Ayer fui al mercado.
Yesterday I went to the market.
grammar · tenses
Preterite: a bounded past event
Present a past action as a completed event in its context.
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Ayer fui al mercado.
The preterite presents an event as bounded in the past. Ayer gives the setting, while fui presents the visit as an event. Ser and ir share preterite forms; the destination al mercado shows that fui here means went, from ir. Time words help, but do not mechanically determine every tense choice.
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Ayer compré pan.
Yesterday I bought bread.
El lunes trabajé.
I worked on Monday.
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