Please conjugate in sentence: Esperar

Question

I waited for you. Would that be Te esperé. I waited for him. Lo/La esperé ? I waited for them: ? We waited for you.

Then how would I say:

I was waiting for you. I was waiting for him/her. I was waiting for them. We were waiting for you. We were waiting for him/her. We were waiting for them.

I have waited for you. I have waited for him/her. I have waited for them. We have waited for you. We have waited for him/her. We have waited for them.

Google is giving mixed answers here. Thank you!

Answer 1

                     Indirect Object Pronouns

1st person sing :me (to/for me)

2nd person sing : te (to/for you informal)

3rd person sing: le (to/for you formal, he, she, it)

1st person plural: nos (to/for us)

2nd person plural: os (to/for you informal)

3rd person plural: les (to/for them, you formal)

Your question ‘Then how would I say?’:

I was waiting for you = te / le esperaba

I was waiting for him/her = le esperaba

I was waiting for them = les esperaba

We were waiting for you = te/le esperabamos

We were waiting for him/her = le esperabamos

We were waiting for them = les esperabamos

I have waited for you = te/le he esperado

I have waited for him/her = le he esperado

I have waited for them = les he esparado

We have waited for you = os hemos esperado

We have waited for him/her = le hemos esperado

We have waited for them = les hemos esperado

Thanks. I might be able to remember these. - RachelC, May 24, 2010

You are most welcome I'm sorry there is so much to remember - FELIZ77, May 24, 2010

Answer 2

I was waiting for you. Yo le esperaba. I was waiting for him/her. Yo esperaba él/ella. I was waiting for them. Yo los esperaba. We were waiting for you. Le esperábamos. We were waiting for him/her. Esperábamos él/ella. We were waiting for them. Los esperábamos.

I have waited for you. Le he esperado. I have waited for him/her. He esperado él/ella. I have waited for them. Los he esperado. We have waited for you. Le hemos esperado. We have waited for him/her. Hemos esperado él/ella. We have waited for them. Los hemos esperado.

Please correct, if its wrong

Answer 3

Have you tried the translator here and under the 'More' tab above the conjugator?

This might help you too

http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_word_for/wait-for

Thanks. That looks like a good site. All the sentences they give for esperar are using it for HOPE instead of WAIT. - RachelC, May 24, 2010

Answer 4

Why is it that some can be said by putting the person in front of the verb, while others require something more after the verb ? For example:

I was waiting for him/her. Yo esperaba él/ella.

I was waiting for them. Yo los esperaba.

For I was waiting for him you can't just say: Yo lo esperaba ? or Lo esperaba ?