Conjugation Station
This Spanish verb tense describes actions happening now or regularly.
What is the present tense?
This is the YO form of tener in the preterite.
What is tuve?
These two verbs share identical conjugations in the preterite.
What are IR and SER?
This Spanish vocabulary word means "police station."
What is la comisaría?
This term describes someone with African ancestry and Latin American heritage or identity.
What is Afro-Latino?
This is the name of the enslaved young woman at the center of Siempre Bruja.
Who is Carmen Eguiluz?
This is the YO form of visitar in the preterite.
What is visité?
This is the ÉL/ELLA form of hacer in the preterite.
What is hizo?
This infinitive is represented by fui in "Yo fui al mercado."
What is IR?
This interrogative asks "where to?" rather than simply "where?"
What is ¿Adónde?
This term describes unfair treatment based on race.
What is racial discrimination?
Carmen's accusers claim that her ability to read and write is evidence of this supernatural practice.
What is witchcraft?
This is the verb tense used in "Carmen vivía en Cartagena."
What is the imperfect?
This is the NOSOTROS form of estar in the preterite.
What is estuvimos?
This infinitive is represented by fue in "La fiesta fue divertida."
What is SER?
This Spanish phrase means "last Saturday."
What is el sábado pasado?
Peter Wade discusses how Black communities have been made this in Latin American national identity through marginalization and exclusion.
What is "invisible"?
Carmen says this personal quality, rather than the devil, explains her ability to read and write.
What is intelligence?
These are the three YO forms of comer in the present, preterite, and imperfect, respectively.
What are como, comí, and comía?
These are the ELLOS forms of poner and decir in the preterite.
What are pusieron and dijeron?
These are the two infinitives represented by fuimos in "Fuimos a la catedral" and "Fuimos buenos amigos," respectively.
What are IR and SER?
This interrogative is used to ask "with whom?"
What is ¿Con quién?
This term describes the portrayal of people and their identities in media, music, and popular culture.
What is representation?
This immortal character promises Carmen an opportunity to return to the past and save Cristóbal.
Who is Aldemar?
These are the two different past tenses used in "Carmen habló con Cristóbal" and "Carmen hablaba con Cristóbal todos los días."
What are the preterite and imperfect?
These are the correct YO preterite forms of the three verbs in "Ayer yo tení un problema, hací mi tarea y poní el libro."
What are tuve, hice, and puse?
This is the grammatical clue that helps us determine whether fui means "went" or "was."
What is context?
This polite Spanish expression means "Could you tell me...?" and is used when asking for directions.
What is ¿Me podría decir...?
This famous rapper of Dominican and Trinidadian heritage provides a modern example of how Black and Latina identities can overlap.
Who is Cardi B?
This woman is the person Carmen must find in the modern world to deliver Aldemar's stone.
Who is Ninibé?