A0130 Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 What are the basics for past tense conjugation? -ar verbs, -er, and -ir. I always forget them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altrouge Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Hi there, if you're referring to the preterite tense, it goes like this :-aréasteóamosasteisaron-eríisteióimosisteisieron-iríisteióimosisteisieronYou just take off the -ar,-er, or -ir and replace it with these depending on whether it's first, second, or third person. The order for above goes :IYou (singular)He/She/ItWeYou (plural)TheyThere's also the ones for imperfect, irregular imperfect and the one where you add a variation of "haber" before the verb, but those are the basics.I actually had notes on this back in secondary school since I always forgot them as well. Seems like they were a good idea after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekernel Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 On 8/26/2013 at 12:28 PM, altrouge said: I actually had notes on this back in secondary school since I always forgot them as well. Seems like they were a good idea after all.Me too. I'm getting back into Spanish now, but I wish I had at least practiced it since high school. Hopefully it will be easy to re-learn. I remember having some trouble with "haber", though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altrouge Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 On 9/2/2013 at 1:10 AM, thekernel said: Me too. I'm getting back into Spanish now, but I wish I had at least practiced it since high school. Hopefully it will be easy to re-learn. I remember having some trouble with "haber", though.Ah yes, "haber" always gave me problems back then. I remember trying my best to avoid having to use that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2012bulgara77 Posted November 11, 2013 Report Share Posted November 11, 2013 The verb "Haber " is irregular in preterito indefinido Pretérito perfecto (yo) hube(tú) hubiste(él) hubo(nosotros) hubimos(vosotros) hubisteis(ellos) hubieron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirTenenbaum Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Hang on a second though. The only form of "haber" in the preterite tense is the third person singular "hubo" (although many native-speakers also use the third person plural "hubieron"). No one ever says "hube", "hubiste", etc.Remember "hubo" means "there was" or "there were". For example: "Hubo una tormenta." -- "There was a storm." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writeletters Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 :amazed:This has been really helpful! Thanks.The irregular verbs always annoy me though, like ir.I think the past tense of that is:fuifuimosfuisteisfueronI don't knwo the rest unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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