How do you talk about what you were like when you were a little kid, in Spanish?

5 Comments

1. Fish says:

   September 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   Actually you would use more of the imperfect tense than the preterite tense. Use the imperfect tense for things such as repeated actions, things you did many times, etc. Like, "when I was a little girl I always went to the park." Or "I never used to play baseball." Use the preterite tense for one time actions.
2. iluvfranknfurter says:

   September 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   you would use the preterite tense of spanish. try starting a sentence with "cuando yo era un nino…" which means "when i was a child.." hope it helps. also, search for a chart or something that has the verb endings in the preterite, to help you conjugate the verbs you need
3. Scarlet Thorne says:

   September 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   You can say, "De niño/a, …." That means, "As a child, …."
4. Peace on earth says:

   September 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   Here is a song that will help you:

   Cuando yo era niña con mis padres vivía
   En una casa blanca al lado del mar
   Con las gaviotas iba al cielo a volar
   Pero siempre yo volvía
   A la casita del mar

   Yo siempre cantaba; en la arena bailaba
   Y yo sentía mucha paz
   Mis padres me cuidaban
   Su amor ellos me daban
   Y yo no quería nada más

   Translation:
   WHEN I WAS A CHILD:
   When I was a child, I lived with my parents
   In a white house by the sea
   With the seagulls I flew *to the sky
   But I always returned
   To the seaside house

   I always sang; I danced on the sand
   And I felt much peace
   My parents took care of me
   They gave me their love
   And I didn’t want anything more
5. hedley1232001 says:

   September 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm

   You can use both past tenses… your kid should understand
   viví con mis padres
   vivía con mis padres.
   I lived with my parents.