¡Hola, amigos! When we look back, we can find the beauty in simplicity. The simple past (pasado simple) lets us express a completed action in the past without too much detail:
I ate at 5.
Yo comí a las 5.
Yesterday you bought flowers.
Ayer tú compraste flores.
CONJUGATION
REGULAR AR VERBS
Let’s start with regular ar verbs. Santino, a voice from Spain, is going to show you how we conjugate the verb hablar in the simple past.
| PERSON | CONJUGATION |
|---|---|
| yo | habl + é |
| tú | habl + aste |
| usted | habl + ó |
| él ella | habl + ó |
| nosotros nosotras | habl + amos |
| ustedes | habl + aron |
| ellos ellas | habl + aron |
| vos | habl + aste |
| vosotros vosotras | habl + asteis |
Let’s learn these endings in a snap!
REGULAR ER AND IR VERBS
The simple past tense of regular er and ir verbs is the same. Let’s listen to Luciana, a voice from the United States, as she reads out the way we conjugate the verb comer in the simple past.
| PERSON | CONJUGATION |
|---|---|
| yo | com + í |
| tú | com + iste |
| usted | com + ió |
| él ella | com + ió |
| nosotros nosotras | com + imos |
| ustedes | com + ieron |
| ellos ellas | com + ieron |
| vos | com + iste |
| vosotros vosotras | com + isteis |
Now, let’s learn these endings in a snap!
THE VERB “DAR” (TO GIVE)
In this tense, the verb dar (to give), despite being an ar verb, is conjugated as if it were an er or ir verb: .
| PERSON | CONJUGATION |
|---|---|
| yo | d + i |
| tú | d + iste |
| usted | d + io |
| él ella | d + io |
| nosotros nosotras | d + imos |
| ustedes | d + ieron |
| ellos ellas | d + ieron |
| vos | d + iste |
| vosotros vosotras | d + isteis |
And now, let’s play more games!
GAME 1
GAME 2
What Happens to Stem-Changing Verbs? COMING SOON
To learn about special irregular verbs in this tense, click here!
