🇪🇸 Spanish
Español • Latin
Talking about the past (yesterday, earlier, last week)
A beginner‑friendly approach to past tense: start with one safe past pattern and reuse it.
The strategy
Don’t try to master every tense. Start with one common past pattern from real sentences.
- Use time words (yesterday/last week) to make meaning clear.
- Copy a native past pattern and reuse it with different verbs.
Soy estudiante.
I am a student.
Estoy aquí.
I am here.
Hablo español.
I speak Spanish.
Quiero agua.
I want water.
No entiendo.
I don't understand.
¿Hablas inglés?
Do you speak English? (informal)
¿Dónde está el baño?
Where is the bathroom?
Este es mi amigo.
This is my friend.
Drills
Build a past sentence
I am a student.
Your sentence
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Tokens
Mini‑quiz
Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “I am a student.”?