A Spanish Question. Tenses?

Question

I'm having a bit of a problem getting my head around the difference between two tenses in Spanish.

Trabajar

He Trabajado = I worked
Trabaje = I worked

I'm guessing one is like saying "I used to work" and one is like saying "I worked" as in "I worked today". Is that right?
If anyone could clear this up for me and give a couple of examples that would be great.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

he trabajado roughly means "I have worked'.

Answer 2

He trabajado = I have worked (recently)

Trabajé = I worked (a long time ago)

I used to work = Solía trabajar (SOLER is not a much-used verb)
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PRESENT PERFECT - PRETÉRITO PERFECTO
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he trabajado = I have worked

has trabajado = you have worked (tú) ----- informal
ha trabajado = you have worked *(Usted)--- formal

ha trabajado = he has worked
ha trabajado = she has worked
ha trabajado = it has worked

hemos trabajado = we have worked
han trabajado = you have worked **(Ustedes)
han trabajado = they have worked
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PAST SIMPLE - PRETÉRITO INDEFINIDO
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trabajé = I worked

trabajastes = you worked (Tú) ------ informal
trabajó = you worked *(Usted) --- formal

trabajó = he worked
trabajó = she worked
trabajó = it worked

trabajamos = we worked
trabajaron = you worked ** (Ustedes)
trabajaron = they worked
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TIPS:
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First of all, it's more convenient to use "Usted" form
than "Tú" form for several reasons:
1) You are like more polite and Spanish-speaking
people like this.
2) The Spanish conjugation is easier. The 2nd person
and the third person in the singular are the same. *
3) The same occurs in the plural.**
4) The "Vosotros" form and "Vosotras" form
(2nd person in the plural) are ONLY used in Peninsular Spain.

So, I recommend you to use "Usted" form instead of "Tú" form
preferably.

This is why, the Canarian and Spanish American,
we do to simplify and we ONLY use "Tú" form when talking
to close somebody.

Answer 3

he trabajado means I have worked
trabaje means I worked

its the same thing the first one can be used like
I have worked there before.
Eh trabajado alli antes.

or

I've worked there before.
Trabaje alli antes.

However Trabaje is always past tense
eh trabajado could mean continuinng (to work)

Answer 4

He trabajado=I have worked
Trabajé=I worked

Answer 5

The "used to" expression is translated by the imperfect tense: (yo) trabajaba = I was working, used to work. The two tenses you illustrate mean basically the same thing, but by using the verb "haber," (to have done something) you're saying "I have worked." English also has these two ways of saying it.

Answer 6

no, it's not good.

trabajar means to work right..

he trabajado= i have worked
trabajé= i worked

in spain we do use the present perfect, but in south america they don't.

to make the present perfect we use the verb haber+participle :

Yo he +participle
Tú has +participle
El/Ella ha +participle
Nosotros/as hemos +participle
Vosotros/as habéis +participle
Ellos/as han +participle

ex:( comer-to eat)

Yo he comido ( i have eaten)
Tú has comido ( you have eaten)
and so on...

to make the past simple tense you must know that each conjugation ( ar,er,ir) has different ways to conjugate the verbs..

you combine the stem with a declination..
the stem is the part of the verb that we obtain when taking out (ar, er ,ir)
ex:
trabajar " to work"( stem=trabaj)
comer" to eat" (stem= com)
mirar " to look" (stem= mir)
vivir " to live" (stem= viv)

past simple AR regular verbs:

Yo stem+é
Tú stem+aste
Él /ella stem+ó
Nosotros/as stem+amos
Vosotros/as stem+asteis
Ellos/as stem+aron

past simple ER regular verbs:

Yo stem+í
Tú stem+iste
El/ella stem+ió
Nosotros/as stem+imos
Vosotros/as stem+isteis
Ellos/as stem+ieron


past simple IR regular verbs

Yo stem+í
Tú stem+iste
El/ellas stem+ió
Nosotros/as stem+imos
Vosotros/as stem+isteis
Ellos/as stem+ieron


good luck!!

Answer 7

He trabajado: I had worked .
Trabaje: i worked
I hope this helps/////

Answer 8

he trabajado:i have worked

the meaning of the second tense is perfect

Answer 9

el trabajando . he worked

jo trabajando. i worked

jo trabajando hoy. i worked today

antes jo trabajando. i worked before.

trabajo. work
trabajando.worked

ella trabajando she worked.

when i started learning , i asked for a bocadilla de polla,
a **** sandwich, polla is **** ( chicken) and also know as penis here. pollo is chicken, the waiter looked at me as if i was maaaad, and i said si, si mi gusta polla, yes i like
****. im not gay say looking back its crazy, but funny.

also i asked for 1 kilo of polla in the super market, the fit bird behind the counter just grinned at me.. 1 kilo of cok please.
coño is vagina and cono is cone

dont ask for a coño de helado... a vagina of ice cream.

spain is wonderful country, the language is complicated, but once you get it, its easy, like any thing in life.

adios