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"Perfect tense" is a noun which is often translated as "el tiempo perfecto", and "past tense" is a noun which is often translated as "el pasado". Learn more about the difference between "perfect tense" and "past tense" below.
perfect tense(
puhr
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fihkt
tehns
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
a. el tiempo perfecto (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This is incorrect. You should change the verb in this sentence to perfect tense.Esto no es correcto. Debes cambiar el verbo en esta oración al tiempo perfecto.
past tense(
pahst
tehns
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
b. el pretérito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Pay attention when you conjugate this verb in the past tense; it's irregular.Presta atención cuando conjugues este verbo en el pretérito; es irregular.
c. el tiempo pasado (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Why are you talking about her in the past tense? Did she pass away?¿Por qué hablas de ella en tiempo pasado? ¿Falleció?
