Catalan A1: The past (perfet perifràstic) · Words

Catalan tells finished events with anar in the present + an infinitive: vaig menjar (I ate), vas anar, va dormir, vam veure, vau fer, van sortir. Careful: vaig al cinema is “I go to the cinema”, vaig anar al cinema is “I went”.

• ahir — yesterday
• vaig menjar — I ate
• vaig anar — I went
• vaig veure — I saw
• vaig dormir — I slept
• vaig fer — I did, I made
• la setmana — week
• passat — last (previous)

• Què vas fer ahir? — What did you do yesterday?
• Vaig dormir malament. — I slept badly.
• Vam anar al cinema. — We went to the cinema.
• La setmana passada vaig ser a Girona. — Last week I was in Girona.