You helped in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: a-yu-DA-ste

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ayudaste info.

**Tips to remember the word “ayudaste”:**
– Think of the English phrase “You helped” and try to remember that “ayudaste” starts with “ayu-” just like “ayuda” which means help in Spanish.
– The ending “-aste” is a common ending for the second person past tense (tú) for regular -ar verbs in Spanish.

**Explanations:**
– “Ayudaste” is the second person singular preterite (past) tense form of the verb “ayudar,” which means “to help.”
– It specifically means “you helped” when referring to “tú” in Spanish (informal singular “you”).
– Preterite tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– Asististe (when help is related to assist)
– Colaboraste (if help refers to collaborate)

**Different conjugations of “ayudar”:**
– Present: “ayudas” (you help)
– Preterite (past): “ayudaste” (you helped)
– Imperfect (past): “ayudabas” (you used to help)
– Future: “ayudarás” (you will help)
– Conditional: “ayudarías” (you would help)
– Present subjunctive: “ayudes” (that you help)
– Imperfect subjunctive: “ayudaras” or “ayudases” (that you helped)
– Imperative: “ayuda” (help! – as a command)

**Examples of sentences that use “ayudaste”:**
– Ayer **ayudaste** a tu hermana con la mudanza. (Yesterday you helped your sister with the move.)
– **Ayudaste** a limpiar después de la fiesta, y te lo agradezco. (You helped clean up after the party, and I appreciate it.)
– Siempre recordaré cuando **ayudaste** en la construcción de la casa. (I will always remember when you helped in the construction of the house.)
– Esa vez que **ayudaste** al hombre en la calle, demostraste tu bondad. (That time you helped the man on the street, you demonstrated your kindness.)

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