All Spanish past tenses

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Pretérito Imperfecto/ Pretérito Indefinido/ Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto/ Pretérito Perfecto

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Pretérito Imperfecto – when to use it

Use it to describe how things were in the past or things you did many times

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Pretérito Imperfecto – what to do for pronouns

Verb-ar
yo - aba
tú - abas
él ella - aba
nosotros - ábamos
vosotros - abais
ellos ellas - aban

Verb-ir/er
yo - ía
tú - ías
él ella - ía
nosotros - íamos
vosotros - íais
ellos ellas - ían

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Pretérito Indefinido – when to use it

Use it for actions that started and finished in the past

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Pretérito Indefinido – what to do for pronouns

Verb-ar
Yo - é
Tú - aste
El/Ella - ó
Nosotros - amos
Vosotros - asteis
Ellos/Ellas - aron

Verb-ir/-er
Yo - í
Tú - iste
El/Ella - ió
Nosotros - imos
Vosotros - isteis
Ellos/Ellas - ieron

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Pretérito Perfecto – when to use it

Use it for past actions that are still connected to now

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Pretérito Perfecto – what to do for pronouns

Haber + Verb (-ido or -ado)
Yo - he
Tú - ha
Él/Ella - ha
Nostros - hemos
Vosotros - habéis
Ellos/Ellas - han

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Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto – when to use it

Use it for something that happened before another past action

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Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto – what to do for pronouns

Habia + Verb (-ado or -ido)

Yo - había
Tú - habías
El/Ella - había
Nosotros - habíamos
Vosotros - habíais
Ellos/Ellas habían