I don't know what all languages you speak, but from an English speaker's perspective, you do have to get used to grammatical gender and a lot more different verb conjugations, including a distinction between "preterite" and "imperfect" past tenses and the subjunctive mood
November 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I don't know what all languages you speak, but from an English speaker's perspective, you do have to get used to grammatical gender and a lot more different verb conjugations, including a distinction between "preterite" and "imperfect" past tenses and the subjunctive mood
#Spanish leer (to read), caer (to fall), oír (to hear), concluir (to conclude) add -y- in the third person forms. Un coco cayó de la palmera. A coconut fell from the palm tree. #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs #LearnSpanish. #Languages. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-irre...
November 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
#Spanish leer (to read), caer (to fall), oír (to hear), concluir (to conclude) add -y- in the third person forms. Un coco cayó de la palmera. A coconut fell from the palm tree. #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs #LearnSpanish. #Languages. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-irre...
Preterite or imperfect: which one trips you up in Spanish?
The preterite is for what happened and finished (comí, fui). The imperfect is for what used to happen or was going on (comía, iba).
Preterite, imperfect, or both?
nemiria is out now on the App Store.
The preterite is for what happened and finished (comí, fui). The imperfect is for what used to happen or was going on (comía, iba).
Preterite, imperfect, or both?
nemiria is out now on the App Store.
October 28, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Preterite or imperfect: which one trips you up in Spanish?
The preterite is for what happened and finished (comí, fui). The imperfect is for what used to happen or was going on (comía, iba).
Preterite, imperfect, or both?
nemiria is out now on the App Store.
The preterite is for what happened and finished (comí, fui). The imperfect is for what used to happen or was going on (comía, iba).
Preterite, imperfect, or both?
nemiria is out now on the App Store.
The Spanish course drawn as a map: 54 worlds and 5,000 words, in the order those words actually turn up in speech, valley first and mountain last.
Most worlds are a band of 100 words, so the hill is basically the frequency list with grass on it.
Most worlds are a band of 100 words, so the hill is basically the frequency list with grass on it.
October 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The Spanish course drawn as a map: 54 worlds and 5,000 words, in the order those words actually turn up in speech, valley first and mountain last.
Most worlds are a band of 100 words, so the hill is basically the frequency list with grass on it.
Most worlds are a band of 100 words, so the hill is basically the frequency list with grass on it.
Free guide 👉 nemiria.app/learn/preter...
Preterite or Imperfect? The past tense choice, settled · nemiria
Both become the same English. The difference is the job the sentence is doing: events against scenery, with paired example sentences, the give-away time words and the it-was trap.
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October 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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it’s like 1800s but they’re using a preterite form of past tense and for some reason the french don’t use that
Like they have “he has spoken” (il a parlé) and “he was speaking” (il parlait) but this form has “he spoke” (il parla) and no one IRL says that
Like they have “he has spoken” (il a parlé) and “he was speaking” (il parlait) but this form has “he spoke” (il parla) and no one IRL says that
October 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
it’s like 1800s but they’re using a preterite form of past tense and for some reason the french don’t use that
Like they have “he has spoken” (il a parlé) and “he was speaking” (il parlait) but this form has “he spoke” (il parla) and no one IRL says that
Like they have “he has spoken” (il a parlé) and “he was speaking” (il parlait) but this form has “he spoke” (il parla) and no one IRL says that
Viriditas, by Preterite
from the album Pillar of Winds
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October 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Sherpa Tenzing
• Infinitive: to sherpa
• Present tense (1st/2nd person & plural): sherpa
• Present tense (3rd person singular): sherpas
• Present participle: sherpaing
• Past tense (Preterite): sherpaed
• Past participle: sherpaed
• Infinitive: to sherpa
• Present tense (1st/2nd person & plural): sherpa
• Present tense (3rd person singular): sherpas
• Present participle: sherpaing
• Past tense (Preterite): sherpaed
• Past participle: sherpaed
October 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Sherpa Tenzing
• Infinitive: to sherpa
• Present tense (1st/2nd person & plural): sherpa
• Present tense (3rd person singular): sherpas
• Present participle: sherpaing
• Past tense (Preterite): sherpaed
• Past participle: sherpaed
• Infinitive: to sherpa
• Present tense (1st/2nd person & plural): sherpa
• Present tense (3rd person singular): sherpas
• Present participle: sherpaing
• Past tense (Preterite): sherpaed
• Past participle: sherpaed
I have the beginnings of a name generator! e.g., 15+7+2 = Ilī-nākil, "my god is the one who is skillful"; or 19+8+5 = "Warad-Ea", "slave of Ea".
Next up, female names, and then less-historically-accurate "ominous names" (e.g., "he is as strong as a lion" or "his heart is black").
Next up, female names, and then less-historically-accurate "ominous names" (e.g., "he is as strong as a lion" or "his heart is black").
