What is it?
This tense is used for completed actions in the past.
What is the preterite?
Yo ______ (hablar)
What is hablé?
Nosotros form of pensar in the preterite.
What is pensamos?
This means yesterday.
What is ayer?
I bought shoes.
What is "Yo compré zapatos"
Spanish has these two simple past tenses.
What are the preterite and imperfect?
Tú ______ (comer)
What is comiste?
Yo form of llegar in the preterite.
What is llegué?
This means last night.
What is anoche?
We ate in a restaurant.
What is "Comimos en un restaurante"
For "nosotros/ nosotras", this helps you know if “compramos” means present or preterite.
What is context?
Nosotros ______ (vivir)
What is vivimos?
Yo form of empezar in the preterite.
What is empecé?
This means the day before yesterday.
What is anteayer?
She saw a movie.
What is "Ella vio una película."
The nosotros form of regular -ar verbs in the preterite ends in this. (The conjugation ending)
What is -amos?
Ellos ______ (buscar)
What is buscaron?
These three verbs change i to y in some forms: creer, leer, and ______.
What is oír?
This phrase means last week.
What is la semana pasada?
They bought a pair of shoes.
What is "Ellos compraron un par de zapatos."
The yo form of regular -er and -ir verbs ends in this. (The conjugation ending)
What is -í?
Usted ______ (aprender)
What is aprendió?
Él form of leer in the preterite.
What is leyó?
This phrase means suddenly.
What is de repente?
Last night I studied Spanish.
What is "Anoche estudié español."