Lesson 4.1.1 · Cuándo pasó
🌅 Times of Day
Yesterday, today, tomorrow — and every slice of the day in between. With these, you can tell anyone when something happened.
Sub-lessons
Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.
Days and parts of the day
'Mañana' is a tricky double word: with 'la' it means 'morning'; alone it means 'tomorrow'. Same with 'la noche' which Colombians stretch to cover both 'evening' and 'night'.
today
yesterday
tomorrow
day
morning
noon
afternoon
evening / night
Example sentences
Hoy estoy hoy.
Today I feel today.
¿Quieres ayer conmigo?
Do you want to yesterday with me?
La comida está mañana.
The food is tomorrow.
Mini-diálogo
Mi amigo es muy hoy.
My friend is very today.
Me gusta ayer en la tarde.
I like to yesterday in the afternoon.
Combining them
Stack a time word with a day word to be precise: 'esta mañana' = this morning, 'anoche' = last night (one word!), 'ayer en la mañana' = yesterday morning.
this morning
tonight
yesterday morning
last night
Example sentences
esta mañana.
this morning.
Siempre digo: "esta noche".
I always say, "tonight."
Una persona amable diría: "ayer en la mañana".
A kind person would say, "yesterday morning."
Mini-diálogo
Siempre digo: "esta mañana".
I always say, "this morning."
Una persona amable diría: "esta noche".
A kind person would say, "tonight."
Memory lab
Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.
Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.
Recall from English
tonight
Practice exercises
Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.
la mañana
ayer en la mañana
esta mañana
la tarde
anoche
mañana
Fill the blank
Siempre digo: "esta _____".
I always say, "tonight."
Fill the blank
Una persona amable diría: "_____ en la mañana".
A kind person would say, "yesterday morning."
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