Past Tense (Basic/Perfect)

7 languages

SpanishPretérito Indefinido
A2Simple past for completed actions at a specific time. Regular endings: -AR (-é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron), -ER/-IR (-í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron). Many irregular verbs.
FrenchPassé Composé
A2Compound past tense with auxiliary (avoir or être) + past participle. Most verbs use avoir. DR MRS VANDERTRAMP verbs and reflexives use être (participle agrees with subject).
GermanPerfekt mit haben
A2Forming the perfect tense with haben + past participle for most verbs.
ItalianPassato Prossimo con Essere
A2Verbs using essere as auxiliary: motion verbs (andare, venire, partire, arrivare), state changes (nascere, morire, diventare), and stare/restare/rimanere. Past participle agrees with subject in gender and number.
Japaneseた形
A2Plain past form: follows same sound changes as て-form but ends in た/だ (書いた, 読んだ). Used in casual speech, relative clauses, and certain grammar patterns.
Korean과거 시제
A1Past tense: stem + 았 (after ㅏ/ㅗ) or 었 (other), then add speech level ending. 하다→했. Same vowel harmony as polite ending.
Arabicالفعل الماضي
A1Perfect/past tense: completed actions. Base form is 3rd person masculine singular. Conjugation by suffix: كتب (he wrote), كتبتُ (I wrote), كتبوا (they wrote).

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