October 18, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I have the beginnings of a name generator! e.g., 15+7+2 = Ilī-nākil, "my god is the one who is skillful"; or 19+8+5 = "Warad-Ea", "slave of Ea".
Next up, female names, and then less-historically-accurate "ominous names" (e.g., "he is as strong as a lion" or "his heart is black").
Next up, female names, and then less-historically-accurate "ominous names" (e.g., "he is as strong as a lion" or "his heart is black").
Here's a better table of preterites. Most have three variants, except erībam (not actually a preterite but fits best with them), ibni is a bit odd too (the other form would be "has created for me"). Iddin / iqīš have different connotations, but I think they mean the same thing in names.
October 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Here's a better table of preterites. Most have three variants, except erībam (not actually a preterite but fits best with them), ibni is a bit odd too (the other form would be "has created for me"). Iddin / iqīš have different connotations, but I think they mean the same thing in names.
#Spanish stem changing verbs do not change vowels in the preterite. pienso (I think) > pensé (I thought). comienza (it starts) > comenzó (it started). #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs #SpanishTenses #Languages. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-pret...
October 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
#Spanish stem changing verbs do not change vowels in the preterite. pienso (I think) > pensé (I thought). comienza (it starts) > comenzó (it started). #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs #SpanishTenses #Languages. thelanguagegarage.com/spanish-pret...
![Portuguese
Etymology
Etymology tree
From bosta + -ejar.
Pronunciation
(Brazil) IPA(key): /bos.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [bos.teˈʒa(h)]
(Portugal) IPA(key): /buʃ.tɨˈʒaɾ/
Hyphenation: bos‧te‧jar
Verb
bostejar (first-person singular present bostejo, first-person singular preterite bostejei, past participle bostejado)
(Brazil, humorous, derogatory, vulgar) to talk or write nonsense](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbnql5nzx34tugo7ususajku/bafkreif6n6rzixs5tsiz36wfe6m6aps62t5dbazhawvc36fmjqqrula2n4)
![Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Spanish bostezar, from Latin ōscitāre (“to yawn, gape”), either through dissimilation of palatals or metathesis (from Vulgar Latin *ōsticāre). Prothetic /b/ probably from influence of boca (“mouth”). Cognate with English oscitate.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bosteˈθaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /bosteˈsaɾ/ [bos.t̪eˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia):
Duration: 2 seconds.0:02
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: bos‧te‧zar
Verb
bostezar (first-person singular present bostezo, first-person singular preterite bostecé, past participle bostezado)
(intransitive) to yawn](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dbnql5nzx34tugo7ususajku/bafkreihmvjwuaien2hqp4pjpkgdfm4nloprhrwbquvgvognnj5jpzpgeay)
⚰️ Halloween 11! 🪦
Song of the day. Preterite is Geneviève Beaulieu of Menace Ruine and James Hamilton. Hauntingly beautiful piece!
preterite.bandcamp.com/track/behold...
Song of the day. Preterite is Geneviève Beaulieu of Menace Ruine and James Hamilton. Hauntingly beautiful piece!
preterite.bandcamp.com/track/behold...
Behold our sepulchre, by Preterite
from the album From the Wells
preterite.bandcamp.com
October 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
⚰️ Halloween 11! 🪦
Song of the day. Preterite is Geneviève Beaulieu of Menace Ruine and James Hamilton. Hauntingly beautiful piece!
preterite.bandcamp.com/track/behold...
Song of the day. Preterite is Geneviève Beaulieu of Menace Ruine and James Hamilton. Hauntingly beautiful piece!
preterite.bandcamp.com/track/behold...
Chaos linguist says we're switching past participle and preterite, sorry I don't make the rules
October 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Chaos linguist says we're switching past participle and preterite, sorry I don't make the rules
I am using the new GCSE textbook. One of my Y10s asked me about the imperfect and the preterite. Do I show off that I am not a novice and tell him some vague words about non finished actions but not mentioning about aspect or do I give him usual contexts and examples the way linguists work?
October 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
I am using the new GCSE textbook. One of my Y10s asked me about the imperfect and the preterite. Do I show off that I am not a novice and tell him some vague words about non finished actions but not mentioning about aspect or do I give him usual contexts and examples the way linguists work?
Use the #Spanish imperfect for repeated, ongoing or habitual past actions. Yo estaba muy nervioso antes del examen ayer. I was very nervous before the exam yesterday. #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs. Click to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/the-spanish-...
October 7, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Use the #Spanish imperfect for repeated, ongoing or habitual past actions. Yo estaba muy nervioso antes del examen ayer. I was very nervous before the exam yesterday. #SpanishGrammar #SpanishVerbs. Click to learn more. thelanguagegarage.com/the-spanish-...
The Spanish imperfect is my favourite example of the paradox: translated as I used to do, I was doing, I would do.... explaining that it is an incomplete action in the past is not much help in Y9. In Spanish we can often choose between imperfect or preterite depending on meaning we want to convey.
