Sentences with the Preterite Tense
Both the preterite and the imperfect are Spanish past tenses. You can compare them to the English "he did" and "he was doing" - they both express past action but in a slightly different manner. Below are examples of Spanish sentences formed using the preterite past tense.
Yo no fui.
I did not go.
I did not go.
No fuimos a Londres.
We did not go to London.
We did not go to London.
¿Ya los viste?
Have you already seen them?
Have you already seen them?
Más de cuatro millones de espectadores vieron al Papa Pablo VI.
More than four million spectators saw Pope Paul the sixth.
More than four million spectators saw Pope Paul the sixth.
El angel que dio su vida por mi.
The angle who gave his life for me.
The angle who gave his life for me.
Juan rompió la ventana.
John broke the window.
John broke the window.
¿ Quién rompió la ventana?
Who broke the window?
Who broke the window?
Los muchachos rompieron la ventana.
The boys broke the window.
The boys broke the window.
Yo di la vuelta al mundo en avioneta.
I traveled around the world by plane.
I traveled around the world by plane.
Yo di mi palabra y no voy a ser candidato.
I gave my word and I am not going to be a candidate.
I gave my word and I am not going to be a candidate.
Yo di una mano.
I gave a hand.
I gave a hand.
¿Oíste las noticias?
Have you heard the news?
Have you heard the news?
¿ Juan, ¿ La rompiste?
John, did you break it?
John, did you break it?
Muchachos, ¿ Rompieron ustedes la ventana?
Boys, did you all break the window?
Boys, did you all break the window?
¿Oyeron esos gritos?
Did you all hear the shouts?
Did you all hear the shouts?
¿Ya oyeron el nuevo cd?
Have you all heard the new cd?
Have you all heard the new cd?
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