Language/Esperanto/Grammar/Past-Tense
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Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨PAST TENSE¨ in Esperanto.
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Some explanation for Past tense in Esperanto
OBS.: In the infinitive form; change the last letter (-i) by (-is) to form the Past Tense
ENGLISH | PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH |
ESPERANTO | PRONUNCIATION
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE |
BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE |
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to have | havi | ter | ||
I had | Mi havis | eu tinha | ||
You had | Vi havis | Você tinha | ||
He had | Li havis | Ele tinha | ||
She had | Ŝi havis | Ela teve | ||
We had | Ni havis | Nós tínhamos | ||
You had | Vi havis | Você tinha | ||
They had | Ili havis | Eles tinham | ||
In Esperanto, expressing past tense is changing the "-i" of a verb to "-is".
- I came. - Mi venis.
- I ate an egg - Mi manĝis ovon.