What is the difference?? Spanish

Question

Past tense, what is the past tense of these?

¿Qué ______________ (HACER) tú ayer?

Tú _____________ (TOMAR) dos clases ayer, ¿no?

Tú ____________ (COMER) una ensalada de Zaxby's ayer por la noche.

Mi esposa _____________ (HACER) una lasaña.

Ayer por la tarde Uds. ___________ (TENER) que trabajar.

Todos nosotros _____________ (TENER) que estudiar para nuestras otras clases.

Yo _________ (SABER) que mi hermana va a tener otro bebé.

Mi amigo Rick me ___________ (DECIR) que va a haber una fiesta en su casa el viernes.

Ayer fue el cumpleaños de mi tía. Yo le ____________ (DAR) un regalo especial.

Ella me _____________ (DAR) un regalo para la Navidad el año pasado.

Answer 1

There are a lot of irregular preterites and it's important to practice them often. The irregulars have the same endings

-e

-iste

-o

-imos

-isteis

-ieron or eron if the stem is j (dij(decir) traj(traer) conduj(conducir)

^notice no accents.

Sr. jordan has a fun useful song for the irregulars (all except tomar)

dar is even more irregular (di, diste, dio, dimos, disteis, dieron)

similar to ver^ (vi viste vio vimos visteis vieron)

The -ar verbs conjugate as normal

-é, -aste -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron.

With regular verbs in the preterite, the accent goes on yo and él/ella/usted

Answer 2

There are two past tenses in Spanish: the preterite and the imperfect. There are several acronyms used in classes to help students learn when to use each of these past tenses, but in a very tiny nutshell, the preterite is used when the time is specific or the time period can be bracketed; there's a beginning and an end. The imperfect is used for ongoing actions in the past; to translate what you "used to" do; and for weather, time, age, descriptions, and more. Robert A. correctly answered the homework questions above in the preterite because the times stated are specific (ayer) or are completed actions (comiste una ensalada). As I said, that's a very short explanation.

Answer 3

1. Qué hiciste tù ayer
2. Tú tomaste dos clases . . .
3. Tú comiste una ensalada
4. Mi esposa hizo . . .
5. Uds. tuvieron . . .
6. nosotros tuvimos . . .
7. Yo supe . . .
8. Mi amigo Rick me dijo . . .
9. Yo le dí . . .
10. Ella me dió . . .