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I have the package. (Tengo el paquete.) |
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He says, "I have the package." (Dice, "Tengo el paquete".) |
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I have the package. (Tengo el paquete.) |
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He says he has the package. (Dice que tiene el paquete.) |
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She says, "I like ice cream." (Dice, "Me gusta el helado".) |
She says she likes ice cream. (Dice que le gusta el helado.) |
They say, "You are right." (Dicen, "Tienen razón".) |
They say we are right. (Dicen que tenemos razón.) |
He says, "My name is Gary." (Dice, "Mi nombre es Gary".) |
He says his name is Gary. (Dice que su nombre es Gary.) |
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He says, "I work every day." (Dice, "Trabajo todos los días".) |
He says he works every day. (Dice que trabaja todos los días.) |
She says, "I am a big girl." (Dice, "Soy una chica grande".) |
She says she is a big girl. (Dice que es una chica grande.) |
Bonnie says, "I have a question." (Bonnie dice, "Tengo una pregunta".) |
Bonnie says she has a question. (Bonnie dice que tiene una pregunta.) |
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She said, "I work here." (Dijo, "Trabajo aquí.") |
She said she worked there. (Dijo que trabaja allí.) |
They said, "We are eating now." (Dijeron, "Estamos comiendo ahora".) |
They said they were eating then. (Dijeron que estaban comiendo en ese momento.) |
You said, "She sings today." (Dijiste, "Ella canta hoy".) |
You said she sang that day. (Dijiste que ella cantaba ese día.) |
He said, "I will come tomorrow." (Dijo, "Vendré mañana".) |
He said he would come the following day. (Dijo que vendría el día siguiente.) |
this (este / esta) |
that (ese / esa) |
these (estos / estas) |
those (esos / esas) |
here (aquí) |
there (allí) |
now (ahora) |
then / at the time (entonces / en ese momento) |
today (hoy) |
that day / yesterday (ese día / ayer) |
yesterday (ayer) |
the day before / the previous day (el día anterior) |
a week ago / last week (hace una semana / la semana pasada) |
a week before / the previous week (una semana antes / la semana anterior) |
last month (el mes pasado) |
the month before / the previous month (el mes anterior) |
next year (el año que viene) |
the following year (el otro año) |
in three years (en tres años) |
three years from then (tres años después) |
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Ten minutes ago you said, "We have a lot of work today." (Hace diez minutos dijiste, "Tenemos mucho trabajo hoy".) |
Ten minutes ago you said we had a lot of work today. (Hace diez minutos dijiste que teníamos mucho trabajo hoy.) |
I am sorry. (Lo siento.) |
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He said he was sorry. (Dijo que lo sentía.) |
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You said, "We are late." (Dijiste, "Estamos llegando tarde".) |
You said we were late. (Dijiste que estábamos llegando tarde.) |
They said, "We have plans." (Dijeron, "Tenemos planes".) |
They said they had plans. (Dijeron que tenían planes.) |
He said, "I work hard." (Dijo, "Trabajo duro".) |
He said he worked hard. (Dijo que trabajaba duro.) |
She said, "I drink water." (Dijo, "Tomo agua".) |
She said she drank water. (Dijo que tomaba agua.) |
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Presente simple |
Pasado simple |
He said, "I eat cheese." (Dijo, "Como queso".) |
He said he ate cheese. (Dijo que comía queso.) |
Presente progresivo |
Pasado progresivo |
He said, "I am eating cheese." (Dijo, "Estoy comiendo queso".) |
He said he was eating cheese. (Dijo que estaba comiendo queso.) |
Presente perfecto |
Pasado perfecto |
He said, "I have eaten cheese." (Dijo, "He comido queso".) |
He said he had eaten cheese. (Dijo que había comido queso.) |
Presente perfecto progresivo |
Pasado perfecto progresivo |
He said, "I have been eating cheese." (Dijo, "He estado comiendo queso".) |
He said he had been eating cheese. (Dijo que había estado comiendo queso.) |
Pasado simple |
Pasado perfecto |
He said,
"I ate
cheese." (Dijo, "Comí queso".) |
He said he had eaten cheese. (Dijo que había comido queso.) |
Pasado progresivo |
Pasado perfecto progresivo |
He said, "I was eating cheese." (Dijo, "Estaba comiendo queso".) |
He said he had been eating cheese. (Dijo que había estado comiendo queso.) |
Pasado perfecto |
Pasado perfecto (sin cambio) |
He said, "I had eaten cheese." (Dijo, "Había comido queso".) |
He said he had eaten cheese. (Dijo que había comido queso.) |
