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Past tense in Esperanto

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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
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.