Unlocking the Past: Spanish Preterite Tense

Imagine you had the perfect day yesterday — you played football, ate pizza, and watched your favourite film. Now imagine trying to tell a Spanish friend all about it. How would you switch your verbs from 'I play' to 'I played'? In English we often just add '-ed'. Spanish has its own elegant system for this — and once you crack it, you can talk about anything that already happened. Before we dive in, think about what you already know: Can you remember how to say 'I speak' in Spanish? (Hint: it comes from the verb hablar.) Hold that thought — it's your launchpad.