I had lunch?

Question

How do you say I had lunch in past tense -- yo almorce or yo almorze?

You just say almorcé but you need to qualify it with a time scale like hace media hora- - kenwilliams, SEP 26, 2009

But I prefer to use present perfecto rather than preterite, see my post below. - kenwilliams, SEP 26, 2009

Answer 1

All of the answers above are not standard Spanish.

I had breakfast: desayuné

I had lunch: comí/almorcé

I had dinner: cené

Tomé el desayuno/almuerzo etc cannot be considered wrong, but it is certainly not said by a native.

That corner is getting crowded. Maybe we need to open another one. - 0074b507, SEP 18, 2009

jejeje, we are in it..bring some cheese next time,. I love cheese! - 00494d19, SEP 18, 2009

Answer 2

He tenido mi almuerzo

Answer 3

Without accent marks, neither is correct.

almorzar conjugated

And if those were attempts at the preterite, then that means "I lunched". (don't read, incorrect)

Also I don't think había almorzado (I had lunched) is what you want to say.

comió el almuerzo

tomó el almuerzo (probably the closest to "I had lunch") (don't read-incorrect)

Now I'll be in the corner for the entire weekend!

Answer 4

He almorzado hace una hora. I had lunch an hour ago

Answer 5

Me almorce (con acento escrito sobre le e)

Answer 6

tenía almuerzo.

Simple enough. I wasn't sure that you could "have" lunch in that sense. - 0074b507, SEP 18, 2009

well, you can't really - 00494d19, SEP 18, 2009