You use the preterite tense when you are talking about a completed action that happened during a specific time frame.
Ex.
1. I skipped school yesterday.
2. He began working out last week.
Do not confuse it with the imperfect tense, which describes an uncompleted action or an action that took place over an indefinite time period.
Ex.
1. I used to skip school when I was young.
2. He always worked out.
Imperfect is used when describing a number of things, making imperfect v preterite a very difficult concept. It is generally used when describing:
Age (during event)
Time (of event)
'Going to...'
Habitual Actions
The verb "ser" is most commonly defined in English as "to be." It is very tricky to distinguish when to use the verb "ser" from when to use the verb "estar," since both of them have the same English translation but cannot be used interchangeably. As a general rule you use "ser" when you want to identify or classify something.
When you want to use the word "to be":
yo hice, tu hiciste, el hizo, nosotros hacemos, ellos hicieron
"cuando puedes (insert infinitive verb here)." for example. "cuando puedes nadar conmigo?" means, when can you swim with me?
"Preterite" is an English word; it is a form of the past tense. In Spanish, preterite is "pretérito."
The standard conjugation endings are: é, aste, ò, amos, asteis, aron.
fui / fuiste / fue / fuimos / fuisteis / fueron
So that we can speak spanish. We couldn't speak spanish without the verd ser!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Spanish word Soy comes from the verb Ser and means "I am".
I passed this question by 5 Spanish Professors at UGA (University of Georgia) and no-one could come up with an infinitive form of a verb that ends with -ie.
Somos means 'we are'. It comes from the Spanish verb ser, which means 'to be'. If you were to say "Somos familia", it would mean, "We are family".
'somos' = 'we are' from the spanish verb 'ser' (to be) 'Ser', in contradistinction to 'estar' (also 'to be'), is used for more enduring, as against temporary 'being', thus a group of Spaniards could say: Somos espanoles = We are Spaniards (because it's not a temporary state) but: Estamos en el cine = We are at the cinema (Not, one presumes, permanently)
Bien with the verb "estar" Bueno with the verb "ser"
no es (singular) of the verb "ser". no está is the singular of the verb "estar."No son (plural) of the verb "ser". no estan(plural) of the verb "estar"
So that we can speak spanish. We couldn't speak spanish without the verd ser!!!!!!!!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The verb "be" is either "ser" or "estar" depending on the context.
You would say "Esoy usando el verbo español ser."
Era is the imperfect yo ("I") form of the Spanish verb ser ("to be"). Without the subject pronoun, it may translate as "He was," "It was," "She was" or "You were" according to English contexts. The pronunciation will be "(yo) EY-ra" in Uruguayan Spanish.
"Ser" is one of the two verbs for "to be". Pronounced as "sayr". The other verb for "to be" is "estar". ess-TAR.
the past participle is sido (been)
The Spanish word Soy comes from the verb Ser and means "I am".
It can be done by using "no" + a conjugation of the verb 'ser' = to be I am not = No soy You are not = No eres He/She is not = No es We are not = No somos You(plural) are not = No soís They are not = No son 'Ser' is used for permanent/innate being. For less-permanent, e.g. location, the verb 'estar' is used: No estoy/no estas/no esta/no estamos/no estais/no estan
Verbo copulativo, como ser o estar.
Son = You (formal, plural)/they are