To form the past tense in Spanish, remove the -ar , -er or -ir from the infinitive and add the correct ending to the stem.
What is the past tense of have in Spanish?
Spanish Perfect Tenses
Spanish Tenses | conjugated “HABER” |
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present perfect indicative | he (I have) has (you have) ha (he/she has) hemos (we have) habéis (you all have) han (they have) |
past perfect indicative (pluperfect) | había (I had) habías (you had) había (he/she had) habíamos (we had) habíais (you all had) habían (they had) |
How do you form the past perfect tense in Spanish?
It’s very easy to form the past perfect indicative tense. Simply combine the auxiliary verb haber (to have, do be) in the imperfect form and add a past participle of the action verb. NOTE! While both haber and tener mean “to have,” in Spanish, the auxiliary verb always translates to haber and never tener.
What are the 4 past tenses in Spanish?
There are four past tenses in Spanish; the perfecto, the indefinido, the imperfecto and the pluscuamperfecto.
What are the 3 past tenses in Spanish?
As we mentioned before, there’re three Spanish past tenses that you need to know as a beginner or intermediate speaker:
- The Spanish preterite (pretérito perfecto simple, or pretérito indefinido)
- The Spanish present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
- The Spanish imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)
How do you use fue?
1. “Era” is the imperfect tense of the Spanish verb “ser” while “fue” is its preterite tense. 2. “Era” is used to describe how things were or how a person was while “fue” is used to narrate an event that happened in the past and how it happened.
What is the past tense of had in Spanish?
Preterite of Tener
Subject Pronouns | Tener Conjugation: Preterite | Translation |
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yo | tuve | I had |
tú | tuviste | you had |
él/ella/usted | tuvo | he/she/you formal had |
nosotros/nosotras | tuvimos | we had |
How do you do the Spanish master conjugation?
Five Steps to Mastering Spanish Verb Conjugation
- Getting as much input as possible in Spanish.
- Learning common tenses and conjugations.
- Speaking Spanish.
- Learning the most common irregular verbs.
- Practising your Spanish by reading, writing and speaking.