Tenses

Cards (68)

  • What is the preterite form of "I did" in Spanish?
    Pretérito
  • What are the conjugations for AR verbs in the preterite tense?
    • é
    • aste
    • ó
    • amos
    • asteis
    • aron
  • What are the conjugations for ER/IR verbs in the preterite tense?
    • í
    • iste
    • imos
    • isteis
    • ieron
  • What is the preterite form of HACER (to do)?
    hice, hiciste, hizo, hicimos, hicisteis, hicieron
  • What is the preterite form of SER/IR (to be/go)?
    fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron
  • What is the preterite form of TENER (to have)?
    tuve, tuviste, tuvo, tuvimos, tuvisteis, tuvieron
  • What does "Fui al/a la..." mean in English?
    I went to the...
  • What does "Fue + adjective" express in Spanish?
    It was + adjective
  • What does "Lo peor/mejor fue" mean?
    The worst/best thing was
  • What is the imperfect form of "I used to do" in Spanish?
    Imperfecto
  • What are the conjugations for AR verbs in the imperfect tense?
    • aba
    • abas
    • aba
    • ábamos
    • abais
    • aban
  • What are the conjugations for ER/IR verbs in the imperfect tense?
    • ía
    • ías
    • ía
    • íamos
    • íais
    • ían
  • What does "Había mucho que ver/hacer" mean?
    There was lots to see/do.
  • What does "podía + inf" express in Spanish?
    I was able to...
  • What does "El año pasado" mean?
    Last year
  • What does "Ayer" mean?
    Yesterday
  • What does "El mes pasado" mean?
    Last month
  • What does "Durante las vacaciones" mean?
    During the holidays
  • What does "Hace 3 años" mean?
    3 years ago
  • What does "ANTES" mean?
    Before
  • What does "En el pasado" mean?
    In the past
  • What does "Cuando era joven" mean?
    When I was younger
  • What does "Cuando tenía 10 años" mean?
    When I was ten years old
  • What does "Siempre/Nunca" mean?
    Always/Never
  • What are the present tense AR verb endings?
    • o
    • as
    • a
    • amos
    • áis
    • an
  • What are the present tense ER verb endings?
    • o
    • es
    • e
    • emos
    • éis
    • en
  • What are the present tense IR verb endings?
    • o
    • es
    • e
    • imos
    • ís
    • en
  • What is the present tense form of IR (to go)?
    voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van
  • What is the present tense form of ESTAR (to be)?
    estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están
  • What is the present tense form of SER (to be)?
    soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son
  • What is the present tense form of HACER (to do/make)?
    hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacéis, hacen
  • What is the present tense form of JUGAR (to play)?
    juego, juegas, juega, jugamos, jugáis, juegan
  • What is the present tense form of HABER (there is/are)?
    hay
  • What is the present tense form of SOLER (to tend to)?
    suelo, sueles, suele, solemos, soléis, suelen
  • What does "suelo + infinitive" express?
    I tend to + infinitive
  • What are the steps to conjugate reflexive verbs?
    1. Remove the SE and move to the front
    2. Change the SE to agree with the subject
    3. Conjugate the remaining verb in the desired tense
  • What does "Hoy" mean?
    Today
  • What does "Hoy en día" mean?
    Nowadays
  • What does "ACTUALMENTE" mean?
    Currently
  • What does "Ahora" mean?
    Now