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The conjugation in the past indefinite of indicative

To conjugate a verb in the past tense you have to delete the endings -ar, -er, -ir from infinitive and add the corresponding ones to each person, as shown in the table. The verbs that end in -er and -ir adopt the same endings.

Person -ar  

talk -er

learn -ir

live

I spoke I learned I lived

you talked you learned you lived

he / she / you spoke learned lived

we talk we learned we live

you talked you learned you lived

they talked they learned they lived

Persona-ar

hablar-er

aprender-ir

vivir

yohabléaprendíviví

túhablasteaprendisteviviste

el/ella/ustedhablóaprendióvivió

nosotros/-ashablamosaprendimosvivimos

vosotros/-ashablasteisaprendisteisvivisteis

ellos/-as/ustedeshablaronaprendieronvivieron

Irregular conjugation

Some verbs in indefinite conjugate irregularly.

This table includes irregular indefinite conjugation of the most common verbs.

Infinitive Past Undefined

I walked, fit cupe, cupiste, quota, cupimos, cupisteis, fit  Give say, give, give, say, give,  I said, you said, said, we said, you said, they said , I was there, you were, you were, we were, you were, you were

there were, do, did, I went, you went, it was, we went, you went, hear ,I could, put on, wanting wanted, know I knew,

To be I went, you went, it was, we went, you went, you were

have had, bring suit, you brought, come I came, you came, see saw,

Persona-ar

hablar-er

aprender-ir

vivir

yohabléaprendíviví

túhablasteaprendisteviviste

el/ella/ustedhablóaprendióvivió

nosotros/-ashablamosaprendimosvivimos

vosotros/-ashablasteisaprendisteisvivisteis

ellos/-as/ustedeshablaronaprendieronvivieron

Sometimes it is necessary to change the final consonant of the root in the first person of the singular of the verbs ending in -ar. This is done to keep the pronunciation of the root offered by the infinitive indefinitely.

Example:

from c to qu → dock - docked

from g to gu → hang up - hung up

from gu to gü → find out - find out

from z to c → start - I started

de c a qu → atracar - atraqué

de g a gu → colgar - colgué

de gu a gü → averiguar - averigüé

de z a c → empezar - empecé

The verbs ending in -er and -ir that contain a vowel at the end of the root do not add an i but one and in the third person singular and plural.

Example:

read - distribute

Verbs ending in -er or -ir whose root ends in -ll or -ñ do not add an i in the third person singular and plural.

Example:

tañer - tañeron

bullir - bulló / bulleron

tañer - tañó/tañeron

bullir - bulló/bulleron

Some verbs ending in -ir require modifying the vowel of the root, e → i, or → u, in the third singular and plural person. Check the list of irregular verbs.

Example:

ask - asked, asked, asked, asked, asked, asked

sleep - I slept, slept, slept, slept, slept, slept

The verbs ending in -ducir (such as translating or driving) adopt the irregular ending -hage in the first person of the singular and substitute the c for a j in the rest.

pedir - pedí, pediste, pidió, pedimos, pedisteis, pidieron

dormir - dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, dormisteis, durmieron

Los verbos acabados en -ducir (como traducir o conducir) adoptan la terminación irregular -uje en la primera persona del singular y sustituyen la c por una j en el resto.

Example:

translate -traducir - traduje, tradujiste, tradujo, tradujimos, tradujisteis, tradujeron