Learn Spanish (Latin America): ¿Comiste algo en la feria ayer? - Did you eat anything at the fair yesterday?

¿Comiste algo en la feria ayer?

Did you eat anything at the fair yesterday?

Breakdown of ¿Comiste algo en la feria ayer?

Questions & Answers about ¿Comiste algo en la feria ayer?

How do we know to use comiste instead of a different past tense form?

Comiste is the preterite (completed past) tense of comer (to eat) for tú (informal you). The ending -iste is the regular past tense ending for -er and -ir verbs. We know to use the past tense here because of the word ayer (yesterday).

Does algo mean "anything" or "something"?

It means both! In Spanish, algo covers both "something" and "anything". Since this is a question, "Did you eat anything?" sounds more natural in English than "Did you eat something?", but the Spanish word is the same either way.

Why is "at the fair" translated as en la feria rather than using a?

The preposition en is used to show location, meaning "in", "on", or "at". We use a (to) when there is movement toward a place (like walking to the fair), but since you are already eating at the fair, en is the correct choice.

Where is the word for "you" in this sentence?

It is built right into the verb! The -iste ending on comiste is only ever used for tú (informal you). Because the verb tells us who did it, Spanish speakers usually drop the word tú unless they want to add special emphasis.