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Using Expressions of Time with the Preterite Tense
Expressions of Time used with the Present Tense
First, let’s review these expressions of time that are used for the Present Tense
ahora – right now hoy – today (implying later today) todos los días – every day cada semana – each week cada mes – each month cada año – each year
Examples
Hoy voy a la zapatería.
Mi mamá lleva sus zapatillas favoritas todos los días.
Today I’m going to the shoe store.
My mom wears her favorite slippers every day.
¿Tu visitas a tus abuelos cada semana?
Do you visit your grandparents every week?
Using the word “pasado”
Let’s review these words
el año el mes la semana
Do you remember the names of the days?
el lunes el martes el miércoles el jueves
el viernes el sábado el domingo
Using the word “pasado” cont.
By adding the word “pasado” to these words, the speaker now refers to that most recent period of time
El año pasado, yo fui a Nicaragua.
Last year, I went to Nicaragua.
Raúl compró un pijama nuevo la semana pasada.
Raúl bought new pajamas last week.
Since semana is feminine, pasado must become pasada.
Mis amigos y yo, el mes pasado, comimos sushi.
My friends and I, last month, ate sushi.
More examples using “pasado”
El viernes pasado, fuimos a un partido de fútbol.
Le escribí un e-mail a mi profesor el lunes pasado.
I wrote an e-mail to my teacher last Monday.
Las chicas compraron unos aretes el martes pasado.
Last Friday, we went to a soccer game.
The girls bought some earrings last Tuesday.
¿Fuiste a la iglesia el domingo pasado?
Did you go to church last Sunday?
Other Useful Expressions of Time
anteayer – two days ago / day before yesterday ayer – yesterday anoche – last night esta mañana – this morning hoy – today (implying earlier today) Examples:
Raúl no hizo su tarea ayer.
Raúl didn’t do his homework yesterday.
I greeted my friends hello this morning.
Les dije hola a mis amigos esta mañana.
Expressions of Time used with the Present Tense
First, let’s review these expressions of time that are used for the Present Tense
ahora – right now hoy – today (implying later today) todos los días – every day cada semana – each week cada mes – each month cada año – each year
Examples
Hoy voy a la zapatería.
Mi mamá lleva sus zapatillas favoritas todos los días.
Today I’m going to the shoe store.
My mom wears her favorite slippers every day.
¿Tu visitas a tus abuelos cada semana?
Do you visit your grandparents every week?
Using the word “pasado”
Let’s review these words
el año el mes la semana
Do you remember the names of the days?
el lunes el martes el miércoles el jueves
el viernes el sábado el domingo
Using the word “pasado” cont.
By adding the word “pasado” to these words, the speaker now refers to that most recent period of time
El año pasado, yo fui a Nicaragua.
Last year, I went to Nicaragua.
Raúl compró un pijama nuevo la semana pasada.
Raúl bought new pajamas last week.
Since semana is feminine, pasado must become pasada.
Mis amigos y yo, el mes pasado, comimos sushi.
My friends and I, last month, ate sushi.
More examples using “pasado”
El viernes pasado, fuimos a un partido de fútbol.
Le escribí un e-mail a mi profesor el lunes pasado.
I wrote an e-mail to my teacher last Monday.
Las chicas compraron unos aretes el martes pasado.
Last Friday, we went to a soccer game.
The girls bought some earrings last Tuesday.
¿Fuiste a la iglesia el domingo pasado?
Did you go to church last Sunday?
Other Useful Expressions of Time
anteayer – two days ago / day before yesterday ayer – yesterday anoche – last night esta mañana – this morning hoy – today (implying earlier today) Examples:
Raúl no hizo su tarea ayer.
Raúl didn’t do his homework yesterday.
I greeted my friends hello this morning.
Les dije hola a mis amigos esta mañana.
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