FCG P 51-4 Time Expressions Flashcards
(32 cards)
a las tres/cuatro/etc.
at three/four/etc o’clock
anoche
last night
anteanoche
the night before last
anteayer
the day before yesterday
ayer
yesterday
de repente
suddenly
el lunes/fin de semana/mes/año/siglo/ pasado
last Monday/weekend/month/year/century
en (el año) 1588
in (the year) 1588
la semana/década pasada
last week/ in the last decade
Hace + period of time + (que) + verb in the preterit OR
verb in the preterit + hace + period of time
To express how long ago an action took place
desde… hasta
To denote for how long an action took place
from…until
durante…años/semanas/horas
To denote for how long an action took place
during… years/weeks/hours
por…años/semanas/horas
To denote for how long an action took place
for…years/weeks/hours
antes
before
antes de + infinitive
before + -ing
primero
first
luego/ más tarde
later, then
después
later, then, afterward
después de + infinitive
after + -ing
tan pronto como, en cuanto
as soon as
inmediatamente
immediately
enseguida
at once
al final
in the end
al final de
at the end of
