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What did you do yesterday? ¿Qué hiciste ayer?
Contar lo que pasó: el pasado simple. Vocabulario: yesterday, last night, last week, ago, go (went), eat (ate), see (saw), have (had), buy (bought), watch (watched), visit (visited). Gramática clave: para una acción terminada, usa el pasado simple. Los verbos regulares añaden "-ed": watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked. Pero muchos verbos comunes son irregulares y hay que aprenderlos uno a uno: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came. Úsalo con yesterday, last week y "ago": "I watched a film last night." El coreano forma el pasado con una misma terminación regular en todos los verbos, así que los estudiantes coreanos añaden "-ed" también a los irregulares: "Yesterday I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "went", "ate" ✓. Rincón de pronunciación: los tres sonidos de "-ed" (walked, played, wanted).
Dialogue
goed or went? — ¿goed o went?
- Emma Minsu, what did you do yesterday? Minsu, ¿qué hiciste ayer?
- Minsu I goed home early and eated dinner with my family. Yo goed a casa temprano y eated la cena con mi familia. (desliz: go y eat son verbos irregulares — el pasado es "went" y "ate", sin "-ed")
- Emma Those verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate. No "-ed". Esos verbos son irregulares: go → went, eat → ate. Sin "-ed".
- Minsu Ah, I went home early and ate dinner with my family. Ah, fui a casa temprano y cené con mi familia.
- Emma Perfect! Regular verbs are easy — "watched", "visited" — but irregulars need practice. ¡Perfecto! Los verbos regulares son fáciles — "watched", "visited" — pero los irregulares necesitan práctica.
- Minsu I'll learn them! Yesterday I saw you, and I had a great day. ¡Los aprenderé! Ayer te vi y tuve un día estupendo.
Dialogue
Emma's weekend — El fin de semana de Emma
- Minsu Emma, what did you do last weekend? Emma, ¿qué hiciste el fin de semana pasado?
- Emma On Saturday I visited my sister and we cooked lunch together. El sábado visité a mi hermana y cocinamos el almuerzo juntas.
- Minsu That sounds nice. Did you go out in the evening? Suena bien. ¿Saliste por la noche?
- Emma Yes, we saw a film and had dinner in town. I didn't get home until midnight! Sí, vimos una película y cenamos en el centro. ¡No llegué a casa hasta medianoche!
- Minsu Wow, a busy weekend! Last week I just studied and slept. ¡Vaya, un fin de semana ajetreado! La semana pasada solo estudié y dormí.
- Emma Rest is important too! Next weekend, come with us. ¡Descansar también importa! El próximo fin de semana ven con nosotras.
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| yesterday | adv. | ayer | |
| last night | phr. | anoche | |
| last week | phr. | la semana pasada | |
| ago | adv. | hace (tiempo) | |
| go (went) | v. | ir (went) | |
| eat (ate) | v. | comer (ate) | |
| see (saw) | v. | ver (saw) | |
| have (had) | v. | tener, tomar (had) | |
| buy (bought) | v. | comprar (bought) | |
| watch (watched) | v. | ver, mirar (watched) | |
| visit (visited) | v. | visitar (visited) |
Grammar
The past simple: -ed and irregular verbs El pasado simple: -ed y verbos irregulares
To talk about a finished action in the past, use the past simple. Most verbs are regular: just add "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Spelling: like → liked; study → studied.) But many of the most common verbs are IRREGULAR — each has its own past form you must memorise: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Use the past with time words like yesterday, last night, last week, and "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." To ask or say no, use "did / didn't" with the plain verb: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." Korean makes the past with one regular ending on every verb, so learners add "-ed" to irregular verbs too: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
Para hablar de una acción terminada en el pasado, usa el pasado simple. La mayoría de los verbos son regulares: solo añade "-ed" — watch → watched, visit → visited, cook → cooked, play → played. (Ortografía: like → liked; study → studied.) Pero muchos de los verbos más comunes son IRREGULARES — cada uno tiene su propia forma de pasado que hay que memorizar: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had, buy → bought, make → made, come → came, get → got, take → took. Usa el pasado con palabras de tiempo como yesterday, last night, last week y "two days ago": "I saw a film last night." Para preguntar o negar, usa "did / didn't" con el verbo simple: "Did you go?" "I didn't go." El coreano forma el pasado con una misma terminación regular en todos los verbos, así que los estudiantes añaden "-ed" también a los irregulares: "I goed home and eated dinner" ✗ → "I went home and ate dinner" ✓.
- Yesterday I watched a film and cooked dinner. Ayer vi una película y cociné la cena.
- Last week we went to London and saw a show. La semana pasada fuimos a Londres y vimos un espectáculo.
- I bought bread and had a coffee this morning. Esta mañana compré pan y tomé un café.
- Did you visit your family last weekend? — Yes, I did. ¿Visitaste a tu familia el fin de semana pasado? — Sí.
pronunciation
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