Mastering Past Tense in Spanish: 5 Tenses You Need to Learn

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Learning past tense in Spanish can be a difficult concept to grasp, but we've made this simple video to guide you to understanding the 5 past tenses in no time. Let's go!
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00:00 - Intro
01:20 - Simple Past
02:18 - Imperfect Past Tense
05:23 - Past Progressive
08:06 - Present Perfect
09:18 - Past Perfect
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Пікірлер: 40

@JasonH-nu1wd Жыл бұрын

And they say English is hard to learn. Siiiigh. 5 different past tenses!?! I'll get it done, thanks to help from sources like these, but maaaaaan. Not easy.

@Baselang Жыл бұрын

It certainly requires some effort, but it's completely worth it!

@user-mz7de3kc3d 7 ай бұрын

Who says English is hard? It’s literally the easiest language

@clairewilson3045 5 ай бұрын

English has just as many, my dude! You're just used to them in English, so you never even think about them. (I ate, I have eaten, I was eating, I had eaten, I had been eating!) Luckily, the Spanish equivalents are very similar to most of them in English, so you just need to tweak your brain a little and get into the habit of trying to use them when applicable. People whose languages don't have equivalent tenses (like Chinese) have a really hard time learning English for just that reason! You'll get there, just don't give up! 🎉

@flamingpaxtsc 3 ай бұрын

@@user-mz7de3kc3dEnglish is incredibly difficult. I know people that have been speaking English their whole lives and still don’t know the difference between “much” and “many,” “is” and “are,” etc.

@Neeper78 27 күн бұрын

@@clairewilson3045exacto!

@apejoves 7 ай бұрын

01:24 Just in a cool way: "in spanish is called pretérito o..." PD: Most spanish speakers use naturally all these tenses but do not know conscioustly the names or the diferences. It happens with natives speakers of any language.

@Sal-rw2lc 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video from Baselang, I am so happy I started learning Spanish with you! Sammy, Level 3 student.

@sanz8607 Жыл бұрын

Incredible! You laid them out so clearly!

@sunlight4169 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video, I finally found a video that explains these verbs clearly. Thank you!

@annadeptua3225 8 ай бұрын

Great video, very helpful. Thanks a lot.

@allanandfionafullerton7155 8 ай бұрын

Es de verdad un video genial, sobre todo el pretérito imperfecto 👍

@chazen7719 7 ай бұрын

Amazing teaching 😄🌺

@isbahworld4543 14 күн бұрын

WoW fantastic explanation

@Sal-rw2lc 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video from Baselang. I am so happy I started learning Spanish with you. Sammy, level 3 student 😘

@Baselang 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sal! Great job - keep it up!

@floresamor4146 5 ай бұрын

Can you do a video comparing past perfect and present perfect?

@lifeishealinghealthwellnes1979 10 ай бұрын

The best lesson I had all year in Spanish. I so happy that my confusion about how to use past tenses was finally resolved today. You were right when you said in the beginning of this lesson, that I would understand how to use and recognize the 5 past tenses without tears. Thanks so much.😀

@Baselang 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the lesson! Is there anything you find to be difficult when learning past tense in Spanish? Check out our full guide: gotothe.link/past-tense-spanish

@peteymax Жыл бұрын

Gracias, una buena explicación 😊

@Baselang Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@ChemWizKid87 6 ай бұрын

I'm a little confused because she says Imperfect past doesn't have an English equivalent but wouldn't it just be "Subject + used to + verb"? Because, for example, "I played basketball 5 years ago" is distinctly different from "I used to play basketball, but haven't for 5 years". The first case implies a specific time that basketball was played whereas the second sentence implies that the activity was ongoing. So isn't that pretty much exactly the same as it works in Spanish?

@dreamysol 7 ай бұрын

This video was so helpful, I feel like I understand the past tense much better!

@quespanish 5 ай бұрын

Spanish teacher here. Asking to other Spanish teachers: in which countries do they use the word preterite? Never heard it. I like the video explanations, though.

@thomasniven1378 5 ай бұрын

they use it in spain and im a student

@prishasharma4728 Жыл бұрын

then what's the difference between ¿preterite e preterito?

@Baselang Жыл бұрын

Preterite in English, Pretérito in Spanish 🤓

@tlokken 11 ай бұрын

, no sé pasado y futuro

@Mafiaboss58 7 ай бұрын

😂 English is so much easier to learn. Then again, it's language learning. We just have to adapt it. Great video.

@Tank175 6 ай бұрын

Why would you say English is so much easier? It has just as much past tenses as Spanish does

@alypolyglot 2 ай бұрын

spanish is easy for me to speak but difficult when i try to make a sentences,jajaja

@suno8911 4 ай бұрын

The way you said Preterite in Spanglish. 😂 (FYI, in actual Spanish it’s called Pretérito Indefinido).

@Donna-vh5ym Жыл бұрын

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@Baselang Жыл бұрын

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@spaniardxxxiii2801 11 ай бұрын

I'm Mexican, and I still can't speak Spanish. Verb conjugation is worse than Chinese tones. You could get a black belt in BJJ before you could be fluent in Spanish.

@gerry602 Ай бұрын

Well, i think "past imperfect" is lile "i used to" as you said generically. So. Yeah.

@dexymydog 8 ай бұрын

A gorgeous 😍 smile from a beautiful girl

@kronk358 28 күн бұрын

Your acting is SO fake.

@salarmaleki1760 14 күн бұрын

The thing is she is just saying what they are but she is not teaching us how each one of them is formed and used for each pronoun. Like how does the simple past change the verb for Yo Tu El/Ella Nosotros , ..... Waste of time to watch this video!