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Listen to each sentence and decide whether the verb is in the present or the preterite tense.
You hear: Pido bistec con papas fritas.
You select: present.
Answer:
Since this is an exercise in listening comprehension, I cannot solve it without the audio. But I can give you an explanation so that when you hear it you can solve it yourself.
In this audio you must recognize whether the sentence is in the present or in the past tense.
Present:
This tense is used to show an action that is happens now, a routine, or something habitual.
Examples of Spanish verbs are as follows:
Amar, Temer, Partir
According to their termination, regular verbs are conjugated as follows for the present simple:
Amar:
yo (I) -o ----- Yo Amo
tú (You) -as ------ Tú Amas
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -a ----- Él Ama
nosotros, nosotras (we) -amos ---- Nosotros Amamos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -áis ---- Vosotros Amáis.
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -an
---- Ellos Aman
Temer:
yo (I) -o -------Yo Temo
tú (You) -es
----- Tú temes
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -e ---- Ella teme
nosotros, nosotras (we) -emos ---- Nosotros Tememos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -éis ----- Vosotros Teméis
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -en ---- Ellos temen
Partir:
yo (I) -o ---- Yo parto
tú (You) -es ----- Tú partes
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -e
---- Usted Parte
nosotros, nosotras (we) -imos ---- Nosotros Partimos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -ís ----- Vosotros Partís
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -en ---- Ellas Parten
Preterite:
We use the past to demonstrate things that began and ended at a specific time in the past.
Using the verbs above, we conjugate the perfect preterite as follows:
Amar:
yo (I) -é
----- Yo amé
tú (You) -aste ---- Tú Amaste
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -ó ---- Él amó
nosotros, nosotras (we) -amos --- Nosotros Amamos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -asteis ---- Vosotros amasteis
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -aron --- Ellos amaron
Temer:
yo (I) -í ---- Yo temí
tú (You) -iste ---- Tú temiste
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -ió ---- Ella temió
nosotros, nosotras (we) -imos --- Nosotros temimos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -isteis ---- Vosotros Temisteis
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -ieron --- Ellos temieron
Partir:
yo (I) -í ---- Yo partí
tú (You) -iste ---- Tú partiste
el, ella, usted (he, she, you formal) -ió -- Usted Partió
nosotros, nosotras (we) -imos --- Nosotras partimos
vosotros, vosotras (you all) -isteis ---- Vosotras partisteis
ellos, ellas, (they) ustedes (you all formal) -ieron --- Ellas partieron
