Question

—¿Buscaste el perfume para tu hermana? —Sí, _____ _____ anoche.
A. la, busqué
C. la, busco
D. lo, busqué

—¿Cuándo compraste estos relojes pulseras? —_____ compré ayer.
B. Ellos
C. Los
D. Las

—¿_____ los electrodomésticos? —Sí, _____ miré la semana pasada.
A. Miraste, lo
B. Miraste, los
D. Miré, las

—Miguel, ¿con quién jugaste al tenis? —_____ con mi novia.
A. Juego
C. Jugué
D. Jugue

Ayer vi un collar muy bonito en la joyería. Hoy voy a _____.
A. las compro
B. los compré
C. comprarlo

Answer 1

I see that these are the same questions as the ones in the last post that you made.

I was just explaining the Spanish past tense.

Learning how to conjugate, in the past tense, would help you answer all these questions.

Have you read my explanation?

Answer 2

yep

while conjugating the words can end mios este etc

Answer 3

Okay, so how about a little exercise, just to make sure you've got it?

I've got an (AR) verb here: HABLAR

Can you conjugate it into the past tense (Ellos/Ellas) form for me?

Answer 4

Hablos

Answer 5

@LilySwan you r in the best hands with @InYourHead !!!
best teacher ever... especially spanish and bio... very explained answers.

Answer 6

yep he explains nicely

Answer 7

It would actually be "Hablaron."

Here, let's take a look at my BUSCAR list again, okay?

~~~~~~~

(Yo) Busqué --- I searched

(Tú) Buscaste --- You searched

(Él/Ella/Usted) Buscó --- He/She searched

(Nosotros) Buscamos --- We searched

(Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes) Buscaron --- They searched

~~~~~~~~~

See the (Ellos/Ellas) form?
It says "Buscaron."

That's because we added on the new "aron" ending.

Answer 8

so if it ellas or ellos that it will be habaron

Answer 9

Remember, just two easy steps here.

Step 1: Take off the (AR) ending.

Step 2: Add on a new ending, depending on what we want the word to mean.

~~~~~~~~~~

It would be "hablaron."

We gotta spell it right.

Answer 10

ok

Answer 11

These are all the endings that we can add:

é --- (YO form)
aste --- (TU form)
ó --- (EL/ELLA/USTED form)
amos --- (NOSOTROS form)
aron -- (ELLOS/ELLAS form)

Answer 12

We gotta memorize these endings. You can write them down, if it will help you memorize it.

Answer 13

Okay, let's try to answer our first question.

It starts with this sentence:

"¿Buscaste el perfume para tu hermana?"

Can you tell me what the word BUSCASTE means, in English?

Answer 14

search

Answer 15

"Searched"

PAST tense, remember.

~~~~~~

And WHO is the word talking about?
Who is the subject?

Does it mean "I searched"?
Does it mean "He searched?"

Who did the searching?

Answer 16

Remember, we're talking about BUSCASTE.

You can look at my Buscar list again, if you need to.

Answer 17

I searched

Answer 18

It actually means "YOU searched."

"Buscaste" is the TU form, of "buscar."

And TU means YOU.

Answer 19

If you look at my list,
you'll see that "Busqué" means "I searched."

I wrote the meanings, right next to the words. See?

Answer 20

no i means within the answer choice or according to the question is the i person soughting out

Answer 21

sorry i got the wrong meaning

Answer 22

I know. I know what you mean.
We do have to answer the question in the YO form. As in "I searched."

But we're not that far yet.
I just wanted you to tell me what "Buscaste" meant.

Answer 23

ok

Answer 24

you searched

Answer 25

It's fine.

