Breakdown of Revisamos el juego de llaves y el bombín.
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revisar
to check
el juego de llaves
the set of keys
el bombín
the lock cylinder
Questions & Answers about Revisamos el juego de llaves y el bombín.
Why does revisamos end in -amos?
Because revisamos is the nosotros form of the verb revisar, meaning we check / we inspect / we reviewed, depending on context.
For -ar verbs, the nosotros ending is -amos:
- yo reviso = I check
- tú revisas = you check
- él/ella revisa = he/she checks
- nosotros revisamos = we check / we checked
So revisamos tells you the subject is we, even though nosotros is not written.
Does revisamos mean we check or we checked?
It can mean either one.
In Spanish, revisamos can be:
- present tense: we check / we are checking
- preterite: we checked
The form is identical in both tenses for nosotros with -ar verbs.
So the exact time depends on context:
- Ahora revisamos el juego de llaves. = Now we’re checking the set of keys.
- Ayer revisamos el juego de llaves. = Yesterday we checked the set of keys.
Why is there no word for we in the sentence?