trad ujo, trad ujimos, trad ujisteis, trad ujeron Verbs that end in - ucir, change - uc to -uj.Some - ir verbs, change their stem in the 3 rd person singular and plural (-e → -i, -o → -u).Įxample: p edir ask for - pedí, pediste, p idió, pedimos, pedisteis, p idieron d ormir sleep - dormí, dormiste, d urmió, dormimos, dormisteis, d urmieron.We know from the context which verb is meant. The verbs ser and ir are identical in the preterite tense.Vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron Traje, trajiste, trajo, trajimos, trajisteis, trajeron Tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron Supe, supiste, supo, supimos, supisteis, supieron Quise, quisiste, quiso, quisimos, quisisteis, quisieron Puse, pusiste, puso, pusimos, pusisteis, pusieron Pude, pudiste, pudo, pudimos, pudisteis, pudieron Hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron Hube, hubiste, hubo, hubimos, hubisteis, hubieron They are irregular because they don’t follow the general conjugation rule of the past participle ( participio pasado) and use a different word instead.Preterite Conjugation ( yo, tú, él, nosotros, vosotros, ellos)Īnduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieronĬupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, cupisteis, cupieronĭije, dijiste, dijo, dijimos, dijisteis, dijeronĮstuve, estuviste, estuvo, estuvimos, estuvisteis, estuvieron When we conjugate Spanish pretérito perfecto we have to consider that there are also irregular verbs. ![]() For example: Spanish pretérito perfecto regular conjugation example Irregular conjugation – Spanish pretérito perfecto Keep in mind that the past participle stays the same for each person, and we only conjugate the first part ( h aber). Spanish pretérito perfecto regular conjugation The past participle is formed by taking the infinitive, removing the -ar, -er, -ir and adding the endings -ado, -ido, -ido, respectively. To form pretérito perfecto we conjugate haber in the present tense and we add the past participle (participio pasado). ![]() Haber is an auxiliary verb, which means it is a verb that we use to conjugate compound tenses. If we were to conjugate haber in the present or past without adding another word, it doesn’t have any meaning. Let’s have a closer look: Regular conjugation – Spanish pretérito perfecto The Spanish pretérito perfecto is formed by pairing two words: In this article, we will focus on the use and conjugation of the pretérito perfecto. The best advice I can give to you to learn past tenses: do it step by step. To choose the right past tense, you have to consider when the action took place (Was it today or yesterday? Was it this week or last week?) and also if you want to talk about main actions or descriptions.Īs a very general rule, we use pretérito perfecto and pretérito indefinido for actions in the past while we use pretérito imperfecto for descriptions of people, places, objects, and situations in the past. ![]() It will depend on the context.īut it’s not all bad news, instead of trying to find translations from one language to another, we can look at the usage of the past tenses and REALLY understand: I know that at this point the only question you have on your mind is: ‘Ok, but what is that in English?’ Sorry, but I have some bad news for you: as I said before, there is no direct translation to English past tenses. Pretérito means ‘past’ in Spanish grammar. So let’s keep it as a bonus for when we have mastered the 3 main past tenses.Įach past tense has its own name (useful when learning grammar and looking for exercises) but all of them start with the same word: pretérito. I say +1 because one can be avoided or changed to another past tense in most of the cases. Before studying each Spanish past tense individually and using them in combination, it is important to have a quick overview.
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