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The preterite is used to explain something in the past which has a definite beginning and ending such as ‘Ayer, fui a la playa’ meaning yesterday I went to the beach. The time phrase indicates that the ac...

Preterite: Refers to actions which took place and were completed at some point in the past. In this context it may be accompanied by time phrases such as 'ayer', 'el lunes pasado', 'hace ...

Preterite is used for completed actions in the past such as 'fui al baile anoche' 'I went to the dance last night'. This action is completed as you're not still at last night's dance. Furthermore, if you'...

Using the examples of "Fui a la playa" for the pretérito indefinido and "Iba a la playa" for the pretérito imperfecto, we can translate both as "I went to the beach". However...

The present subjunctive is formed by taking the stem of the verb in the first person present tense and adding new endings. For example, we take the teng from tengo (I have) as a starting...