What are the rules for conjucating "acabe de"? Is it:
yo: acabo detu: acababas deel/ella/ud: acaba denosotros: acababamos devosotros: ?ellas/ellos/uds: acababan de
Conjucations for acaba de
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Conjucations for acaba de
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Acabar de + [infinitive] = to have just done / just did something in Spanish (perífrasis verbal)"
Asked 3 years ago
Hola Celia
The conjugation of acabar de is that of an regular -ar verb in any tense. We haven't mentioned anything related to conjugation in the lesson as it is an idiomatic lesson. The examples you see in the lesson are mixed, some in the present (acabo de) and some in the imperfect (acababa de). These are the tenses normally used in this construction. So if you want to say "someone has just done something" you conjugate acabar in the present:
yo acabo de/ tú acabas de/ él acaba de / nosotros acabamos de/ vosotros acabáis de/ ellos acaban de
If you want to say "someone had just done something" then you conjugate acabar in the imperfect:
yo acababa de/ tú acababas de/ él acababa de / nosotros acabábamos de/ vosotros acababais de/ ellos acababan de
We will add a note to the lesson to make it a bit more clear.
Gracias y saludos
Inma
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Conjucations for acaba de
What are the rules for conjucating "acabe de"? Is it:
yo: acabo detu: acababas deel/ella/ud: acaba denosotros: acababamos devosotros: ?ellas/ellos/uds: acababan de
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