Spanish · A2 · Family moment
Stories From Saturday in Spanish
Learn how to discuss weekend activities and specific events that happened on Saturday using the Spanish Preterite (past) tense.
What you'll learn
- Talk about past weekend activities using common verbs.
- Form the Preterite tense for regular and some irregular Spanish verbs.
- Describe small moments and discoveries from a child's perspective.
Spanish phrases for stories from saturday
Visitamos a tu amigo el sábado.
We visited your friend on Saturday.
Notice the 'a' before 'tu amigo'; this is the 'personal a' used for people.
Recibiste un juego de mesa nuevo.
You got a new board game.
'Recibiste' comes from 'recibir' (to receive/get).
Descubrimos una librería pequeña.
We discovered a small bookshop.
'Librería' means bookshop. A library is called 'biblioteca'.
Le contaste un cuento gracioso a tu primo.
You told your cousin a funny story.
'Contar' is used for telling stories or counting.
Les expliqué las reglas a tus amigos.
I explained the rules to your friends.
'Explicar' changes its spelling to 'expliqué' in the 'I' form to keep the 'k' sound.
Reconociste a tu entrenador en la foto.
You recognised your coach in the photo.
'Reconociste' is the past form of 'reconocer'.
Olvidé los bocadillos para tu fiesta de pijamas.
I forgot the snacks for your sleepover.
'Fiesta de pijamas' is the common term for sleepover.
Perdiste tu billete de autobús.
You lost your bus ticket.
'Billete' is used for tickets in Spain; 'boleto' is common in Latin America.
Hear these phrases and practise them
Tildi plays every phrase out loud, tests you in five-minute lessons and builds them into bedtime stories from your own picture books.
Try it free for 7 daysKey words
El sábado
On Saturday
Spanish uses 'el' (the) instead of 'en' (on) for days of the week.
Juego de mesa
Board game
Literally 'game of table'.
Cuento
Story / Tale
Usually refers to a short story or a bedtime story.
Entrenador
Coach / Trainer
Refers to a sports coach.
The Preterite Tense (Past Actions)
To talk about specific actions that happened on Saturday, we use the Pretérito Indefinido. While Spanish doesn't use prefixes like German, many verbs follow regular patterns in the past.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| -AR Verbs (Yo) | -é | Visité (I visited) |
| -AR Verbs (Tú) | -aste | Contaste (You told) |
| -ER/-IR Verbs (Yo) | -í | Perdí (I lost) |
| -ER/-IR Verbs (Tú) | -iste | Recibiste (You got) |
More examples
¿Qué descubriste hoy?
What did you discover today?
A great open-ended question for children.
Perdí mi juguete favorito.
I lost my favorite toy.
Using 'perder' for misplaced items.
Mi mamá me explicó el juego.
My mom explained the game to me.
Shows the past tense of 'explicar' in the third person.