Language/Galician/Grammar/Past-Tense

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In today’s lesson we are going to study the following topic: ”PAST TENSE” in Galician.

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Rules

In Galician there are no perfect tenses, in that sense it is closer to Latin than other romance languages.

• ”Eu fixen” means ”I did”, in Spanish you have both ”yo hice” and ”yo he hecho”.
• Pluscuamperfect: ”Eu fixera”= (Sp) ”Yo había hecho”, I had done in English.

The parcial exception are verbs with ”Ter” (have) and participle, implying a repeated action in the past:

• ”Tiña estado tres veces en París” means ”I had already been three times in Paris”.

Examples

ENGLISH	GALICIAN
I loved	Eu amaba
You loved	Ti amabas
He loved	El amaba
We loved	Nós amabamos
You loved	Vós amabades
They loved	Eles amaban
I spoke	Eu falaba
You spoke	Ti falabas
He spoke	El falaba
We spoke	Nós falabamos
You spoke	Vós falabades
They spoke	Eles falaban
I slept	Eu durmía
You slept	Ti durmías
He slept	El durmía
We slept	Nós durmiamos
You slept	Vós durmiades
They slept	Eles durmían
I ate	Eu comía
You ate	Ti comías
He ate	El comía
We ate	Nós comiamos
You ate	Vós comiades
They ate	Eles comían