Confused By The Past Tenses? Fix It Here - Pt.1

In the next 30 minutes, you'll learn to talk about the past in Spanish. And we'll do this in the same way that native Spanish speakers do. In other words, you'll learn the patterns they use to build sentences so that it all sounds completely authentic and natural. Make sure you download the course book that accompanies this series. There's a link to it in the description box below. And finally, whenever I ask you a question, make sure you pause the video to say your answer out loud and then continue. Let's begin. To express I wanted, the sound in Spanish is and the verb to rest is. So we have three syllables in this verb. Desar, how would you say I wanted to rest? To express a little sound is poco. How would you say I wanted to rest a little? To express before, it would ant. And the verb to go out or going out is sal. How would you say before going out? Now try this. I wanted to rest a little before going out to express I was the sound is estab. And the word for tired is cans or cansada. If you are male, you will end with the o sound canado. However, for a female, you will end with canada. How would you say I was tired? Estaba or estab. The word for and is very simple in Spanish. It's simply E spelled with a Y. E. How would you say I was tired and I wanted to rest? Or the word for yesterday is a year. How would you say? Yesterday I was tired and I wanted to rest a little. Do you remember the verb to go out or going out? And what about before? So how would you say before going out? Now try this. Yesterday I was tired and I wanted to rest a little before going out. The verb to stay in Spanish is formed by two parts. First of all, we take the verb kedar which means to remain kar and onto the end of that we put the pronoun of me. So the sound becomes karm. Now this literally means to remain myself. However we use it for to stay. How would you say I wanted to

stay? To express more or for longer, you would simply add the sound of Mass. How would you say yesterday I wanted to stay for longer? to express a little longer. It would be unito. So, how would you say yesterday I wanted to stay a little longer? If we wanted to express I was in a hurry. First of all you take the sound for I was which is estab. And onto that we will add the sound of apur or apurada. Let's break the syllables up. So we have either aur or apurada. Just as before, if you are male, you will end with the O and say apur. However, as a female, you will say apurada. So the full expression becomes estab. This stands for I was in a hurry. The word for but is pero. So how would you say but? I was in a hurry. or now try this. Yesterday I wanted to stay longer but I was in a hurry. or to express I couldn't meaning I wasn't able to the sound in Spanish is no how would you say but I couldn't meaning but I wasn't able to Let's try this. I wanted to stay longer, but I couldn't. The word for because is pork. Do you remember how to say I was in a hurry? Estabur. Now try this. Yesterday I wanted to stay longer but I couldn't because I was in a hurry. or a verb to wait is esper. How would you say but I couldn't wait? Esper to express but I couldn't wait any longer. You simply put onto the end. How would you do that? mass in order to express to wait for you. What happens is we take the verb of esper and we tag on the pronoun of t. The t stands for you. So it's literally like saying await you. The sound becomes espir to await you. How would you say I couldn't wait for you? Once again, what's the sound for I

wanted? So, how would you say I wanted to wait for you? But I couldn't. Now try this. I wanted to wait for you, but I couldn't. How would you say because I was in a hurry estabur? So, let's try this. I wanted to wait for you, but I couldn't because I was in a hurry. estab once again. What's the verb to stay meaning to remain myself? So, how would you say I wanted to stay but I couldn't? Do you remember how to express a little more or a little longer? Let's try this. I wanted to stay a little longer, but I was in a hurry yesterday. estab. Do you remember the word for tired or now say I couldn't because I was tired. Do you remember the verb to rest? How would you say I wanted to express I just wanted to rest, you use the sound of solo and you put it at the front of the sentence. So I just wanted to rest would become solo. The word for last night is ano. So, how would you say? Last night I was tired and I just wanted to rest. If we have meaning, then the sound of no means I didn't want. No. How would you say I didn't want to go out last night. I just wanted to rest. In order to express I had to the sound in Spanish is t. How would you say I had to go out? The verb to stand in line is literally to make line. How would you say I had to stand in

