Spanish words that indicate the use of the preterit Flashcards
yesterday
ayer
the day before yesterday
anteayer
last night
anoche
from the first moment
desde el primer momento
for two centuries
durante dos siglos
the other day
el otro día
at that moment
en ese momento
then
entonces
this morning
esta mañana
this afternoon
esta tarde
last week
la semana pasada
last month
el mes pasado
last year
el año pasado
two days, years ago
hace dos días, años
yesterday morning
ayer por la mañana
yesterday afternoon
ayer por la tarde
p.e.
you use preterito for actions that can be vieuwed as single events
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you use preterite for actions that were repeated a specific number of times
p.e.
you use preterite for actions that occured during a specific period of time
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you use preterite for actions that are a chain of events
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you use preterite to state the beginning or the end of something