Language/Spanish/Grammar/Simple-Past-Tense
In Spansh, Simple Past Tense is used when something happened in the past and finished in the past. As all verbal tenses in Spanish, Simple Past Tense has a conjugation to the verbs that end in ar, er and ir, corresponding to the subject
Verbs that End in "Ar"
When you want to conjugate a regular verb that ends in "ar", you need to erase "ar" and put the corresponding ending with the subject, the next table will show you how you can conjugate the verbs that end in "ar" using "dance" as example.
| Subject | Ending | Bailar |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | é | Bailé |
| Tú | aste | Bailaste |
| Él/Ella/Usted | ó | Bailó |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | amos | Bailamos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | asteis | Bailasteis |
| Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas | aron | Bailaron |
Verbs that End in "Er"
When you want to conjugate a regular verb that ends in "er", you need to erase "er" and put the corresponding ending with the subject, the next table will show you how you can conjugate the verbs that end in "er" using "drink" as example.
| Subject | Ending | beber |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | í | Bebí |
| Tú | iste | Bebiste |
| Él/Ella/Usted | ió | Bebió |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | imos | Bebimos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | isteis | Bebisteis |
| Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas | ieron | Bebieron |
Verbs that End in "Ir"
When you want to conjugate a regular verb that ends in "ir", you need to erase "ir" and put the corresponding ending with the subject, the next table will show you how you can conjugate the verbs that end in "ir" using "drink" as example.