It happens, passes in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal Speech: PAH-sah

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Tips to remember the word ‘pasa’:
– Associate ‘pasa’ with the English phrase “it passes” or “it happens,”
– You can also think of “it passes” like “passing by” in time, like “el tiempo pasa” (time passes).

Explanations:
– ‘Pasa’ is the third person singular present form of the verb ‘pasar’ in Spanish, which generally means “to pass,” “to happen,” or “to go through.”

Other words that mean the same thing:
– ‘Ocurre’, which also means “happens” or “occurs.”
– ‘Sucede’, another word for “happens” or “takes place.”

Conjugations of ‘pasar’:
– Infinitive: pasar
– Present indicative: paso (I pass/happen), pasas (you pass/happen), pasa (he/she/it passes/happens), pasamos (we pass/happen), pasáis (you all pass/happen), pasan (they pass/happen)
– Preterite (simple past): pasé, pasaste, pasó, pasamos, pasasteis, pasaron
– Imperfect (past): pasaba, pasabas, pasaba, pasábamos, pasabais, pasaban
– Future: pasaré, pasarás, pasará, pasaremos, pasaréis, pasarán
– Present subjunctive: pase, pases, pase, pasemos, paséis, pasen
– Imperfect subjunctive: pasara or pasase, pasaras or pasases, pasara or pasase, pasáramos or pasásemos, pasarais or pasaseis, pasaran or pasasen
– Future subjunctive (rarely used): pasare, pasares, pasare, pasáremos, pasareis, pasaren
– Conditional: pasaría, pasarías, pasaría, pasaríamos, pasaríais, pasarían
– Imperative: pasa (you pass/happen), pase (he/she/it pass/happen), pasemos (let’s pass/happen), pasad (you all pass/happen)

Examples of sentences that use ‘pasa’:
– ¿Qué pasa? (What’s happening?)
– El tiempo pasa muy rápido. (Time passes very quickly.)
– Siempre pasa por este camino. (He/She always goes along this path.)
– No pasa nada. (Nothing’s happening/It’s no big deal.)
– Pasa el libro a tu hermano. (Pass the book to your brother.)

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