Severn Spanish

Acabar de I/II

 

 

Using acabar de

In English, if you did something very recently, you say, "I just ___." In Spanish, there is a special verb construction that means the same thing. Can you guess what it is? Acabar + de + infinitive. All you have to do is conjugate acabar in the present (bonus: it is a regular verb, unlike ir and the phrasal future). Then you add de and the infinitive of your choice.

Examples:

Yo acabo de comer. (I just ate.)

Ella acaba de leer ese libro. (She just read that book.)

Tú acabas de escribir una carta. (You just wrote a letter.)