When to use the PERFECT and PRETERITE tenses in Spanish

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In this Q&A-style video, teachers Mark and Marina from Coffee Break Spanish answer learner Travis’ question about knowing when to use the perfect and preterite past tenses in Spanish. Past tenses can be quite tricky for Spanish learners but, by the end of this short video, you'll know the contexts in which the perfect and the preterite tenses should be used.

Here are the phrases included in this video:
• Esta mañana he hablado con mi primo.
• Esta mañana hablé con mi primo.
• Esta semana he trabajado mucho.
• Esta mañana trabajé mucho.
• Este año he aprendido portugués.
• Este año aprendí portugués.
• Ya he comido.
• Ya comí.
• Acabo de comer.

Make sure you watch the full video to hear a full explanation about the contexts in which these two tenses are used. We've provided subtitles in English which can be turned on using the Subtitles/CC button.

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Acabo de terminar de ver vuestro video y fue perfecto.

johnR
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Me ha gustado este vídeo 😆 También me gustó..

isabellarockup
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Me ha gustado vuestra lección sobre este punto de gramática. Acabo de ver el vídeo y ya tengo ganas de ver más lecciones vuestras. ¡Bien hecho y gracias!

janetbutler
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Me gustó este video que explica cómo usar el perfecto y el pretérito. Para mí, decidir la forma de los verbos es una desafío.Gracias por su ayuda.

margsnider-mcgrath
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Me he gustado este video. Fue muy dificil aprendir perfecto antes del preterito. Gracias.

dominicmarro
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Great video. Now understand the tense clearly. Please do videos on Past perfect / pluperfect and Subjunctive tense. ❤

rolandstewart
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Soy nuevo en tus videos, pero son perfectos!

craigdriskell
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I need to know the different uses of usar, ive am so confused about this word
Gracias

mjperfume
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Does it become wrong if I interchange the tenses then? Like you said it differs from place to place. If Im a translator then how do I go about it?

juiagaskar
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Does the perfect tense starts with esta usually?

ILOVEALLAHHHHH
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Me parece que es bueno saber ambos pero ambos tienen sentido

ajscott
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Hoy is part of the present. Is it "hemos comido hoy" or "hablamos hoy"?

williamconnelly
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Hace ocho años yo caminé el camino De Santiago

martintheoldfellwalker
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I don't get it. So there is no difference. You can use either one.

juliekrolak