The simple past: querer (to love/want) and hacer (to do/make)
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The simple past: querer (to love/want) and hacer (to do/make)
Reminder: the simple past tense is used with actions that begin and end in the past:
El año pasado viajé a Canadá.
Last year I traveled to Canada.
The verbs querer (to love/want) and hacer (to do/make) are irregular in the simple past ,and conjugated thusly:
Querer
Tú quisiste
Él/ella/usted quiso
Nosotros/as quisimos
Vosotros/as quisisteis
Ellos/ellas/ustedes quisieron
Hacer
Tú hiciste
Él/ella/usted hizo
Nosotros/as hicimos
Vosotros/as hicisteis
Ellos/ellas/ustedes hicieron
Quise ir a Suecia el año pasado (y no pude).
I wanted to go to Sweden last your (and couldn't).
Carolina no hizo la cena anoche.
Carolina didn't make dinner last night.
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