Speaking Past Tense Flashcards
(55 cards)
1
Q
I wanted
A
quería
2
Q
to rest
A
descansar
3
Q
a little
A
un poco
4
Q
before
A
antes de
5
Q
to go out
A
salir
6
Q
I was
A
estaba
7
Q
tired
A
cansado/a
8
Q
and
A
Y
9
Q
yesterday
A
ayer
10
Q
to remain
A
quedar
11
Q
to stay myself
A
quedarme
12
Q
more, for longer
A
más
13
Q
a little more
A
un poquito más
14
Q
I was in a hurry
A
estaba apurado/a
15
Q
I couldn’t/I wasn’t able to
A
no pude
16
Q
because
A
porque
17
Q
to wait
A
esperar
18
Q
to wait for you
A
esperarte
19
Q
just
A
sólo (must be used at the beginning of the sentence)
20
Q
last night
A
anoche
21
Q
I didn’t want
A
no quería
22
Q
I had to
A
Tuve que
23
Q
to stand in line (literally: “to make line”)
A
hacer cola
24
Q
for an hour
A
por una hora
25
the supermarket
el súper
26
in/at the supermarket
en el súper
27
for a long time
por mucho tiempo
28
there was/there were
había
29
a lot of people
mucha gente
30
I went
fui
31
the other day
el otro día
32
other
otro
33
I bumped into or I ran into by chance
me encontré con…
34
to chat
platicar
35
with him
con él
36
to go
ir
37
to leave
irme
38
we speak, we spoke
hablamos
39
and then
y luego
40
I used to visit
visitaba
(the personal “a” must be used when talking about ‘who’ ) visitaba (a) mi familia
41
summer
verano
42
each
cada
43
When you see or say “used to” in Spanish…
Remember to use the ‘ imperfect’ past tense ( -aba for -AR verbs and -ía for -ER and -IR verbs)
44
part time
a tiempo parcial
45
I even
incluso
46
I used to live
vivía
47
when
cuando
48
I used to eat
comía
49
I used to eat out
comía fuera
50
almost
casi
51
I used to have
tenía
52
there
ahí
53
I used to discover
descubría
(From descubrir: to discover)
54
new
nuevo
55
to enjoy
para disfrutar