In order to fill in the blanks to your questions,
we need to translate everything else, first. Yes?

~~~~~~~~

¿Buscaste el perfume para tu hermana?


BUSCASTE means "You searched for."

Could you translate the rest of the sentence?

Answer 26

did you searched the perfume for your sister

Answer 27

Yeah, that's pretty much what it means.

"You searched for the perfume for you sister?"

Answer 28

And now, we have to answer the question!

When we answer this question,
we need to use the YO form, of "buscar."

What's the YO form of "buscar">

Answer 29

?

Answer 30

Busqué

Answer 31

Great!

Now there are two options with Busqué.

La Busqué
or
Lo Busqué

Answer 32

We're talking about EL PERFUME.

It is an MASCULINE noun.

So, we have to say LO.

Get it?

Answer 33

yep lo Busqué

Answer 34

indeed
1. D. lo, busqué

Answer 35

LO is MASCULINE.

LA is FEMININE.

Gotta remember that rule. It's easy.

~~~~~~~~~

Now we have it!

"Lo busqué" means "I searched for it.

Answer 36

ok]

Answer 37

Okay. Next one.

"¿Cuándo compraste estos relojes pulseras?"
"When did you buy those watch bracelets?"

We're talking about RELOJES, here.
It's a PLURAL, MASCULINE noun.

So, which would we use?

LOS or LAS?

Answer 38

Los

Answer 39

Great!

Answer 40

Next question.

MIRAR is another (AR) verb.

And in the first blank,
we need to change it into the TU past tense.

What's the TU past tense form of MIRAR?

~~~~~~

Remember,
step 1, take off the ending.

Step 2, add on the new TU ending.

Answer 41

Tu Miraste

Answer 42

Here's the list for you:

é --- (YO form)
aste --- (TU form)
ó --- (EL/ELLA/USTED form)
amos --- (NOSOTROS form)
aron -- (ELLOS/ELLAS form)

Answer 43

Right! Miraste.

Answer 44

That's the FIRST blank.

Now, the SECOND blank,
we're talking about "electrodomesticos."

It's a PLURAL, MASCULINE noun.

So what do we say?
LO, LOS, or LAS?

Answer 45

Los

Answer 46

There you go. You've got your answers for that question.

Miraste, and los.

Answer 47

Next question.

The verb we're talking about is JUGAR.
It's another (AR) verb.

We need to find the past-tense YO form.

What is it? You know?

~~~~~~~~~

Remember the steps!

Here's you list again:

é --- (YO form)
aste --- (TU form)
ó --- (EL/ELLA/USTED form)
amos --- (NOSOTROS form)
aron -- (ELLOS/ELLAS form)

Answer 48

Jugué

Answer 49

Awesome!

Answer 50

There's your answer.

Answer 51

Here's a rule i'm gonna tell you about.

And it's one we gotta remember.

Whenever there's a blank after....

Voy a....
Vas a....
Va a....
Vamos a....
Van a....

We need to use an INFINITIVE verb.

And INFINITIVE verb is a verb that has NOT been conjugated. Has NOT been changed.

Answer 52

For example! .....

"Yo voy a COMPRAR."

You see how "comprar" is infinitive?

It still has its (AR) ending.
I didn't change it at all.

Answer 53

Infinitive verbs have NOT been changed.

Answer 54

if there is an infinite verb we not going to change its ar ending

Answer 55

That's what an infinitive verb is, yes.

An infinitive verb is a verb that ends with the letter R.
It has not been changed.

COMPRAR is infinitive.

So is HABLAR.
And BUSCAR.
And COMER.

you get it?

Answer 56

yep

Answer 57

so answer can be C

Answer 58

Okay, so let's take a look at this.

"Ayer vi un collar muy bonito en la joyería."
"Yesterday, I saw a very pretty necklace in the jewelry store."

"Hoy, voy a ______."
"Today, I'm going to ____"

Answer 59

It is C!

Answer 60

Comprarlo!

Because there's an infinitive verb in there: COMPRAR.

Buen trabajo. (Good job)

Answer 61

cool iam getting it now

Answer 62

Okay.

So let's check you answers again, okay?

1. lo, busqué
2. Los
3. Miraste, los
4. Jugué
5. Comprarlo