THE PAST IN SPANISH - Past Simple (2-4)

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So, in this post, I will explain to you how the second form of the past tense in Spanish works, the Past Simple. As I had explained here THE PAST IN SPANISH - Perfect tense (1-4) in Spanish there are four ways to use the preterite in Spanish. Let's go for the second.

In short words, the simple past is used to express events that were completed in the past. Events, whose time context, no longer have any relationship with the present.

Before learning the verb conjugation, let's see some examples of how this new form works:

1. La semana pasada visité a mi abuelo, él tiene una hermosa casa cerca del lago. - Last week I visited my grandfather, he has a beautiful house near the lake.
2. El mes pasado fui a una ciudad muy hermosa, Antigua. Mi familia disfrutó el viaje. - Last month I went to a very beautiful city, Antigua. My family enjoyed the trip.
3. Mi hermana compró su primera computadora hace diez años. - My sister bought her first computer ten years ago.
4. Hace quince años, viajé a Honduras, es el primer país del extranjero que he visitado. - Fifteen years ago, I traveled to Honduras, it is the first foreign country that I have visited.
5. Mi padre conoció a mi madre hace 35 años. - My father met my mother 35 years ago.

As you can see, each of the actions occurred in a time completely alien to the present.

In the following images, you will see the conjugation of this form of the past.

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