October 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
The Spanish imperfect is my favourite example of the paradox: translated as I used to do, I was doing, I would do.... explaining that it is an incomplete action in the past is not much help in Y9. In Spanish we can often choose between imperfect or preterite depending on meaning we want to convey.
Why can “hablamos” mean both “we speak” and “we spoke”?
In regular -ar verbs, the present and preterite differ for every person except nosotros.
Hablamos mucho. = We talk a lot.
Ayer hablamos. = We talked yesterday.
A rare little overlap. -ir verbs do it too: vivimos.
#learnspanish
In regular -ar verbs, the present and preterite differ for every person except nosotros.
Hablamos mucho. = We talk a lot.
Ayer hablamos. = We talked yesterday.
A rare little overlap. -ir verbs do it too: vivimos.
#learnspanish
September 29, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Why can “hablamos” mean both “we speak” and “we spoke”?
In regular -ar verbs, the present and preterite differ for every person except nosotros.
Hablamos mucho. = We talk a lot.
Ayer hablamos. = We talked yesterday.
A rare little overlap. -ir verbs do it too: vivimos.
#learnspanish
In regular -ar verbs, the present and preterite differ for every person except nosotros.
Hablamos mucho. = We talk a lot.
Ayer hablamos. = We talked yesterday.
A rare little overlap. -ir verbs do it too: vivimos.
#learnspanish
Spanish learners: which tense breaks your brain the most? Subjunctive? Preterite vs. imperfect?
Spanish Verb Conjugation just launched on Android to drill exactly that.
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#LangSky #Spanish #LearnSpanish #SpanishGrammar
Spanish Verb Conjugation just launched on Android to drill exactly that.
Download it for free on the Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#LangSky #Spanish #LearnSpanish #SpanishGrammar
Spanish Verb Conjugation - Apps on Google Play
Practice Spanish verb conjugation with spaced repetition learning
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September 26, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Spanish learners: which tense breaks your brain the most? Subjunctive? Preterite vs. imperfect?
Spanish Verb Conjugation just launched on Android to drill exactly that.
Download it for free on the Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#LangSky #Spanish #LearnSpanish #SpanishGrammar
Spanish Verb Conjugation just launched on Android to drill exactly that.
Download it for free on the Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#LangSky #Spanish #LearnSpanish #SpanishGrammar
My oldest is in college Spanish and asked if I could help with imperfect vs preterite.
I responded: "I used to be pretty good at imperfect, but then something happened and I'm not any more."
One of my better dad jokes, not gonna lie.
I responded: "I used to be pretty good at imperfect, but then something happened and I'm not any more."
One of my better dad jokes, not gonna lie.
September 24, 2026 at 7:02 PM
My oldest is in college Spanish and asked if I could help with imperfect vs preterite.
I responded: "I used to be pretty good at imperfect, but then something happened and I'm not any more."
One of my better dad jokes, not gonna lie.
I responded: "I used to be pretty good at imperfect, but then something happened and I'm not any more."
One of my better dad jokes, not gonna lie.
nemiria's first update is out. New: the cheat sheet can put any two tenses side by side, so the preterite and imperfect finally sit together.
The rest is quiet work: hundreds of practice sentences read again, and small things smoothed over.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
The rest is quiet work: hundreds of practice sentences read again, and small things smoothed over.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
September 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
nemiria's first update is out. New: the cheat sheet can put any two tenses side by side, so the preterite and imperfect finally sit together.
The rest is quiet work: hundreds of practice sentences read again, and small things smoothed over.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
The rest is quiet work: hundreds of practice sentences read again, and small things smoothed over.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
Be honest: which Spanish tense do you dodge? The one you quietly swap for something easier mid-sentence.
Preterite? Subjunctive? Tell me below.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
Preterite? Subjunctive? Tell me below.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
September 23, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Be honest: which Spanish tense do you dodge? The one you quietly swap for something easier mid-sentence.
Preterite? Subjunctive? Tell me below.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
Preterite? Subjunctive? Tell me below.
Out now on the App Store 👉 nemiria.app
![A screenshot from en.wikipedia.org with a section heading of “Examples in English”:
In standard English, the formation of preterite and past participle forms of verbs by means of ablaut (as Germanic strong verbs, for example, sing-sang-sung) is no longer considered productive. Newly coined verbs in English overwhelmingly use the 'weak' (regular) ending -ed for the past tense and past participle (for example, spammed, e-mailed).
[the phrase “is no longer considered productive” is highlighted]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tmrrt2lsbtbippdbqky7umi6/bafkreiaycnj7klyzbyy7xfe3fed4h2o2jxavqh3mxbeqzv5x6gx67smgfi)
September 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
7:23 PM "Preterite" by 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫
from 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (Staalplaat) #nowplaying
from 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (Staalplaat) #nowplaying
September 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
7:23 PM "Preterite" by 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫
from 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (Staalplaat) #nowplaying
from 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (Staalplaat) #nowplaying