line for an hour would be poor una say this yesterday I had to stand in line for an The supermarket in Spanish is super. But very often they will shorten this to simply el super. And to express in the supermarket or at the supermarket, it's the same thing in Spanish. They use the pronoun of n. How would you say yesterday I had to stand in line for an hour at the supermarket? super. Once again, what's the sound for was? So, how would you say I was in the supermarket? El super. Now try this. I was in the supermarket and I had to stand in line for an hour. To express for a long time, you will say mucho. So for much time, for a long time, try this. I had to stand in line for a long time yesterday. poor to express there was or there were it's the same sound in Spanish simply a to express a lot of people it would be much the word hente in Spanish is classified as a feminine word laent this is why you much. So the much matches the la. We can put two examples side by side. So we have much because it's so much a long time, a lot of time. But much so don't forget when it's much. How would you say there were a lot of people? much. Let's try something longer. There were a lot of people and I had to stand in line for a long time. Do you remember how to express I couldn't or I wasn't able to? No. And what about the verb to stay meaning to remain myself? So how would you say I wanted to stay but I couldn't? I had to go out. to express I went the sound is and do you remember how to say the supermarket el super to express to the supermarket. It's simply al super al super. So how would you say I went to the supermarket? F al super. The word for day is dia and the day is el

dia. Normally nouns that end in a will have la. However, this is one of the exceptions. So it's never la but always l to express the other day. It would be elro. So how would you say the other day I went to the supermarket? Now, saying that you bumped into somebody or someone is a very common expression and a common experience, meaning I bumped into somebody by chance. In Spanish, you express this with me in this encontra which means to find. So literally what you are saying is I found myself with whoever it was. Let's imagine it's Pablo. So how would you say I bumped into Pablo? Now try this. The other day I bumped into Pablo. Let's extend it even more. The other day I went to the supermarket and I bumped into Pablo. The verb to chat in Spanish platar. And to express with him would be conel. How would you say to chat with him? What about I wanted more with him. If we wanted to express I was in a hurry, can you remember what the word was for hurry? aura. So, how would you say I was in a hurry? Estabur or apurada. Now, let's try this. I wanted to chat more with him, but I was in a hurry. pero or the verb to go is simply spelled I R and a little bit of magic happens when you add on the pronoun of me to that sound. So you take and you add me sound becomes which means to leave. So on one side you have the verb to go but means to leave. Once again what's the sound for I to. And how would you say I had to go? Now leave. Try this. I wanted to chat more with him, but I was in a hurry and I had to leave. What about the other day? I went to the supermarket.

Now, let's try something really long. The other day, I went to the supermarket and I bumped into Pablo. I wanted to chat more with him, but I was in a hurry and I had to leave. Just pause it and think it out step by step. Fore. How would you say I wanted to go? here. I wanted to leave. I couldn't go. I couldn't leave. What about I had to go? leave. Do you remember the verb to stay meaning to remain myself? And what about a little longer or a little more? Now say, "I wanted to stay a little longer and chat with him. " A curious thing happens in Spanish with the angle of we. So we have both the present tense and the past tense in this case the predate having the same sound when it comes to regular ar verbs. So for example the verb to speak is abl and we speak meaning in the present tense becomes ablamos. So we have that gorgeous moss sound at the end. Ablamos. However, to express we spoke. So, this is the preate tense, but we get the same sound in Spanish. It's ablamos. So, we speak ablamos. We spoke ablamos. It's normally clear in the context of the conversation which one mean. Do you remember how to say a little? You could also say, but let's stick with how would you say we spoke a little. A friend in Spanish can be either unigo if it's a male friend or una amigga if it's a female friend. Let's imagine that it's a female friend for this next one. So we have yesterday I bumped into a friend and we spoke a little to express and then you do this byego. How would you say? We spoke a little and then I had to leave. The bank in Spanish is elo. And to say at the bank would be nanco. Enlanco. The other day I bumped into Maria at the bank. We spoke a little but I couldn't stay. because I was in a hurry.

Now, let's try it all on one slide. The other day, I bumped into Maria at the bank and we spoke a little, but I couldn't stay because I was in a hurry and I had to leave. for a