Future is also tricky
I end up using "voy a *verb*" instead. Cheating!
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:13, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Haha!
It's not a bad trick. The problem with the past is that you have 2 past tenses and we have 6, that's without counting the continuous tenses. He can't understand why we need 4 more than you.

We have as well 4 futures instead of 1 like you, but I think they're easier to understand.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:16, Reply)

*decides not to bother learning Spanish*
( girlinthehole, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:18, Reply)

All romances languages are like that
And German is not easier.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:22, Reply)

I'm not even going to try to remember "I used to"
Fuera a? Jesus. No, that's I went. Noooo :(
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:39, Reply)

Fueria?
My brain hurts. Luckily most general conversation only needs present and some easy past/future.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:41, Reply)

Solía
I think you mean. O iba a.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 21 Jul 2010, 15:58, Reply)

*brain melts out of ears*

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 16:17, Reply)