Español Only --- Past Tense Conjugations

Question 1

What is the formula for Pretérito Perfecto?

Answer 1

Haber plus past participle

Question 2

Only use Haber when reffering to the past using Préterito perfecto. How do you conjugate it?

Answer 2

Yo- He
Tú- Has
Él/Ella/Usted - Ha
Nosotros - Hemos
Vosotros - Habéis
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes - Han

Question 3

When do you use Préterito perfecto?

Answer 3

When talking about completed actions or events that happened within the window of time you are still living in.

Examples:

• THIS year
  -THIS decade
  -THIS week
  -THIS hour
• THIS minute

Question 4

What is the formula for Imperfecto?

Answer 4

Verb root plus -aba/ía

Verbs ending in -ar get the -aba ending, while verbs ending in -er or -ir get the ía ending.

Question 5

When do you you use Imperfecto?

Answer 5

When describing old habits, habitual actions, or things that used to happen or be.

Examples:

-I USED to play football
-We ran every week
-She called you every day

Question 6

What is the formula for Pretérito indefinido?

Answer 6

Verb root plus pronoun suffixes

“Pronoun Suffixes” are conjugated endings to verbs that are different depending on the pronoun used.

Question 7

How to conjugate Pretérito Indefinido?

Answer 7

FOR -AR VERBS
Yo- é
Tú- aste
Él/Ella/Usted - ó
Nosotros - amos
Vosotros - asteis
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes - aron

FOR -ER/IR VERBS
Yo- í
Tú- iste
Él/Ella/Usted - ió
Nosotros - imos
Vosotros - isteis
Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes - ieron

Question 8

When do you use Pretérito Indefinido?

Answer 8

When talking about things that happened in a time frame you are no longer living in.

Examples:

-LAST year
-LAST week
-LAST century
-A week ago
-Five minutes ago