Module 3 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2, first half), lesson 5 of 30: Questions and negation work exactly as before, the marks and the no wrap the one-word past: ¿Comiste?. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| ¿comiste? | did you eat? | koh-MEES-teh |
| ¿qué hiciste ayer? | what did you do yesterday? | keh ee-SEES-teh ah-YEHR |
| yo no fui a la escuela | I did not go to school | yoh noh fwee ah lah ehs-KWEH-lah |
| yo no comí nada | I ate nothing | yoh noh koh-MEE NAH-dah |
| ya | already | yah |
| todavía no | not yet | toh-dah-BEE-ah NOH |
| ¿ya comiste? | did you already eat? | yah koh-MEES-teh |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Questions and negation work exactly as before — the marks and the no wrap the one-word past: ¿Comiste? ¿Qué hiciste ayer? No fui a la escuela. No comí nada.
Two time words sort the past from the not-yet: ya (already) and todavía no (not yet). ¿Ya comiste? — No, todavía no.
no goes right before the past verb, exactly as in the present: no fui, no comí. And ¿ya comiste? asks "did you already eat?" — the ya sits first.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
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