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We all know that verbs are kind of tricky in Spanish so let’s review 8 very common verbs in the Pretérito Indefinido. The Pretérito Indefinido expresses the idea that something is finished, over. It’s used with time expressions like ayer (yesterday), el mes pasado (last month), dos horas atras (two hours ago), and so on.

So here’s the conjugation of verbs decir (to say), estar (to be), hacer (to do/make), ser (to be), ir (to go), poner (to put), querer (to want) and tener (to have). Notice that ser and ir have the same conjugation in the Pretérito Indefinido.

Decir
dije – dijiste – dijo – dijimos – dijisteis – dijeron

Estar
estuve – estuviste – estuvo – estuvimos – estuvisteis – estuvieron

Hacer
hice – hiciste – hizo – hicimos – hicisteis – hicieron

Ser/Ir
fui – fuiste – fue – fuimos – fuisteis – fueron

Poner
puse – pusiste – puso – pusimos – pusisteis – pusieron

Querer
quise – quisiste – quiso – quisimos – quisisteis – quisieron

Tener
tuve – tuviste – tuvo – tuvimos – tuvisteis – tuvieron

Now here’s a little exercise for you to practice these past tense forms: translate the following sentences into Spanish. The answer will be online soon! (There are some regular verbs in the mix too!)

1. Who did you call yesterday? – I called my mom.
2. What did you do last week? – I studied Spanish.
3. What did you say? – I said I was leaving.
4. Where did you go last summer? – I went to Barcelona.
5. Where did you put the book last night? – I put it on the bookshelf.
6. What did you tell your brother yesterday? – I told him to stay home on Friday.
7. When did you read the Quijote? – I read it when I was in college.
8. Did you have time to study Spanish on the weekend?
9. He didn’t want to tell me what was going on.
10. I was in Paris two years ago.

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