Pasado perfecto progresivo |
Pasado perfecto progresivo (sin cambio) |
He said, "I had been eating cheese." (Dijo, "Había estado comiendo queso".) |
He said he had been eating cheese. (Dijo que había estado comiendo queso.) |
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Will | Would |
She said, "I will eat cheese." (Dijo, "Comeré queso".) |
She said she would eat cheese. (Dijo que comería queso.) |
Can |
Could |
She said, "I can eat cheese." (Dijo, "Puedo comer queso".) |
She said she could eat cheese. (Dijo que podía comer queso.) |
Must |
Had to |
She said, "I must eat cheese." (Dijo, "Debo comer queso".) |
She said she had to eat cheese. (Dijo que tenía que comer queso.) |
Shall |
Would |
She said, "I shall eat cheese." (Dijo, "Comeré queso".) |
She said she would eat cheese. (Dijo que comería queso.) |
May |
Might |
She said, "I may eat cheese." (Dijo, "Tal vez coma queso".) |
She said she might eat cheese. (Dijo que tal vez comería queso.) |
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Would |
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She said, "I would eat cheese." (Dijo, "Comería queso".) |
She said she would eat cheese. (Dijo que comería queso.) |
Could |
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She said, "I could eat cheese." (Dijo, "Podría comer queso".) |
She said she could eat cheese. (Dijo que podía comer queso.) |
Should |
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She said, "I should eat cheese." (Dijo, "Debería comer queso".) |
She said she should eat cheese. (Dijo que debería comer queso.) |
Might |
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She said, "I might eat cheese." (Dijo, "Tal vez coma queso".) |
She said she might eat cheese. (Dijo que tal vez comería queso.) |
Ought to |
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She said, "I ought to eat cheese." (Dijo, "Debería comer queso".) |
She said she ought to eat cheese. (Dijo que debería comer queso.") |
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You said, "The Earth is round." (Dijiste, "El planta Tierra es redondo".) |
You said the Earth is round. (Dijiste que el planta Tierra es redondo.) O You said the Earth was round. (Dijiste que el planeta Tierra era redondo.) |
I said, "Rome is in Italy." (Dije, "Roma queda en Italia".) |
I said Rome is in Italy. (Dije que Roma queda en Italia.) O I said Rome was in Italy. (Dije que Roma quedaba en Italia.) |
She said, "People sleep at night." (Dijo, "La gente duerme de noche".) |
She said people sleep at night. (Dijo que la gente duerme de noche.) O She said people slept at night. (Dijo que la gente dormía de noche.) |
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You say, "I jog daily." (Dices, "Salgo a correr a diario".) |
You say you jog daily. (Dices que sales a correr diario.) |
You have said, "I jog daily." (Has dicho, "Salgo a correr diario".) |
You have said you jog daily. (Has dicho que sales a correr diario.) |
You will say, "I jog daily." (Dirás, "Salgo a correr diario".) |
You will say you jog daily. (Dirás que sales a correr diario.) |
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She asked, "Are you well?" (Preguntó, "¿Estás bien?".) |
She asked if I was well. (Preguntó si estaba bien.) |
"Where do you live?" he asked me. ("¿Donde vives?", me preguntó.) | He asked me where I lived. (Me preguntó dónde vivía.) |
"Why don't we meet?" she asked me. ("¿Por qué no nos vemos?", me preguntó.) |
She asked me why we didn't meet. (Me preguntó por qué no nos veíamos.) |
I asked, "How does she make them?" (Pregunté, "Cómo los hace?".) |
I asked how she made them. (Pregunté cómo los hacía.) |
They asked, "Where is the mall?" (Preguntaron, "¿Dónde queda el centro comercial?".) |
They asked where the mall is. (Preguntaron dónde queda el centro comercial.) |
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"Go home," she told me. ("Vete para tu casa", me dijo.) |
She told me to go home. (Me dijo que me fuera para mi casa.) |
"Start talking," he told us. ("Empiecen a hablar", nos dijo.) |
He told us to start talking. (Nos dijo que empezáramos a hablar.) |
"Stop right there," they ordered us. ("Paren ahí mismo", nos ordenaron.) |
They ordered us to stop right there. (Nos ordenaron que paráramos ahí mismo.) |
"Could you please open the door?" she asked me. ("¿Podrías abrir la puerta, por favor?", me pidió.) |
She asked me to open the door. (Mi pidió que abriera la puerta.) |
"Don't shout," I asked. ("No griten", pedí.) |
I asked them not to shout. (Les pedí que no gritaran.) |
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