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| Duffie | Wednesday 22nd of December 2004 04:27:52 PM |
| Puedes ayudarme - En Ingles...
I'm in Spanish 2 at my school, and I'm progressing very fast...too fast...and I don't want to stop. My teacher has to go very slowly because others in my class just don't dig the language scene. Anyway, we haven't gotten to the Past Tense yet, and it is completely irritating me. Can someone give me a quick explanation of basic past tense conjugations? At least some major verbs; ie. tener, hacer, ir, ver, estar, ser. Muchas Gracias! (I tried here because other guides... kind of quirky/incomplete) | |
| Anya | Wednesday 22nd of December 2004 04:48:18 PM |
| - Hola Duffie!
Que bueno que te gusta aprender las lenguas, a mi me gusta tambien. Español no es mi lengua primera, pero trato a ayudarte con esos verbos en los tiempos pasados. Maryam puede ayudar mejor. Here are two tenses to get you started: TENER (pretérito) "had" yo [b]tuve[/b] nosotros [b]tuvimos[/b] tu [b]tuviste[/b] vosotros [b]tuvisteis[/b] el/ella [b]tuvo[/b] ellos [b]tuvieron[/b] TENER (pretérito anterior) "have had" [b]hube tenido[/b] [b]hubimos tenido[/b] [b]hubiste tenido[/b] [b]hubisteis tenido[/b] [b]hubo tenido[/b] [b]hubieron tenido[/b] HACER (pretérito) "done" [b]hice hicimos hiciste hicisteis hizo hicieron[/b] HACER (pretérito anterior) "have done" [b]hube hecho hubimos hecho hubiste hecho hubisteis hecho hubo hecho hubieron hecho[/b] IR (pretérito) "went" [b]fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron[/b] IR (pretérito anterior) "have gone" [b]hube ido hubimos ido hubiste ido hubisteis ido hubo ido hubieron ido[/b] VER (pretérito) "saw" [b]vi vimos viste visteis vio vieron[/b] VER (pretérito anterior) "have seen" [b]hube visto hubimos visto hubiste visto hubisteis visto hubo visto hubieron visto[/b] ESTAR (pretérito) [b]estuve estuvimos estuviste estuvisteis estuvo estuvieron[/b] ESTAR (pretérito anterior) "have been" (condition) [b]hube estado hubimos estado hubiste estado hubisteis estado hubo estado hubieron estado[/b] SER (pretérito) [b]fui fuimos fuiste fuisteis fue fueron[/b] SER (pretérito anterior) "have been" (occupation, description) [b]hube sido hubimos sido hubiste sido hubisteis sido hubo sido hubieron sido[/b] Although you picked irregular verbs, I think you can see a pattern in these two tenses. Hope this helps! | |
| Duffie | Wednesday 22nd of December 2004 04:49:33 PM |
| - Muchas Gracias!
-I think we can speak in English now- That helps a great deal, thank you so very very much! I kinda see the pattern now :-D | |
| chinita96 | Wednesday 22nd of December 2004 05:04:26 PM |
| Irregular Verbs - Well, as for a quick explanation of a basic past tense conjugation.... the verbs you have listed here are Irregular Verbs. There isn't a rule to follow, you just have to know them. I haven't practiced Spanish in a while, but I did get a Minors Certificate at a University. So here goes:
[b]Tener[/b] yo tuve tú tuviste él tuvo nosotros tuvimos vosotros tuvisteis ellos tuvieron [b]Hacer[/b] yo hice tú hiciste él hizo nosotros hicimos vosotros hicisteis ellos hicieron [b]Ir[/b] yo fui tú fuiste él fue nosotros fuimos vosotros fuisteis ellos fueron [b]Ver[/b] yo vi tú viste él vio nosotros vimos vosotros visteis ellos vieron [b]Estar[/b] yo estuve tú estuviste él estuvo nosotros estuvimos vosotros estuvisteis ellos estuvieron [b]Ser[/b] yo fui tú fuiste él fue nosotros fuimos vosotros fuisteis ellos fueron A good website to visit if you´re interested in more conjugations: http://www.verbix.c../../languages/spanish.shtml It's been a while since I've conjugated those :P | |
| tinkerb | Wednesday 22nd of December 2004 05:33:53 PM |
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Just wanted to add a note about the preterit anterior. I can't speak for Castillian Spanish (from Spain) but in Latin America those tenses are most frequently found in literary Spanish. In daily spoken and written Spanish you would see the pluscamperfecto (I think I got the Spelling right) which consists of two steps. The first is the conjugation of "haber" in the imperfect: había, habías, había, habíamos, habían The second consists of the past participle, which for the listed verbs would be: tenido, hecho, ido, visto, estado, sido These translate into the English as: había tenido--I (or he/she) had had habías hecho--you had done/made habíamos ido--we had gone habían visto--they/y'all had seen I teach through the first three semesters of Spanish (Latin American) at the university level, so feel free to ask and/or post if you have more questions. | |
| Maryam | Thursday 23rd of December 2004 11:58:41 AM |
| - That´s right Tinkerb, and although some forms of the Pretérito are mostly used on that area for literary style, the thing is that the pretérito has evolved alot in Spain. Just in 1958, which can´t be considered too far in gramatical senses, the "pretérito simple" was attached to the pronoun "enclítico".
For example, Se le ocurrió (ocurriósele) le cantó (cantóle) le abofeteó (abofeteóle) Incredible how this way, so literary, has disappeared little by little. [quote][i]Originally posted by tinkerb[/i] Just wanted to add a note about the preterit anterior. I can't speak for Castillian Spanish (from Spain) but in Latin America those tenses are most frequently found in literary Spanish. In daily spoken and written Spanish you would see the pluscamperfecto (I think I got the Spelling right) which consists of two steps. The first is the conjugation of "haber" in the imperfect: había, habías, había, habíamos, habían The second consists of the past participle, which for the listed verbs would be: tenido, hecho, ido, visto, estado, sido These translate into the English as: había tenido--I (or he/she) had had habías hecho--you had done/made habíamos ido--we had gone habían visto--they/y'all had seen I teach through the first three semesters of Spanish (Latin American) at the university level, so feel free to ask and/or post if you have more questions.[/quote] | |
