Past Tense in Spanish: A MUCH SIMPLER Way to START

Stop staring at conjugation tables. In this video, I explain what I think you should do instead, and how to do it. It'll get you expressing yourself in the past in a simple way -without sounding like a caveman, and without waiting until "you get there" to be able to talk about what happened yesterday, last month, or last year.
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Timestaps:
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Solution Overview
2:25 - Using the Present Perfect
4:14 - Easing into using the preterite

Пікірлер: 46

  • @bradenlearnspanish
    @bradenlearnspanish5 ай бұрын

    WHOA! This opened a whole world for me! I see these “he, han” all the time and never knew what it was, thank goodness for this video and thanks for not making it 45 minutes!

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    5 ай бұрын

    thanks Braden! glad you liked it.

  • @user-gu7mq7kr8b
    @user-gu7mq7kr8b8 ай бұрын

    Wow! What could be simpler? Remember two endings and one easy conjugation - he, he, has, has, ha, ha etc. Great tip, very do-able. I believe that what you call a language learning 'hack', verdad?

  • @bigmac1371
    @bigmac13715 ай бұрын

    So pleased I watched this its makes it so much easier to take in. Gracias amigo!

  • @leonardrichards9079
    @leonardrichards90794 ай бұрын

    Yo he suscribido !

  • @leonardrichards9079
    @leonardrichards90794 ай бұрын

    Yo he buscado tu video. Mucho gracias!

  • @ryankane952
    @ryankane9522 жыл бұрын

    Love the "he caminado" shortcut for the start of learning Spanish when conjugations are overwhelming. This is even more straightforward in the case of "voy a" for future tense!

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    For sure! It's all about learning enough to get momentum, then learning as you go.

  • @kittymorrissey1565
    @kittymorrissey15654 ай бұрын

    Very helpful, thank you

  • @warrenbaldwin6366
    @warrenbaldwin6366Ай бұрын

    Very helpful, thanks.

  • @emmabeetle5498
    @emmabeetle54986 ай бұрын

    This is just the video I needed! Muchisimas gracias ☺

  • @cathybroadus4411
    @cathybroadus44115 ай бұрын

    Boss, you are wonderful. This is a beautiful thing.

  • @charlessimons1692
    @charlessimons16922 жыл бұрын

    Otro video muy bueno!

  • @johnmcphillimy1056
    @johnmcphillimy10564 ай бұрын

    Thankyou. An excellent, and very useful, 'hack'.

  • @KettleCamping
    @KettleCamping Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! Thank you!👍

  • @cwtckness
    @cwtckness8 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @daynagranston5051
    @daynagranston50513 ай бұрын

    !Qué bueno! gracias!

  • @ealingschoolofdrums3692
    @ealingschoolofdrums3692 Жыл бұрын

    This is a great way, and makes total sense. Thank you !

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @soniakane625
    @soniakane6252 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another very helpful video, Connor! I definitely need to add a few common verbs in preterite tense to my arsenal.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Never hurts! Yo hice, dije, fui, vi, estuve, pensé, comí... these are all good ones to start with

  • @WowThingsThrift
    @WowThingsThrift2 жыл бұрын

    Great video ✌️ thanks 👍

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    glad you liked it!

  • @harrybell8092
    @harrybell8092 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Connor, I,ve just started listening to your lessons and I'm really impressed with your natural way of teaching. I will continue to keep watching your to your videos. Cheers Harry

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    Harry, thanks for the kind words! I'm happy to hear you enjoy the videos. Best of luck with your Spanish!

  • @NilsMueller
    @NilsMueller28 күн бұрын

    Jesus bro. This is exactly what I needed

  • @jackkirnan6616
    @jackkirnan66162 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. Entiendo mi hermano. Dios te bendiga.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    de nada! mucho ánimo y buena suerte

  • @phyllismonroe4117
    @phyllismonroe4117 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I’m only a year into my Spanish, and I will certainly use this. I know I will be able to speak with others easier as I find the preterit tense difficult. I just found your channel last week. Thanks for your help.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment, Phyllis! I'm glad to hear you found it helpful. You'll get the hang of the preterite eventually (start with practicing the first person for a few key verbs). But in the meantime, this can help you get your ideas across

  • @JuanMoreno-wo5yb

    @JuanMoreno-wo5yb

    5 ай бұрын

    I’ll try it.

  • @josh.nuttall
    @josh.nuttall18 күн бұрын

    Would it be Yo he visitado? I’ve also seen yo hay visitado?

  • @kinhelfa
    @kinhelfa2 жыл бұрын

    Muchisimos gracias, Connor. La próxima semana VOY A VIAJAR a España CONOCER a mi esposa y CAMINAR el Camino Francés. VOY A USAR tus CONSEJOS (tips?). Please excuse my beginner level Español, but I hope it illustrates that what I have just learnt from your 'tenses' videos is easily understood and, hopefully, useful in a practical sense/scenarios.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    great work! nothing wrong with being a beginner, you're doing great. Two tips here would be, 'muchísimas* gracias' with an a, and "voy a viajar a España para encontrarme con mi esposa" (you need 'para' in there, and conocer meets to meet, but more for the first time, so I assume you mean "meet up with", which is better expressed by "encontrarse con xyz")

  • @kinhelfa

    @kinhelfa

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BreakthroughSpanish Thank you for taking the time to respond, and for the very useful advice. Noted for future reference.

  • @Angelthedog
    @Angelthedog Жыл бұрын

    Wow! Very well done. Pimsleur didn't explain this at all. Just started throwing them in. Never sure about ha, hacer, or whatever. I have a blueprint now.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped! Keep it up 👍 👍

  • @elaineglen4413

    @elaineglen4413

    3 күн бұрын

    Duolingo does exactly the same

  • @pauleff3312
    @pauleff3312 Жыл бұрын

    No tenía un problema con estos consejos cuando empezé estudiar el idioma a causa que hacía más de 40 años desde había aprendido hablar el francés ... Me di cuenta que podía engañar con haber + los participios pasados bastante rapido (exactamente como el francés) - mi problema ahorita es que sigo hacerlo "naturalemente" aun que yo sé que sea mejor de usar el preterito o el imperfecto. Y puedo decir que disfruto mucho hacer los verbos en español...

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    Жыл бұрын

    que bueno que te guste aprender los verbos en español, eso te va a servir sin duda. No me sorprende que la forma de conjugar en francés te tiene un poco confundido. Es útil saber idiomas parecidos, pero también complica

  • @harrybell8092
    @harrybell8092 Жыл бұрын

    sorry about the mistake, I should have checked it before I sent it. Harry

  • @mb3775
    @mb37752 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't it be more accurate to say Yo había comido for expressing past tense of I ate?

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    había comido = I had eaten he comido = I have eaten. This structure is used fairly often in Spain to say "I ate", but in Latin America it's generally most accurate to say "yo comí" (but that was outside the scope of this video). Using Haber + past participle is definitely not a substitute for learning how to use the other past tenses, but it's a nice way to just start expressing yourself without getting so hung up on conjugations that you avoid all topics related to the past

  • @mb3775

    @mb3775

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BreakthroughSpanishThanks! If I say Ayer, yo he caminado por el parque. I would be understood to say Yesterday I walked through the park.

  • @BreakthroughSpanish

    @BreakthroughSpanish

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mb3775 yep!

  • @jenssorensen5648
    @jenssorensen56486 ай бұрын

    fantastic video for learning quickly what are the top 20 verbs you would recommend learning and using this way???😀😀😀😀😀

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