Expressions when talking about the past tense

You may print this out to use when talking in the past tense.

Expressions of the Preterit Tense

In Spanish there are various phrases signifying something that happened in the past such as that which happened last night, last week, last year, etc. The terms "always" and "never" apply to the present and the past tense because something can "always" or "never" happen in the past. (i.e. John always lied. Joan never lied.)

Vocabulary - Spanish	Vocabulary - English
Ayer	Yesterday
Anteayer/antier	Day before yesterday
Anoche	Last night
Antenoche	The night before last
La semana pasada	Last week
El año pasado	Last year
El verano pasado	Last summer
Hace + tiempo + pretérito Hace dos semanas	Ago 2 weeks ago
En la mañana	In the morning
Por la mañana	In the morning
El otro día	The other day
El fin de semana pasado	Last weekend
Siempre	Always
Nunca	Never