When to use the Spanish preterite tense is a dilemma for many Spanish students, since Spanish has several past tenses. Overall, we use the preterite tense (PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO) when in English you say “did something” to describe a completed action in the past. Look at the examples: The preterite tense examples Compré una casa el año pasado. (I bought a … Leer más
When to use the Spanish preterite tense is a dilemma for many Spanish students, since Spanish has several past tenses. Overall, we use the preterite tense (PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO) when in English you say “did something” to describe a completed action in the past that happened at a specific time. Look at the examples: When to use the preterite … Leer más
Here you have a list of the main Spanish Grammar Topics that you can find in our blog, we are adding new ones constantly. They are organized in the 8 blocks on the right. All the lessos have free access, and you can see their difficulty level (A1, A2, B1…). They also have clear explanations, … Leer más
In a previous post, we learned how to conjugate regular verbs in the preterite tense (pretérito indefinido) and in another how to conjugate irregular verbs in the third person. Today we are going to focus on a small group of very irregulars verbs in the preterite tense in Spanish. As I have already said there … Leer más
Spanish PRETERITE TENSE, called PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO in Spanish, is probably the most important tense you have to learn along with the present tense. Forming the Spanish Preterite Tense Regular Verbs The Spanish preterite tense regular verbs are formed just by dropping the ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and adding those indicated in red below: Notice that: 1. Verbs ending in … Leer más
It does not matter if you have never studied Spanish before, where you live, your age or what you need Spanish for. In learn Spanish now online you have everything you need to start speaking Spanish. We have organized the resources in 10 useful lessons, each one dedicated to a especific topic, as you can see … Leer más
Spanish Present Perfect The PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRETÉRITO PERFECTO in Spanish describes what a person has done in an indeterminate point the past, it used very much to talk about experiences when it is not important when the event(s) took place, or to talk about an action that happened in the recent past. Hemos ido … Leer más