Verb to be/ Past Tense

What we have to do to change our sentences from present tense to past tense is to replace our verb to be in present tense for the respective verb to be in past tense.

Lo que tenemos que hacer para cambiar nuestras oraciones en tiempo presente a tiempo pasado es reemplazar el verbo ser/estar en tiempo presente por el respectivo verbo ser/estar en tiempo pasado.

Personal Pronoun	Verb to be/ Present Tense	Verb to be/ Past Tense	Traducción
I	Am	Was	Yo fui/era/estaba
He	Is	Was	el fue/era/estaba
She	Is	Was	ella fue/era/estaba
It	Is	Was	eso fue/era/estaba
We	Are	Were	nosotros fuimos/eramos/estabamos
They	Are	Were	ellos fueron/eran/estaban
You	Are	Were	usted fue/era/estaba ustedes fueron/eran/estaban

Presente: I am sick.

Pasado: I was sick.

Presente: She is not a doctor.

Pasado: She was not a doctor.

Presente: Are they brothers?

Pasado: Were they brothers?

Adjectives

Adjectives are words we use to modify, describe or identify a person, animal or object. Los adjetivos son palabras que utilizamos para modificar, describir o identificar a una persona, animal u objeto.

Examples:

The red car.

The big Wall.

The old man.

Adjectives can be classified into many categories. In English, adjectives are generally used in the order: quantity->opinion->size->age->shape->color->origin->material->purpose. Some of these categories: Los adjetivos pueden clasificarse en varias categorias. En ingles, los adjetivos por lo general se utilizan en el siguiente orden: cantidad->opinion->tamaño->edad->tamaño->color->origen->material->propósito. Algunas de estas categorias son:

Quantity	Size	Age	Shape	Color	Origin	Material	Purpose	Noun
five	huge	young		Black	Canadian			Bears
		old	shapeless	gray		cotton	work	Pants
many		antique			British		reference	Books
one		teenaged			American			Boy
few			round	blue	Indian			Gems
many	tiny		elongated	brown		wooden	fishing	Boats
several	large			purple		polyester	sleeping	bags

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Possessive Adjectives

Possessive adjectives show to whom or to what a thing belongs to. Grammatically work as an article, so is always written before the object you want to show possession. These possessive adjectives are:

Los adjetivos posesivos indican a quién o a qué pertenece una cosa. Gramaticalmente funciona como un artículo, por lo tanto siempre va antes del objeto al cual se quiere mostrar posesión. Estos adjetivos posesivos son:

Personal Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Traducción
I	My	mi, mis
You	Your	tu, tus
He	His	su, sus(a él)
She	Her	su, sus(a ella)
It	Its	su, sus(a él/ella)
We	Our	nuestro(s), nuestra(s)
They	Their	su, sus(a ellos/ellas)
You	Your	su, sus(a ustedes)

My:

This is my book.
Is that my pencil?

Your:

I like your hair.
What is your name?

His:

His name is Mike.
The car over there is his car.

Her:

Her name is Maria.
Ana sleeps in her bedroom.

Its:

The dog is eating its food.
Japan is famous for its culture.

Our:

That is our car.
We live with our parents.

Their:

The students do their homework.
Is that their money?

Possessive Pronoun

Possessive pronouns are used to show to whom a thing belongs. A possessive pronoun is used instead of a noun. Possessive pronouns are:

Se utilizan para indicar a quién pertenece algo. El pronombre posesivo se utiliza en vez del sustantivo. Los pronombres possessivos son:

Personal Pronoun	Possessive Pronouns	Traducción
I	Mine	mio/a, mios/as
You	Yours	tuyo/a, tuyos/as
He	His	suyo, suyos
She	Hers	suya, suyas
It	Its	suyo/a, suyos/as
We	Ours	nuestro/a, nuestra/as
They	Theirs	suyo/a, suyos/as
You	Yours	de ustedes

Mine:

This bed is mine.
That car was mine.

Yours:

I think that book is yours.
You can eat it now, it's yours.

His:

The bicycle is his.
Don't touch, that is his.

Hers:

That dress is hers.
The rings are hers.

Its:

The dog house is its.
Those bones are its.

Ours:

That car is ours.
The suitcases are ours.

Theirs:

Those bagas are theirs.
I don't like theirs.