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el lunes

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On Monday

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los lunes

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On Mondays (every Monday)

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antes de + infinitive

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before doing

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Example of antes de+ infintive

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antes de jugar al fútbol, como la cena – before playing football I eat dinner

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después de + infinitive

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after doing

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example despues

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después de terminar mis deberes – after finishing my homework

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acabar de + infinitive

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to have just done

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example of acabar

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acaban de construir un hotel – They have just built a new hotel

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llevar + gerund (ing)

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to have built up an amount of time doing something

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example of llevar

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llevo 5 años estudiando el español – I have studied Spanish for 5 years

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hace + time

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….ago

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example of hace

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Hace una semana fui a Francia – I went to France a week ago

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desde hace + present/desde hacía + pluperfect – since

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since

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examples of desde hace+present/hace hacía+ pluperfect

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Estudio español desde hace 5 años – I have studied Spanish for 5 years
Había estudiado español desde hacía 5 años – I had studied Spanish for 5 years

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