Time markers Flashcards
Often used with the perfect tenses (to indicate a particular time)
Since (desde)
Often used with the perfect tenses or simple tenses (to indicate a duration of time)
For (por)
Often used with the perfect tenses (in negative meanings and in questions)
Yet (todavía/ aún)
Often used with the perfect tenses (in affirmative meanings)
Already (ya)
Often used with past tenses
Yesterday (ayer)
Often used with present tenses
Today (hoy)
Often used with the future tenses or with the present continuous tenses (when it refers to the future)
Tomorrow (mañana)
Often used with simple and continuous tenses. To show a duration of time. Not usually used with the perfect tenses
During (durante)
Often used with the present perfect tenses to indicate time starting in the past and continuing to the present
Over the past few (durante los últimos)
Often used with the simple tenses to indicate habitual actions
Usually (normalmente/ usualmente)
Often used with the present continuous tenses
Now (ahora)