Simple Past Tense of -ar, -er, -ir

 

Past Tense of -ar, -er, -ir verbs:

Past tense of -ar verbs follow a different pattern than past tense of -er/-ir verbs, which follow the same pattern., -er, -ir verbs follow the same pattern.

Past Tense of -ar verbs:

General transformation remains almost same as present tense.

Lesson 31: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwTPwRMjLD8

 

 base word = -ar (to do something) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person -é (with accent)

-amos (same as present tense, figured from context)

You (informal) => Second person

-aste (te added compared to present tense)

-asteis (-is added to singular form instead of áis)

He, she, You (formal=> Third person

-ó (with accent. -o w/o an accent was the present tense for Singular First person)

 

-aron

 

Hablar => to speak

 base word = hablar (to speak) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person

hablé

ex: Yo hablé => I spoke

hablamos (Same as present tense, figured out from context)

ex: nostros hablamos => We spoke

You (informal) => Second person

hablaste

ex: tú hablaste =>you spoke

hablasteis

ex: vosotros hablasteis

He, she, You (formal) => Third person

habló

ex: Ella habló => She spoke

 

hablaron

ex: Ellos hablaron => They spoke

 

Gustar => to speak

 base word = gustar (to speak) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person

gusté

ex: te gusté me => you liked me

gustamos

ex: te gustamos => you liked us (same as you like us)

You (informal) => Second person

gustaste

ex: le gustaste te=> he liked you

gustasteis

ex:  ex: He liked you all => le (to him) gustasteis

He, she, You (formal) => Third person

gustó

ex: I liked the car => Me gustó el coche (here car is 3rd person, so gustó used)

gustaron

ex:I liked peoples => Me gustaron los pueblos

 

 

Past Tense of -er/-ir verbs:

General transformation for past tense remains almost same as present tense.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1i5BrPAELU&list=PLv63dFTP4Sjq6knRsZQI-bTnRE38cZZoy&index=26

Link (lesson 35) => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCT68wkVCNM

 

 base word = -er/-ir singular plural
 I => First person

-imos

You (informal) => Second person

-iste

-isteis

He, she, You (formal=> Third person

-ió

 

-ieron

 

Comer => To eat. Past tense is "ate".

 base word = comer (to eat) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person

comí

ex: Yo comí manzana=> I ate apple

comimos

ex: nosotros comemos (we eat)

You (informal) => Second person

comiste

ex:

comisteis

ex: vosotros comisteis

He, she, You (formal=> Third person

comió

ex: Ella comió => She ate

 

comieron

ex: Ellos comieron

 

Tener => To have. Past tense is "had". Treat this word as "tuv" for transformation purpose for all 2nd singular person and all plural forms, and apply same suffix as past tense for -er verb.

 base word = tener (to have) singular plural ( same as -er verb )
 I => First person

tuve (-e instead of -í)

ex: Yo tuve => I had

tuvimos

ex: nosotros tubimos (we had)

You (informal) => Second person

tuviste (same as -er verb)

ex: tú tuviste => you had

tuvisteis

ex: vosotros tuvísteis

He, she, You (formal=> Third person

tuvo (-o instead of -ió)

ex: ella tuvo => She had

 

tuvieron

ex: Ellos tuvieron

 

Haber => had. Past tense of has is had. It's used as an auxilary verb. Haber is an irregular form, and so doesn't follow regular -er table. For transformation purposes, base stem is "habí" (i with an accent), and the verb itself follow ar verb Present tense table (instead of Past tense -er table).Actually Haber changes to Habíar, and hence is an -ar verb. The only odd entry is 1st person singular which has -a instead of -o.

 base word = haber => Habíar (had) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person

había (instead of -o, it ends in -a, so it becomes same as 3rd person singular)

habíamos

You (informal) => Second person

habías

habíaís

He, she, You (formal) => Third person

había

 

habían

 

Escribir => To write. Past tense is 'wrote".

 base word = escribir (to write) singular plural ( add s at end)
 I => First person

escribí

ex: Yo escribí => I wrote

escribimos

ex: nosotros escribimos (we write)

You (informal) => Second person

escribiste

ex: tú escribiste

escribisteis

ex: vosotros escribísteis

He, she, You (formal=> Third person

excribió

ex: Ella escribió => She wrote

 

escribieron

ex: Ellos escriben