Learning Spanish for Beginners Podcast, Session 14,

shortcuts to talk about the past in Spanish.

Welcome to a new session of Learning Spanish for Beginners podcast.

In this session, we will learn a few shortcuts to talk about the past in Spanish.

Forcierto, by the way, you can get a list with the 100 most common words in spoken Spanish at Spanishforjob.com slash top words.

If you have ever felt overwhelmed with Spanish vocabulary, it's time to focus on the words that

are used most often in everyday conversations.

Remember, you can get your copy of the list with the 100 most common words in spoken

Spanish at Spanishfor your job.com slash top words.

One shortcut to talk about the past in Spanish. Today we will learn how to use

antes before a verb in infinitive. This is a simple tool beginners can use to talk about the past

in Spanish. It is not perfect, it is not pretty, but it is easy to learn and it works works it is one of the easiest ways to talk about the

past in spanish without having to learn several conjugations it is simple you only have to add the word

before in spanish which is antes between a personal pronoun and a verb in infinitive let's see a few

examples to see how it works. Yo antes comer. I eat before.

Yo antes comer. This can be used to express the idea I ate.

Yo antes vivir in Canada before.

Yo antes vivir in Canada. It can be used to express the idea I lived in Canada before. Yo antes, vivier in Canada. It can be used to express the idea, I lived in Canada.

Yo antes visita francia.

I visit France before.

This phrase can be used to express the idea I visited France.

I've been a coffee before. I drink coffee before. You'll bea cafe antes. Or, beaver cafe, antes. I drank coffee before.

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